Papen County

Papen County is the fictional setting of the ABC comedy-drama Pushing Daisies.

Description
Papen County is a U.S. county located somewhere along the coasts of the United States of America. As Olive Snook observes, Papen County has a sizable Dutch-American population, from extremely Dutch names like Vandersloop ("from the sloop") to the very name of the county itself, Papen ("papa").

The City
The fictional city which functions as the seat of Papen County houses most of the primary locations within the series, including the Pie Hole (Ned's pie shop), Ned and Olive Snook's six-story apartment complex, and Emerson Cod's private investigation service.

Coeur d'Coeurs
Coeur d'Coeurs (cœur de cœurs, "heart of hearts") is a town which neighbors the city. It isNed and Chuck Charles's childhood home and the present home of Vivian and Lily.

Papen Harbor
Papen Harbor is the port of Papen County and the location of the McQuoddy Lighthouse.

History
Within the context of Pushing Daisies, Papen County takes its name from the wealthy Dutch-American Papen family, whom Emerson Cod refers to as the "first family of Papen County". Though Olive Snook observes that there are around fifty Papens in the county, the six most prominent are Mr. and Mrs. Papen and their five sons, the eldest and least notable of whom being Augustus "Gus" Papen (Perry Anzilotti); the others are never named.

The Papen's wealth came from their commercial real estate empire, but has spread to several South Asian call centers, an amusement park hotel, and the Papen County Historical Society (PCHS).