Middlesex, Virginia

A farm in Middlesex, Virginia.

Middlesex is a coastal unincorporated community in Accomack County on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States.

"Middlesex, Virginia" is the name of the main city in the film Donnie Darko, which was shot entirely in California. However, the fictional Middlesex is actually based on director Richard Kelly's hometown of Midlothian, Virginia, in Chesterfield County.

References

  1. ↑ "Middlesex". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Filming Locations for Donnie Darko (2001)". movie-locations.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ Curran, Colleen (February 27, 2002). "How to be "Donnie Darko"". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia: Lee Enterprises. Retrieved April 23, 2025.

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