Editing Mickey Mouse universe (section)

== Places ==
=== Mickey's farm ===
In ''[[Plane Crazy]]'' (1928), the first produced Mickey Mouse story, Mickey is seen at a farm. In his early films, Mickey is in a rural setting, but most commonly at a farm. This setting was succinctly presented in the first sentences of one of Mickey's first storybooks:

{{blockquote|"This story is about Mickey Mouse who lives in a cozy nest under the floor of the old barn. And it is about his friend Minnie Mouse whose home is safely hidden, soft and warm, somewhere in the chicken house."|''The Adventures of Mickey Mouse: Book I'' (1931)}}

In the ''Mickey Mouse'' newspaper strip, Mickey's farm was most likely located in the [[midwestern United States]], as indicated by characters' comments to have arrived "out west" to [[Death Valley]] and to go "back east" to conduct business, etc. This rural setting reflected [[Walt Disney#1901–1937: Beginnings|Walt Disney's]] own childhood in Missouri and like Disney, Mickey eventually moved to the city, although he never forgets his roots. Mickey sometimes makes references to his life "back on the farm."<ref>''Mickey Mouse in Blaggard Castle'' (1932) is an example of this.</ref>

=== Mouseton ===
Mickey appeared in an urban setting as early as 1931 in the short film ''[[Traffic Troubles]]'' where he works as a taxi driver. Mickey's city was unnamed until 1932, when the comic story ''The Great Orphanage Robbery'' identified it as Silo Center.<ref>[[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip]], February 29, 1932.</ref> Some [[Floyd Gottfredson]] stories simply called the city Hometown while other Gottfredson stories used the name Mouseville.<ref>Examples: "Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot," daily strip serial, 1939; "Dr. X," daily strip serial, 1955.</ref> But the first consistent name for Mickey's city came in 1950s Italy, where it was called '''Topolinia''' (from ''Topolino'' or 'little mouse,' Mickey's Italian name).

In 1990, [[Disney Comics (publishing)|Disney Comics]] launched the new American comic ''[[Mickey Mouse Adventures]]'' and initially planned to use the name Mouseville there. But due to then-current [[Mighty Mouse]] cartoons' use of a city called Mouseville, the new name Mouseton was created for Mickey's town instead; both in ''Mickey Mouse Adventures'' and in Disney's contemporary reprints of vintage stories in ''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]]'' (1991–93).<ref>Examples: "Mouseton, The Eagle Has Landed," ''Mickey Mouse Adventures'' 14 (1991); "The 'Lectro Box" reprint, ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' 570 (1992).</ref> Later publisher [[Gemstone Publishing|Gemstone]] and the present [[Boom Studios]] have continued the use of Mouseton from 2003 onward. In-between licensee [[Gladstone Publishing|Gladstone]] (1993–99) usually left Mickey's city unnamed, or—very rarely—referenced it as [[Duckburg]], better known as [[Donald Duck]]'s hometown.<ref>Example: "Fantasy Island," ''Walt Disney Giant'' 5 (1996).</ref>)

Mouseton's location in Calisota and its positioning with regard to Duckburg (the cities being not far from one another) were the subject of speculation early on, but have generally been treated consistently in American publications from 2003 onward.<ref>Example: "Back From the Brink," ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' 661 (2005); Mouseton and Duckburg are identified and seen side-by-side as characters fly overhead.</ref>

In Disney comics published by [[Egmont (media group)|Egmont]] (Scandinavia) and [[Editora Abril|Abril]] (Brazil), Mickey lives in Duckburg—even though Mickey and Donald only rarely team up in shared comics adventures. The same tradition extends to Disney comics published in Germany by Egmont subdivision [[Egmont Ehapa|Ehapa]] (Duckburg is called ''Entenhausen'' in German), although the German comics have mentioned possible equivalents of Mouseton as neighboring towns or villages: ''Mausdorf'' (German for "mouse village") and ''Mäuslingen'' (German equivalent to "Mouseville").

In Germany, the [[Netherlands]], Brazil and [[Scandinavia]], local tradition has it that Mickey's hometown is simply a different district of Duckburg. In Disney theme parks, the [[Roger Rabbit]]-inspired Toontown, a district in Los Angeles specifically for cartoon characters, is presented as Mickey's home.

In animation, Mouseton is mentioned in the ''[[DuckTales (2017 TV series)|DuckTales]]'' reboot series, where one of the characters, [[Zan Owlson]], graduated from Mouseton's School of Business, the place appearing briefly in the episode "[[List of DuckTales (2017 TV series) episodes#ep26|The Ballad of Duke Baloney!]]" during Owlson's presentation.

=== Non-Mouseton continuity ===
In some 1920s and 1930s Disney press releases and magazines, Mickey was described as living in Hollywood—even though the rural setting of the actual cartoons and comics had little in common with the real Hollywood.

In the film ''[[Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip]]'' (1940) Mickey and Pluto live in the actual world city of [[Burbank, California]], home of [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Walt Disney Studios]].

In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series, both the Mouseton and Duckburg characters live in a realm called "Disney Town."

The [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]] modeled Mickey's hometown and birthplace as [[Mickey's Toontown]]. Occasional modern animated projects reference Toontown as well.

In the TV series ''[[Goof Troop]]'' (1992–1993) Goofy and Pete live in the fictional town of '''Spoonerville'''. The town also appears in the 1993 [[Goof Troop (video game)|video game of the same name]] and in the two films based on the series: ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' (1995) and ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'' (2000). According to the map Goofy has in ''A Goofy Movie'', the town is located in [[Ohio]].

In the TV series ''[[Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures]]'' (2017-2021) and [[Mickey Mouse Funhouse|''Mickey Mouse Funhouse'']] (2021-present), the characters live in the fictional town of '''Hot Dog Hills''' (whose name refers to Mickey's first spoken words in the 1929 short ''[[The Karnival Kid]]'': "Hot Dog!").