In the pass I used google map to find a small town to serve as starting point. I picked Lumber City, Georgia, because the town is very small, it doesn't even have a hospital - but there is one nearby in the next city. Looking at the satellite images of the town it revealed how creepy the place really is. It looked very old and almost abandoned, and the population was under 1200 people. But you don't need to be so accurate, can pick any state and add a fictional town to it.