what town is hunting wives based on

The town that "The Hunting Wives" is based on is a fictional small Texas town. In the original book by May Cobb, the story is set in the fictional town of Mapleton, Texas, which is described as a small town about two hours from Dallas. For the Netflix series adaptation, the town was renamed Maple Brook, Texas. Both Mapleton and Maple Brook are fictional towns. Author May Cobb has explained that she based the town of Mapleton in her book on her real hometown, Longview, Texas. So, while the town itself is fictional, it draws inspiration from a real place in East Texas. In the Netflix show, Maple Brook was portrayed using filming locations around Charlotte, North Carolina, including the town of Mooresville, which was transformed into the fictional Texas city of Maple Brook for filming purposes.