Peyton Place (novel), a 1956 novel by Grace Metalious

Peyton Place (TV series), a prime time soap opera which ran on ABC from 1964 to 1969, also adapted from the novel

Peyton Place (film), a 1957 film, adapted from the novel

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Many locations have been informally termed Peyton Places due to its use as a catch phrase to describe any place known for its sordid atmosphere or nefarious goings-on, and has subsequently been used as a synonym for a place with gossipy individuals, both of which motifs are prominent in the 1956 novel