Ogunquit

Ogunquit, Maine is a real-life town and location in The Stand by Stephen King. As the hometown of the lead heroine Frannie Goldsmith and her best friend Amy Lauder's younger brother Harold, it appears in almost all versions and adaptations.

History and Demographics
With a name meaning "beautiful place by the sea" in the Abenaki language, Ogunquit is a coastal beach resort in southern Maine. Its tiny population is multiplied by about 60 in the summer, when the tourists and people with summer homes there arrive in mid- to late June. Parking for residents on the Ogunquit Beach is free, but for visitors, it costs one dollar.

Ogunquit is part of the Portland, Maine metropolitan area and thus receives most of its radio and TV from there. It is approximately 15 miles from the border to New Hampshire, and only 75 miles from Concord, where the University of New Hampshire is.

In Story
On June 17, 1990, Frannie Goldsmith comes to the beach to tell her college boyfriend, Jess Rider, she is pregnant with his child. He has ridden his 10-speed bike from the University of New Hampshire and rented a motel room. (Chapter 2)

Complete and Uncut Edition

 * Chapter 2 - first appearance