Chamberlain is an actual village in Maine. The village shares borders with Motton, Maine and Lewiston. It is a small village with a population of about 150 inhabitants. Although this is a real location, the town mentioned in the novel Carrie is a fictional town intended by the author to exist elsewhere in the state of Maine, and is not the same as the actual village of Chamberlain, Maine.
Three schools are mentioned as existing in Chamberlain. Barker Street Grammer School, Chamberlain Junior High School, and Thomas Ewen Consolidated High School. Carrie White and her mother Margaret White both attended Ewen High School. Johnny Riddell attended a high school in Chamberlain, presumably the same school as Carrie. On Monday, May 27, 1979, a Prom Night massacre that originated in Ewen High ended up destroying the school and most of the city in the process. In modern times it has become a ghost town, and has never been rebuilt from the ashes of disaster because the town's inhabitants have lost their will in the future and decided to abandon the city to be able to forget the deaths and tragedy which were results of the Carrie White affair.
Since then, it has become a tourist attraction for those who want to know more about The Black Prom. With its buildings and destruction intact, it was easy to achieve.
Residents
- Carrie White
- Margaret White
- Ralph White
- Rachel Lang
- Sue Snell
- George Dawson
- Frieda Jason
- Norma Watson
- Tina Blake
- Mary Lila Grace
- Jessica Upshaw
- Mary Blake
- Ruth Gogan
- Tracy Campbell
- Monica jones
- Helen Shyres
- Rhonda Simard
- Donna y Mary Thibodeau
- Rita Desjardin
- Principal Morton
- Sr. Fromm
- Chris Hargensen
- Mark Bing
- Chuck Potter
- Brad Winters
- Debra Meschan
- Eric Stark
- Barbara Lang
- Lisa Parker
- Georgette Shyres
- Cora Simard
- Estelle Horan
- Judith Cochrane
- Dale Norbert
- Tommy Ross
- Billy nolan
- Kenny Garson
- Freddy DeLois
- Jackie Tabolt
- Josie Vreck
- Heather Shyres
- Freddy Holt
- Roy Evarts
- Sra Snell
- Tommy Erbter
- Erika Gogan
- Vic mooney
- Johnny Riddell
- Teddy Duchamp
- Don barrett
- Lennie Brock
- Sr. Ulmann
- Jesse Ryan
- Otis Doyle
- Maureen cowan
- Myra Crewes
- Eddie Cantor
- Stella horan
- El Senior DA
- Billy deLois
- Elenor Richmond
- Katie O'Shea
- Tim Winxless
- Trudy Borne
- Patricia Pollack
- Pete Tabor
- Señora horan
- Ray brower (passed away)
- Carrie White
- Margaret White
- Ralph White
- Helen shyres
- Georgette Shyres
- Rhonda Simard
- Rachel Lang
- Sue Snell
- Chris Hargensen
- Norma Watson
- Donna y Mary Thibodeau
- Tina Blake
- Cora y Rhonda
- Roy Evarts
- Jessica Upshaw
- Rachel espias
- Frieda Jason
- Kenny Garson
- Vic mooney
- Ruth Gogan (1976 film adaptation)
- Freddy Holt
- Lisa Parker
- Eric Stark
- Chuck Potter
- Mark Bing
- Brad Winters
- Mary Lila Grace
- Debra Meschan
- Dale Norbert
- Josie Vreck
- Sr. Ulmann
- Director Morton
- Sr. Fromm
- Tracy campbell
- Don farnham
- Monica jones
- Rita Desjardin (novel and film adaptation of 1976)
- Billy nolan
- Lou Garson (2002 adaptation)
- Elenor Richmond
- Katie O'SheaPatricia Pollack
- Pete Tabor
- Tim Winxless
Living Residents
- Mary Blake
- Cora Simard
- Sue Snell (novel, film of 1976, film of 2002, film of 2013)
- Eleanor Snell
- Rita Desjardin (2002 film adaptation and film adaptation 2013)
- Erika Gogan
- George Dawson
- Otis Doyle
- Tina Blake (Novel)
- Norma Watson (2002 adaptation of cinema and novel)
- Ruth Gogan (novel)
Unknow Destination
- Myra Crewes (2013 film adaptation).
- Don Farnham
- Eddie Cantor
- Maureen Cowan
- Lennie Brock
- Jessica Upshaw (Novel, probably burned or electrocuted)
- Helen Shyres (Novel, probably burned or electrocuted)
- Rachel Spies (Novel, probably burned or electrocuted)
- Lou Garson
- Henry Blake
- Principal Morton (2013 film adaptation)
- John Coombs
- Jeanne Gault
- Brent Gillian
- Vicky Hanscom
- George Chizmar
- Erika Gogan (2013 film adaptation)
- Steve Deighan
Appearances
- Gerald's Game (mentioned)
Locations/Buildings
- Chamberlain Hardware and Lumber Company
- The Kelly Fruit Company
- Chamberlain Center (Blue Ribbon Laundry)
- Carlin Street
- Ewen Avenue