Where was True Detective filmed?

American television series

True Detective (2014–) was filmed in New York City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Erath and Fort Macomb, 5 places named in its Wikipedia article, in the United States. Wikidata records no filming location for it at all, so the article is the only recorded source. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Places per Wikipedia's article

The article names 5 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

2 places whose own Wikipedia article names this series as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this series’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Vacherie United States

  “Vacherie was used as a filming location for the TV series True Detective.” Wikipedia

• Fort Macomb United States

  “The climax of the first-season finale of the 2014 television series True Detective was filmed on location at Fort Macomb.” Wikipedia

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