New Orleans

The subject of this article: exists in the Forrest Gump novel canon (including Gump & Co.) is not mentioned in the Forrest Gump film canon exists in real life (see Wikipedia article: New Orleans)

Forrest Gump finds himself in New Orleans, Louisiana some time between the end of the Forrest Gump novel and its sequel Gump & Co.. Here, he finds employment at a strip joint called Wanda's.