This partial 'list of city nicknames in the United States' compiles the
aliases,
sobriquets and
slogans that
cities are known by, officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their
tourism boards. Some of the nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here are those that have been used for such a long time or have gained so wide a currency that they have become well-known in their own right.
Cities by state
Alabama
★
Alabaster - The City for Families.
[1]
★
Albertville - The
Fire Hydrant Capital of the World.
[Greetings From America's Secret Capitals, ''Time (magazine)'', July 13, 1998.][Claims to Fame - Products, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★
Anniston - The Model City.
[2]
★
Auburn - The Loveliest Village on the Plains.
[3]
★
Bayou La Batre - Seafood Capital of Alabama.
★ Bessemer - The Marvel City.[4]
★ Birmingham
★
★ The Magic City.[5]
★
★ The Pittsburgh of the South.[6]
★ Cedar Bluff - Crappie Capital of the World.[Claims to Fame - Fish, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Decatur
★
★ The River City.[7]
★
★ The Chicago of the South.[8]
★
★ Ballooning Capital of Alabama.[9]
★
★ "Home of America's First Wave Pool".[10]
★ Dothan - The Peanut Capital of the World.[11]
★ Douglas - City of Eagles.[12]
★ Eufaula - Bass Capital of the World.[Claims to Fame - Fish, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Fort Payne - Sock Capital of the World.
★ Greenville - The Camellia City.[13][Claims to Fame - Plants, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Haleyville - Home of 911.[14]
★ Hartselle - The City of Southern Hospitality.[15]
★ Hueytown - Home of the Alabama Gang.[16]
★ Huntsville
★
★ The Rocket City.[17]
★
★ Watercress Capital of the World.[18]
★
★ Huntsvegas.[19]
★
★ Tha 'Ville
★
★ Hockey Capital of the South
★ Jacksonville - Gem of the Hill.[20]
★ Lincoln - The Motorsports City.[21]
★ Madison
★
★ Where Progress Meets Preservation.[22]
★
★ Mad-town
★ Mobile
★
★ The Azalea City.[23]
★
★ The City of Five Flags.[24]
★
★ The Home of Mardi Gras.[25]
★ Montgomery
★
★ Capital of the South.[26]
★
★ The Cradle of the Confederacy.[27]
★ Prattville
★
★ The Fountain City.[Visiting or Staying?, Prattville, Alabama. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Long before Prattville became "The Preferred Community," it was known as "The Fountain City" because of its numerous artesian wells."]
★
★ The Preferred City.
★ Slocomb- The Tomato Capital of the South.[28]
★ Summerdale - The Sunshine City.[29]
★ Sylacauga - The Marble City.[Claims to Fame - Rocks, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Tuscaloosa
★
★ The Druid City.[30]
★
★ T-Town
★ Tuskegee - The Pride of the Swift-Growing South.[31]
★ Wetumpka
★
★ "Rumbling Waters".[32]
★
★ Wetu
★ Winfield - City on the Move.[Motto ought to be boffo, ''Irvine World News'', February 22, 2004.]
Alaska
★ Anchorage
★
★ The City of Lights and Flowers.[Make me feel brand new, ''Anchorage Press'', May 17, 2006.]
★
★ Air Crossroads of the World.[Air Crossroads of the World, ''Ground Support'', April 2006."Increased tourism has halted those perceptions and Anchorage is now known as the "City of Lights and Flowers", a bustling city with a formidable backdrop of glaciers and mountains."]
★
★ Hanging Basket Capital of the World.[33]
★ Cordova
★
★ Clam Town.[34]
★
★ Razor Clam Capital.[Claims to Fame - Food, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Fairbanks - The Golden Heart City.[35]
★ Haines - Eagle Capital of America.[Claims to Fame - Birds, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Homer - Halibut Capital of the world.[36]
★ Kenai - The Village With a Past, the City With a Future.[37]
★ Ketchikan - King Salmon Capital of the World.[38]
★ Knik - Dog-mushing Center of the World.[39]
★ Kodiak - King Crab Capital.
★ Sitka
★
★ First City of Alaska.[40]
★
★ The Natural Place to Visit.[41]
Arizona
★ Apache Junction
★
★ Home of the Superstition Mountains.[42]
★
★ Gateway to Legends, Lakes, Leisure, and Lost Treasure.[43]
★ Ash Fork - Flagstone Capital of the United States.
★ Flagstaff
★
★ City in the Pines.[Flagstaff Arizona, accessed March 29, 2007. "Flagstaff is sometimes called "The City in the Pines" because the town sits in the middle of a Ponderosa Pine stand in the Coconino National Forest. The town is also called "The City of Seven Wonders" because of it proximity to the Grand Canyon, Oak Creek Canyon, Walnut Canyon, Wupatki National Monument, Sunset Crater National Monument and the San Francisco Peaks."]
★
★ City of Seven Wonders.
★
★ Flag Town (C. W. McCall).[44]
★ Kingman - Heart of Route 66.[45]
★ Phoenix - The Valley, Phoenix Valley, Valley of the Sun (includes surrounding cities such as Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Mesa, Glendale and Paradise Valley) [1] [2] [3]
★ Prescott - The Mile-High City.[46]
★ Scottsdale - The West's Most Western Town.[47]
★ Sedona - Red Rock Country.[48]
★ Sierra Vista - Hummingbird Capital of the United States.
★ Tombstone - The Town Too Tough To Die.[49][Claims to Fame - Braggadocio, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Tucson
★
★ The Old Pueblo.[50]
★
★ The Sunshine Factory.[My opinion Debbie Kornmiller : TV listings' headaches fixed today, ''Arizona Daily Star'', March 18, 2007. "The Sunshine Factory" won a Tucson nickname contest in the 1980s as a replacement for the "Old Pueblo." ]
Arkansas
★ Alma - Spinach Capital of the World.
★ Arkadelphia - The 'Delph
★ Berryville - Turkey Capital.
★ Brinkley - Home of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.[51]
★ Clarksville - Clarksvegas
★ Conway - The City of Colleges (The University of Central Arkansas, Hendrix College, and Central Baptist College)[52]
★ Fayetteville
★
★ Hogtown
★
★ The Hill
★ Green Forest - Tomato Capital.
★ Hope - Watermelon Capital of the World.[ The World Capital of Whatever, ''The New York Times'' by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.]
★ Hot Springs - Spa City.[53]
★ Jasper - Elk Capital of Arkansas.[Claims to Fame - Animals, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Jonesboro
★
★ The City of Churches.[Jonesboro, accessed April 8, 2007.]
★
★ The Crepe Myrtle City.
★ Little Rock
★
★ Capital City
★
★ The City of Roses.[54]
★
★ River City.[55]
★ Lowell - A Town with a Past, A City with a Future.[56]
★ Malvern - Brick Capital of the World.
★ Mount Ida - Quartz Crystal Capital of the World.
★ Mountain View - Folk Music Capital of the World.[57][Claims to Fame - Arts, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Nashville
★
★ Horse Capital of Arkansas
★
★ Peach Capital.
★ Stuttgart - Rice and Duck Capital of the World.[58]
California
★ Alameda - The Island City.[59]
★ Anaheim
★
★ Disneyland
★
★ Anacrime
★
★ Analslime
★
★ Disneyheim
★ Antioch - Gateway to the Delta.[60]
★ Auburn - Endurance Capital of The World.[61]
★ Bakersfield - California's Country Music Capital.[62]
★ Baldwin Park - The City That Time Forgot
★ Berkeley
★
★ Bezerkeley
★
★ The People's Republic of Berkeley.[63]
★
★ Athens of the West.[64]
★ Buena Park - Center of the Southland.[65]
★ Burlingame - Boringlame
★ Campbell - The Orchard City.
★ Carlsbad - C-bad
★ Castroville - Artichoke Center of the World.
★ Chatsworth
★
★ Porn Valley
★
★ San Pornando.[66]
★ Chico
★
★ City of Roses.[" City of Roses City of Trees - Chico, California", CaliforniaBeautiful.com, March 17, 2007. Accessed May 17, 2007.]
★
★ City of Trees.
★
★ Almond Capital of the World.
★ Chino - Where Everything Grows.[67]
★ Chula Vista - Beautiful View.[68]
★ Clovis - Gateway to the Sierra.[69]
★ Coachella
★
★ City of Eternal Sunshine.[Your City: Coachella, ''The Desert Sun''. Accessed June 2, 2007. "The "City of Eternal Sunshine - Gateway to the Salton Sea" is largely a young, rural and family oriented area of the desert."]
★
★ Gateway to the Salton Sea
★ Compton
★
★ The CPT
★
★ The Hub City.[70]
★
★ The Hood
★ Corning - Olive City.
★ Corona - The Circle City.[71]
★ Daly City
★
★ Gateway To The Peninsula.[72]
★
★ Little Manila.[73]
★ Davis - People's Republic of Davis.[74]
★ Del Mar - Where the surf meets the turf (a play on Del Mar Racetrack's slogan "Where the Turf Meets the Surf")
★ Dinuba - Raisinland, USA.
★ El Dorado Hills
★
★ El - Doe
★
★ The EDH
★ Fallbrook - Avocado Capital of the World.
★ Fontana
★
★ Smog-tana
★
★ Fontucky
★ Fremont
★
★ Freakmont
★ Fresno
★
★ Fresneck
★
★ Fresyes
★
★ California's New Frontier
★
★ Garden of the Sun
★
★ Raisin Capital of the World.
★
★ The 'No
★
★ Fresburg
★ Fullerton
★
★ F-Town
★ Garden Grove - City of Youth and Ambition.[75]
★ Gilroy - Garlic Capital of the World.
★ Glendale
★
★ Little Armenia
★
★ The Jewel City.[76]
★ Gold Beach - City of Gold
★ Greenfield - Broccoli Capital of the World.
★ Gridley - Kiwi Fruit Capital of the World.
★ Half Moon Bay - Pumpkin Capital.
★ Hawthorne - The City of Good Neighbors
★ Hayward
★
★ The Heart of the Bay
★
★ The Haystack/Stack
★
★ Hayweird
★ Hollywood
★
★ Holly-Weird
★
★ Tinseltown
★
★ The Movie Star City
★
★ Hollyhood
★ Holtville - The Carrot Capital of the World.
★ Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA
★ Indio
★
★ Date Capital of the World.
★
★ The City of Festivals
★ Inglewood
★
★ City of Champions
★ Irvine
★
★ The Bubble
★ Isleton
★
★ Asparagus Capital of the World.
★
★ Crawdad Town
★ Kelseyville - Pear Capital of the World
★ La Canada Flintridge, California- LC or LCF
★ Lafayette - Love Lafayette (popular bumper sticker slogan)
★ Lancaster - The Heart of the Antelope Valley
★ Lemon Grove - Best Climate on Earth
★ Linden - Cherry Capital of the World.
★ Livermore - Live more
★ Lodi
★
★ Grape Capital of the World
★
★ Tokay Grape Capital of the World.
★ Lompoc - Flower Seed Capital of the World.
★ Long Beach
★
★ The International City
★
★ The Home To West Coast Rap
★
★ The L.B.C.
★
★ Home To Snoop Dogg
★ Los Angeles
★
★ L.A.
★
★ City of Angels.
★
★ The Big Orange
★
★ Lala Land
★
★ City of Flowers and Sunshine.
★
★ Loss Angel-eez (as pronounced by Arlo Guthrie in "Flying into Los Angeles")
★
★ Lost Angeles
★
★ Shakytown (due to frequent earth tremors)
★
★ The Southland
★
★ Tinseltown.[77]
★ Marina - Little Korea
★ Marysville - Gateway to the Gold Fields.[78]
★ McCloud - Blackberry Capital of the World.
★ Merced - Gateway to Yosemite.[79]
★ Modesto - Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health.[80]
★ Monterey - The Cradle of History.[81]
★ Monterey Park
★
★ Little Taipei
★
★ Chinatown
★ Norco - Horse Town USA.
★ Oakdale - Cowboy Capital of the World.[82]
★ Oakland
★
★ Cokeland
★
★ OakTown
★
★ The Town
★
★ The O
★
★ There's no "there" there (attributed to Dorothy Parker)
★ Oceanside
★
★ O-Side
★ Oroville
★
★ City of Gold (literal translation)
★
★ Solar City, USA
★ Oxnard
★
★ Lima Bean Capital of the World.
★
★ Strawberry Capital of the World
★
★ The Nard
★ Pacifica - Fog Capital of California.[Claims to Fame - Weather, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Palm Springs
★
★ Golf Capital of the World.
★
★ P.S. I Love You (Slogan)
★ Palmdale
★
★ Aerospace Capital of America
★
★ Pompton
★ Palo Alto
★
★ Shallow Alto
★ Pasadena
★
★ City of Roses
★
★ Crown City
★ Patterson - Apricot Capital of the World
★ Pearsonville - Hubcap Capital of the World.[Claims to Fame - Favorites, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Petaluma - P-Town
★ Pittsburg - P-World
★ Placerville - Hangtown
★ Pleasanton - It's All the Name Implies
★ Poway - The City in the Country
★ Reedley - The World's Fruit Basket.
★ Redlands - Deadlands
★ Redwood City - Climate Best By Government Test[83]
★ Reseda - The Hub of the West Valley
★ Rowland Heights - New Chinatown
★ Sacramento
★
★ Almond Capital of the World.
★
★ Cowtown
★
★ Hayfever Capital of the World
★
★ Sacratomato
★
★ Sacto
★
★ The Big Tomato
★
★ The Camellia City
★
★ The City of Trees
★
★ River City
★
★ Sac-Town
★
★ The Sack
★
★ Sacranecko
★
★ Gateway to Rio Linda (Rush Limbaugh)
★
★ Sacred City
★ Salinas
★
★ East of Eden
★
★ Lettuce Capital of the World.
★
★ Salad Bowl of the World
★
★ Steinbeck Country
★ Santa Ana
★
★ Little Mexico
★ San Bruno - The Airport City
★ San Diego
★
★ America's Finest City
★
★ Plymouth of the West
★
★ Daygo
★
★ Silicon Beach[84][85]
★
★ The 6-1-9
★ San Fernando Valley
★
★ The 8-1-8 (referring to the area code)
★
★ Valley of the Stars
★
★ Porn Valley, San Pornando Valley, and Silicone Valley (referring to the ever-present porn industry)
★ San Francisco
★
★ San Fran
★
★ The Bay
★
★ Baghdad by the Bay (Herb Caen)
★
★ The City
★
★ The City by the Bay
★
★ Chinatown
★
★ Frisco (as in, ''Don't call it Frisco''...Herb Caen)
★
★ Fogtown
★
★ The SCO
★
★ Gay City
★
★ LGBT capital of the world
★ San Jose
★
★ The World's Biggest Suburb
★
★ The Capital of Silicon Valley
★
★ The Garden City
★
★ San Ho/San Jo
★
★ San Hoochie Minh City/San Hoe Chi Minh City
★ San Lorenzo
★
★ San Lo
★
★ SLZ
★ San Luis Obispo - SLO (as in, ''Experience the SLO Life'')[86]
★ San Mateo
★
★ San Maghetto
★
★ The Mat-t-o
★ Sanger - Christmas Tree City.
★ Santa Barbara
★
★ The American Riviera
★ Santa Monica - Dogtown
★ Santa Paula - Citrus Capital of the World.
★ Sebastopol - Sebtown
★ Selma - Raisin Capital of the World.
★ Smith River - Lily Growing Capital of the World.
★ Solvang - Danish capital of America.
★ Sonoma - The Queen of the Southern Mines
★ South San Francisco
★
★ South City
★
★ The Industrial City.[Claims to Fame - Business, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Stockton
★
★ Asparagus Capital of the World.
★
★ California's Sunrise Seaport
★
★ The Hub of the California Heartland
★ Sunnyvale - The Heart of Silicon Valley
★ Tulelake - Horseradish Capital of the World.
★ Union City
★
★ Gateway to Silicon Valley
★
★ The Une
★
★ UC
★
★ Urine City (derisive)
★ Upland - The City of Gracious Living
★ Ventura - The City of Good Fortune
★
★ Ventura is a nickname, the true city name is City of San Buenaventura
★ Victorville - Key to the High Desert
★ Vista, California - V-town Panther City climatic wonderland of the world "The low 760"
★ Walnut Creek
★
★ The Corners
★
★ WC/Dub Ceez
★ Wasco - Rose Growing Capital of the World.
★ Watsonville - Strawberry Capital of the World.
★ West Hollywood
★
★ Boystown
★
★ The Creative City
★
★ WEHO
★ Westminster - The City of Progress, Built on Pride
★ Willits - Solar Energy Capital of the World.[Claims to Fame - Energy, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Willow Creek - Bigfoot Capital of the World.
★ Yuba City - Prune Capital.
Colorado
★ Alamosa - Hub of the San Luis Valley[Hub of the San Luis Valley accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Arvada
★
★ Celery Capital of the World[Celery Capital of the World accessed May 29, 2007.]
★
★ That other city that starts with an "A"
★ Aspen
★
★ America's Canary City[America's Canary City accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Ault - A Unique Little Town[A Unique Little Town accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Aurora
★
★ Gateway to the Rockies
★
★ A Big City with a Small Town Flavor
★
★ Saudi Aurora
★
★ A-Town
★ Avon
★
★ The home of Bob the Bridge[Bob the Bridge accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Berthoud
★
★ The Garden Spot of Colorado[Garden Spot of Colorado accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Boulder
★
★ The People's Republic of Boulder[The People's Republic of Boulder accessed May 29, 2007.]
★
★ Baghdad by the Flatirons
★ Black Hawk
★
★ The City of Mills[The City of Mills accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Brush
★
★ Brush![Brush! accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Cañon City
★
★ The Climate Capital of Colorado[The Climate Capital of Colorado accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Carbondale
★
★ The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Hideout[The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Hideout accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Cedaredge
★
★ The Southern Gateway to the Grand Mesa[The Southern Gateway to the Grand Mesa accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Colorado Springs
★
★ The Springs
★
★ The Beach
★
★ Pikes Peak's City
★ Creede - There is no night in Creede[It’s day all day in the day time, And there is no night in Creede. accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Crested Butte
★
★ Colorado’s Last Great Ski Town[Colorado’s Last Great Ski Town accessed May 29, 2007.]
★
★ The Wildflower Capital of Colorado[The Wildflower Capital of Colorado accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Deer Trail
★
★ Home of the World's First Rodeo[Home of the World's First Rodeo accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Denver
★
★ Mile-High City.[Claims to Fame - Geography, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★
★ Queen City of the Plains.
★
★ The City and County
★ Dove Creek
★
★ Pinto Bean Capital of the World.
★ Durango
★
★ Durango Rocks![Durango Rocks! accessed May 29, 2007.]
★
★ Animas City (Geographical Reference to the River that runs through the city) (Historical Reference to original name of the city)
★ Eaton
★
★ The Garden of Eaton: Beef, Beets, and Beans[The Garden of Eaton: Beef, Beets, and Beans accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Edgewater
★
★ The City of Choice[The City of Choice accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Fairplay
★
★ The Real South Park[The Real South Park accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Fort Collins
★
★ The Choice City
★
★ Fort Fun
★
★ FoCo
★ Fruita
★
★ Home of Mike the Headless Chicken[Mike the Headless Chicken accessed May 29, 2007.]
★ Golden
★
★ Where the West Begins
★ Greeley
★
★ Greality
★
★ Cowtown, USA
★
★ G-spot
★ Highlands Ranch
★
★ The Ranch
★ Littleton
★
★ The resting place of Alferd Packer
★ Longmont
★
★ L-Town
★ Nederland
★
★ Home of the Frozen Dead Guy
★ Ouray
★
★ The Switzerland of America
★
★ Gem of the Rockies
★
★ Jeep Capital of the World
★ Palisade
★
★ Peach Capital of Colorado.
★ Pueblo
★
★ Home of Heroes
★
★ Pride City
★ Salida
★
★ Heart of the Rockies
★ Steamboat Springs
★
★ Ski Town USA
Connecticut
★ Ansonia- Copper City
★ Berlin - Geographic Center of CT.
★ Bridgeport - Park City
★ Bristol - Mum City
★ Cheshire - Bedding Plant Capital of Connecticut.
★ Danbury - Hat City
★ Darien - God's Country
★ East Haven - Staven
★ Groton - Submarine Capital Of The World
★ Hartford
★
★ Insurance City.
★
★ Insurance Capitol of the World
★
★ New England's Rising Star
★ Middletown - Forest City
★ Manchester - Silk City
★ New Britain
★
★ Beehive City
★
★ Hardware City.
★
★ Hard Hittin' New Britain
★ New Haven - Elm City
★ New London - Whaling City
★ Norwalk - Oyster Town
★ Norwich - The Rose Of New England
★ Stamford
★
★ The City that Works
★
★ Lock City (a reference to the now-defunct Yale & Towne lock factory).
★ Waterbury - Brass City
★ Willimantic - Thread City
Delaware
★ Dover - The State Capital since 1777
★ Wilmington
★
★ Chemical Capital of the World.
★
★ Corporate Capital of the World
★
★ Credit Card Capital of the World
★
★ Dub City
Florida
★ Apopka
★
★ Tha A
★
★ APK
★ Bartow
★
★ The City of Oaks
★
★ The City of Oaks and Azaleas
★
★ Capital of Imperial Polk County
★ Boca Raton
★
★ A City for All Seasons
★
★ Boca
★
★ Mouth of the Rat
★
★ Rats Mouth
★ Cape Coral
★
★ Two Three Nine (area code)
★
★ Cape Coma
★
★ The Run Away Borough (in reference to the numerous former New Yorkers)
★ Coconut Creek - Butterfly capital of the world.
★ Coral Springs - The City in the Country.[87]
★ DeLand - The Athens of Florida.[88]
★ Eustis - The City of Bright Tomorrows.[89]
★ Fort Lauderdale - Venice of America.[90]
★ Fort Myers
★
★ The City of Palms.[91]
★
★ Gulf Coast Paradise
★ Fort Walton Beach - Billfish Capital of the World.
★ Gainesville
★
★ Hogtown
★
★ Gville
★
★ G-spot
★
★ Titletown
★ Haines City - The Heart of Florida.[92]
★ Hialeah - City of Progress.[93]
★ Interlachen
★
★ Interlarken
★
★ 'Lachen
★ Jacksonville
★
★ The Bold New City of The South
★
★ Jax[94]
★
★ River City
★
★ Bang'em Ville
★
★ J-ville
★
★ Jack-town
★
★ Duval
★
★ Trillville
★
★ Da 904
★
★ Da Ville
★
★ Jack-&-Kill
★
★ Actionville
★
★ City of Seven Bridges
★ Key West
★
★ Southernmost City
★
★ Conch Republic
★
★ Cayo Hueso
★
★ The Rock
★
★ Margaritaville
★ Lake Mary - City of Lakes
★ Lakeland, Florida
★
★ The Lightning Capital of the World
★
★ Swan Lake
★ Live Oak
★
★ O-town
★
★ The L-O
★
★ Home of the Bulldogs
★ Lutz
★
★ The BIG L
★
★ Little Lithuania
★
★ The Little Guava
★
★ L Burg
★
★ The City of Lights and Flowers
★ Melbourne
★
★ The Harbor City
★
★ The Midway City
★ Miami
★
★ Dade County
★
★ 305
★
★ Vice City
★
★ The American Riviera
★
★ The Sixth Borough (in reference to New York City)
★
★ Gateway to the Americas
★
★ Jeubanville
★
★ The Magic City
★
★ The M I A
★
★ Sexy Towne
★
★ My Hammy
★
★ Chonga Central
★
★ Chongaville
★
★ Cocaine Alley
★
★ M-I-Yeyo
★ Ocoee - The Center of Good Living.[95]
★ Okeechobee - Speckled Perch Capital of the World.
★ Orange Park
★
★ The O-P
★ Orlando
★
★ The City Beautiful.[96]
★
★ Quad City
★
★ O-Town
★
★ Tha 407
★
★ THE City
★ Palatka - Bass Capital of the World.
★ Panama City Beach
★
★ The World's Most Beautiful Beaches.[97]
★
★ The Redneck Riviera
★ Pensacola
★
★ City of Five Flags[98]
★ Plant City
★
★ Strawberry Capital of the World.
★
★ Winter Strawberry Capital of the World.
★ Rockledge
★
★ The Rock
★
★ Rock-vegas
★ St. Joseph - Kumquat Capital of the U.S..
★ St. Petersburg - Always in Season.[99]
★
★ The Berg
★
★ St. Pete
★
★ Heaven's Waiting Room
★
★ Sunshine City.
★ Tallahassee
★
★ The Capital City
★
★ Tally
★
★ Tally-Ho
★ Tampa
★
★ Lightning Capital of the World.[100]
★
★ The Big Guava
★
★ Cigar Capital of the World (Ybor City area).[101]
★
★ Rental Car Capital of the World
★
★ Cigar City
★
★ America's Next Greatest City.[Leo, Peter. "'America's finest city' takes a fall", ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', December 6, 2005, accessed April 12, 2007. "Which brings us to less-humble San Diego. It had the nerve to tout itself as "America's Finest City."... This would seem to present an opportunity for Tampa, which bills itself as "America's Next Greatest City."]
★
★ Tampa-Nam
★
★ Tampsterdam
★ Tarpon Springs
★
★ Sponge Capital of the World.
★ Wauchula - The Cucumber Capital of the World
★ West Palm Beach
★
★ The W.P.B.
★
★ West Palm
★
★ The Dub City
★ Winter Park - City of Culture and Heritage
★
★ The W-P-K
Georgia
★ Abbeville - Wild Hog Capital of Georgia.
★ Albany - The Artesian City
★ Ashburn - Peanut Capital of the World.
★ Athens
★
★ The Classic City
★
★ The Athens of the South
★ Atlanta
★
★ A-lann-a (imitating local pronunciation - as described in the book ''How to Speak Southern'')
★
★ The Big Peach
★
★ Hotlanta
★
★ The City Too Busy to Hate
★
★ The City In The Forest
★
★ The Dirty Dirty
★ Blakely - Peanut Capital of the World.
★ Claxton - Fruitcake Capital of the World.
★ College Park - C.P.
★ Colquitt - Mayhaw Capital of the World.
★ Columbus - The Fountain City
★ Cordele - Watermelon Capital of the World.
★ Dalton - Carpet Capital of the World.
★ Dawson - Spanish Peanut Capital of the World.
★ Elberton - The Granite City.
★ Ellijay - Georgia's Apple Capital.
★ Fort Valley - Peach Capital of Georgia.
★ Gainesville - Poultry Capital of the World.
★ Griffin - Iris City.
★ Lithonia - City of Granite.[>]
★ Nashville - City of Dogwoods.
★ Sandersville - Kaolin Capital of the World.
★ Savannah - Turf Grass Capital of the World.
★ Tifton - TIFTON is friendly, terrific and overly nice.
★ Valdosta
★
★ The Azalea City
★
★ Winnersville, USA
★ Vidalia - Sweet Onion Capital of the World.
★ Waynesboro - Bird Dog Capital of the World.
Hawaii
★ Anahola - A - Town
★ Honolulu - Sheltered Bay
★ Waimea - Kamuela
Idaho
★ Ashton - Seed Potato Capital.
★ Blackfoot - Potato Capital of the World.
★ Boise - The City of Trees
★ Buhl - Trout Capitol.
★ Pocatello
★
★ U. S. Smile Capitol
★
★ Poke-and-tell-all
★ Preston - Napoleon Dynamite Town or City
★ Rigby - Birthplace of Television
★ Wallace - Silver Capital of the World.
Illinois
★ Algonquin - The Gem of the Fox River Valley[102]
★ Aurora - lil mexico.[103]
★ Bartlett - B-Town
★ Batavia - The Windmill City.
★ Beardstown - Watermelon Capital.
★ Belleville - Bell Vegas
★ Berwyn
★
★ Burrrrr-wyn
★ Bloomington - The Evergreen City (city motto) [6] et al
★ Bloomington-Normal together - The Twin Cities [7]
★ Broadview
★
★ Badview
★ Bolingbrook
★
★ Boringbrook
★ Brookfield
★
★ Brokefield
★ Calumet City
★
★ Cal City
★
★ Calumet Shitty
★ Channahon
★
★ Channabomb
★ Chicago
★
★ Chi-town (pronounced "shy-town") (referenced in "Convoy (song)", for example)
★
★ Hog Butcher to the World (originated by Carl Sandburg in ''Chicago (poem)'')
★
★ City of the Big Shoulders (also originated by Carl Sandburg in ''Chicago (poem)'')
★
★ Second City (as in The Second City)
★
★ The "I Will" City
★
★ Pride of the Rustbelt
★
★ City in a Garden (literal translation of city motto, ''Urbs in horto'' [8]
★
★ The City That Works (by Mayor Daley, for example [9])
★
★ Gem of the Prairie
★
★ Railroad Center of America
★
★ Slaughterhouse of the World
★
★ The Windy City [[10]]
★
★ Chgo
★ Cicero
★
★ The other town Capone made famous
★ Collinsville, Illinois - Horseradish Capital of the World.
★ Cook County
★
★ Crook County
★ Crystal Lake - A Good Place to Live[104]
★ DeKalb - Barbed Wire Capital of the World.
★ Divernon
★
★ Dinky-Ville
★
★ Divy
★
★ A great place to be from!
★
★ Gateway to Springfield
★ Elmhurst
★
★ The Hurst
★ Evanston
★
★ E-town
★
★ Quite Chi
★ Freeport
★
★ 815
★
★ Freepot
★
★ Garilla City
★ Galena - The City That Time Forgot
★ Griggsville - Purple Martin Capital of the World.
★ Harvard - Milk Capital of the World
★ Highland Park
★
★ The H.P.
★ Highwood
★
★ The Wood
★ Hillsboro
★
★ H-Town
★
★ The Boro
★ Huntley - The Friendly Village With Country Charm [105]
★ Joliet
★
★ The City of Champions
★
★ joylet
★ Kewanee - Hog Capital of the World ".
★ Lake in the Hills
★
★ LITH
★
★ Lake in the Hood
★ Lombard - The Lilac Village.[106]
★ Macomb
★
★ The Combat Zone (by railroad lines)
★
★ May-cumb
★
★ The Twilight Zone
★ Mattoon - Bagel Capital of the World.
★ Melrose Park - "Home of razor thin haircuts, ID bracelets, and velour car interiors" - Richard Belzer in Mad Dog and Glory
★ Metropolis - Hometown of Superman
★ Moline - Plow Capital of the World.
★ Morton - Pumpkin Capital of the World.[107]
★ Mundelein - Mundeslime
★ Naperville - Naperthrill
★ Nauvoo
★
★ The Beautiful
★
★ Nauv-Oops!
★ Oak Park - The O.P.
★ Olney - Home of the white squirrels.[White Squirrel Wars, Roadside America, accessed April 21, April 2007. "Olney, IL; Marionville, MO; Kenton, TN; Brevard, NC; Exeter, ON. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others."]
★ Pekin - Marigold Capital of the World.
★ Peoria
★
★ P-Town
★ Plano - Home of the Reapers
★ Quincy - Gem City.[108]
★ Rockford
★
★ Forest City
★
★ Midway
★
★ Rock Town
★ Rolling Meadows - Rolling Ghettoes
★ Sandwich - A "Fair" City (After the DeKalb County Fair, based in Sandwich)
★ Summit - Scummit
★ Stickney - Stinky
★ Waukegan
★
★ At The Top Of Illinois
★
★ The 847
★
★ Wauk-Town
★ Westmont - The 'Smont
★ Wonder Lake - Wondertucky
★ Worth
★
★ Worthless
Indiana
★ Bloomington - B-town
★ Churubusco - Turtle Town, U.S.A.[109]
★ Columbus - Athens of the Prairie.[110]
★ Elkhart - RV Capital of the World.
★ Evansville - River City,Stop Light City
★ Fort Wayne - Summit City.[111]
★ Gary
★
★ Murder Cap
★
★ G.I.
★
★ City of the Century.[THE MAGIC CITY OF STEEL, accessed April 21, 2007. "Local boosters referred to the Town of Gary as the 'Magic City' and the 'City of the Century.'"]
★
★ City of Vision, People of Commitment.[112]
★
★ Magic City.
★
★ Steel City.[113]
★
★ Scary Gary
★
★ Scary, Indiana(derisive)
★
★ Smelly, Indiana
★ Gary and Hammond - "the Region" (encompasses most of Lake County, Indiana adjacent to Chicago)
★ Indianapolis
★
★ Amateur Sports Capital of the World.[114]
★
★ Circle City.[115]
★
★ Indy (especially as "Indy 500")
★
★ Nappyville
★
★ Naptown.[116]
★
★ Railroad City.[117]
★
★ India-no-place
★ Kokomo - City of Firsts.[118]
★ La Porte
★
★ America's Butter Churn
★ Lafayette - Star City
★ Marion - Queen City.[119]
★ Michigan City - The Northern Light
★ Muncie - Middletown (after ''Middletown'', a pioneering sociological study conducted there)
★ Peru - Circus Capital of the World.[120]
★ Speedway
★
★ Racing Capital of the World.[121]
★
★ Home of the 500
★ Terre Haute
★
★ Queen City of the Wabash.[122]
★
★ Crossroads of America (National Road/U.S. Route 40 and Dixie Bee Rd/U.S. Route 41 met in downtown).[123]
★
★ Prairie City (eastern edge of the Great Plains/prairies).[124]
★
★ Indiana's Delinquent City [from an 2/11/1961 Saturday Evening Post article on the city]
★
★ City of Five Smells [derisive]
★
★ Sin City [well-known gambling and prostitution center until the 1960s]
★
★ Pittsburgh of the West (historical: city was an early steel center).[125]
★
★ Terra Hut - Non-local mispronunciation
★
★ T-Town
★ Valparaiso - Vale of Paradise.[126]
★ Warsaw - Orthopedic Capital of The World.[127]
Iowa
★ Burlington - The Loader/Backhoe Capital of the World
★ Cedar Rapids - The City of Five Seasons[128]
★ Council Bluffs - Counciltucky (derisive), CoBlow (derisive), CB Town, the Bluffs.
★ Davenport/Bettendorf, Iowa / Moline/East Moline/Rock Island, Illinois
★
★ The Quad Cities
★ Dubuque - The Key City, City of Five Flags, Masterpiece on the Mississippi, Little Rome
★ Dyersville - Farm Toy Capital of the World.
★ Emmetsburg - Iowa's Irish Capital.[Claims to Fame - Ethnic Groups, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Fort Dodge - Mineral City.
★ Glenwood, Iowa - G-Wood, "the wood".
★ Le Mars - Ice Cream Capital of the World.
★ Sumner - City With a Future
Kansas
★ Augusta - A-Town.
★ Beattie - Milo Capital of the World (milo is grain sorghum)".
★ Cassoday - Prairie Chicken Capital of the World.
★ Cawker City - Home of the World's Largest Ball of Twine.
★ Dodge City - Queen of the Cowtowns.[129]
★ Garden City - Cutting Horse Capital.
★ Girard - Printing Capital of the Nation.
★ Haysville - Peach Capital of Kansas.
★ Hutchinson - The Salt City
★ Jennings - Czech Us Out.
★ Kansas City
★
★ KCK[130]
★
★ Heart of America [131]
★ Kirwin - Goose Capital.
★ La Crosse - Barbed Wire Capital of the World .
★ Lansing - City With a Future [11]
★ Lawrence
★
★ River City[132]
★ Lenexa - Spinach Capital.
★ Leoti - Pinto Bean Capital.
★ Manhattan - The Little Apple.[133]
★ Marysville - Black Squirrel Capital.
★ Norton - Pheasant Capital of Kansas.
★ Olathe - Cowboy Boot Capital.[Claims to Fame - Clothing, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
★ Parsons - Purple Martin Capital.
★ Pittsburg - Fried Chicken Capital.
★ Pleasanton - P-Town
★ Quinter - Half Mile High City.
★ Russell Springs - Cow Chip Capital of Kansas.
★ Wellington - Wheat Capital of the World.
★ Wichita
★
★ Air Capital of the World.
★
★ ICT
★ Windom - Covered Dish Capital of the World.
Kentucky
★ Bardstown - Bourbon Capital of the World.
★ Berea - Folk Arts and Crafts Capital of Kentucky.
★ Bowling Green - The BG
★ Elizabethtown - E-Town
★ Hopkinsville - Hoptown
★ Lexington
★
★ Lextown
★
★ LexVegas
★
★ Sexy Lexy
★
★ Horse Capital of the World.[134]
★ Louisville
★
★ City of Beautiful Churches
★
★ Derby City
★
★ Falls City
★
★ Gateway to the South.[135]
★
★ The Ville
★ Nicholasville - Nick Vegas
★ Owensboro - Barbecued Mutton Capital of the World.
★ Paducah - Quilt City.[136]
★ Pikeville - The City That Moves Mountains.[137]
★ Renfro Valley - Kentucky's Country Music Capital.
★ Somerset - Houseboat Capital of the World
Louisiana
★ Baton Rouge
★
★ The Red Stick
★
★ Jigga City
★
★ The Big Raggedy
★
★ The Mouse Trap
★
★ Holly Rouge
★ Breaux Bridge
★
★ Crayfish Capital of the World.
★
★ Crawfish Capital of the World.
★ Des Allemands, Louisiana - Catfish Capital of the World.
★ New Orleans
★
★ The Chocolate City (from Mayor Ray Nagin's Chocolate City speech)
★
★ Chopper City (rapper B.G. first coined N.O. Chopper City in '95) It's in reference to the overflow of AK-47s into New Orleans.
★
★ The Big Easy (as referenced in the film set there, ''The Big Easy'')
★
★ The City That Care Forgot
★
★ The City The Government Forgot
★
★ The Lost City of New Orleans
★
★ The Crescent City.[138]
★
★ The Queen City of the Mississippi
★
★ Nawlins (imitating local southern-accent pronunciation)
★
★ New Aw-lay-own (imitating local cajun-accent pronunciation)
★
★ NOLA
★ Gonzales - Jambalaya Capital of the World.
★ Gueydan - Duck Capital of America.
★ Jennings - Cradle of Louisiana Oil.
★ Kenner
★
★ America's City
★
★ K-Town
★
★ Choppa City
★
★ New Kenya
★
★ Cardboard Capitol of the World
★
★ Proud Home of Smitty's Seafood
★
★ The Eagle's Nest
★
★ "Pimp City"
★ Lecompte - Pie Capital of Louisiana.
★ Ponchatoula - Strawberry Capital of the World.
★ Rayne
★
★ Frog Capital of the World.
★
★ Louisiana City of Murals
★ Shreveport
★
★ Ratchet City
Maine
★ Acton
★
★ (The real)A-town
★ Augusta
★
★ Capital City
★
★ Disgusta
★ Bangor - The Queen City of the East.[139]
★ Bath - The City of Ships.[140]
★ Biddeford - Biddo
★ Cherryfield - Blueberry Capital of the World.
★ Farmington - Earmuff Capital of the World.
★ Kittery - K-Town
★ Lewiston & Auburn
★
★ Cities of the Androscoggin
★
★ L-A{{Fact|date=July 2007}
★ Lincolnvile-L'ville
★ Portland
★
★ Forest City
★
★ Hill City
★
★ P-Town
★
★ P-Land
★ Presque Isle - The Star City.[141]
★ Rockland - Lobster Capital of the World.
★ Sanford - Skankford
★ South Berwick, Maine - sobe
★ South Portland - Sow-Po
★ Strong - Toothpick Capital of the World.
★ Waterville
★
★ Elm City
★
★ The Heart of the Kennebec
Maryland
★ Annapolis
★
★ Crabtown.
★
★ Naptown
★
★ The Sailing Capital of the World
★ Baltimore
★
★ ''Balmo'' or ''Balmer'' -- imitations of the local pronunciation of ''Baltimore''
★
★ Bodymore, Murderland
★
★ Baldimore
★
★ Charm City
★
★ Mobtown
★
★ Harm City (derisive)
★
★ Crab Cake Capital of the World.
★
★ Monument City
★
★ The City That Reads
★
★ The City That Bleeds (derisive)
★
★ The City That Breeds (derisive)
★
★ Bmore
★ College Park
★
★ College Perp (derisive)
★
★ Ghetto Park (derisive)
★
★ IKEA Park
★ Columbia - The Next America
★ Crisfield - Seafood Capital of the World.
★ Cumberland - Queen City
★ Dundalk
★
★ Dumb Dalk
★
★ Dump Dalk
★
★ The Dirty D
★
★ Home of the Domes (reference to the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant)
★ Frederick
★
★ Fredrock
★
★ Fredneck
★
★ Rick City
★ Gaithersburg
★
★ The Burg
★
★ G-Burg
★ Glen Burnie
★
★ Glen Burnout
★
★ Glimburnie -- imitation of the local pronunciation
★ Hagerstown - Hub City
★ Highlandtown
★
★ H-Town
★
★ Holland Town (local slang)
★ Lexington Park
★
★ L.P. City
★ Ocean City - The White Marlin Capital
★ Prince George's County - Gorgeous Prince George's
★
★ Where Families Come Together
★
★ The Family Reunion Capital
★
★ Pretty Girl County
★ Rockville, Maryland
★ Rosedale
★
★ The 410
★
★ D Block
★ Salisbury - The Crossroads of Delmarva
★ Takoma Park - Azalea City.
Massachusetts
★ Adams -- The Mother Town (it 'gave birth' to North Adams next door)
★ Athol - Tool Town.
★ Boston -- or nicknamed 'Bahstin' from the local Boston accent
★
★ City on the Hill -- ''City Upon A Hill'', from founder John Winthrop's biblical reference to create 'a city upon a hill"
★
★ Athens of America -- Boston Brahmin's reference to the numerous cultural institutions which separated from its counterparts[12]
★
★ The Hub.[ -- ''The Hub of the Universe'', from Oliver Wendel Holmes' reference to MA State House as 'hub of solar system']
★
★ Beantown -- and variations 'The Bean', 'DA BEAN', BeanCity, B-town, etc.[13]
★
★ Birthplace of America
★
★ Bloody Bean
★
★ The Cradle of Liberty
★
★ The Cradle of the Revolution
★
★ The Cradle of Modern America
★
★ America's Walking City -- from the numerous walking tours of the city (Freedom Trail, Black Heritage Trail, etc.) and ease and access from the mass transit system
★
★ America's First City -- 1st to 50K/100K in population, and 1st to be independent of foreign rule
★
★ The City of Firsts -- from the remarkably high number of first time instances for both America and the world
★
★ The City of Invention and Innovation -- similar to above, and associations with Franklin, Morse, Latimer, Bell, Edison, etc.
★
★ The City of Champions -- disputed by Brockton, home of Marciano and Hagler
★
★ The City of Kind Hearts
★
★ City by the Bay -- Massachusetts Bay, capitol of MA, and formerly capitol of the Mass Bay Colony
★
★ Freedom City -- reference to Boston's role in both the Revolution, and Abolition movements
★
★ Purity City -- reference to its founders, the Puritans
★
★ The City of Higher Learning -- due to the plethora of universities and colleges in the Boston area
★
★ Cream City or Pale City (derisive) -- due to its seemingly repressive culture built off its close relation to preserving history, the Puritan influence of its past, and early closing hours (Subway by 12:30 AM and bars by 2:00 AM), especially when compared by socialites to cities like NY (the city that never sleeps), LV (Sin City), MIA, NO, etc. which are frequented by Boston residents
★ East Boston - Eastie
★ Jamaica Plain
★
★ JP
★
★ Jamaica Spain
★ Mattapan
★
★ Murderpan (derisive)
★ South Boston
★
★ Southie (not to be confused with the South End)
★ Dorchester
★
★ DOT
★ Brockton
★
★ The City of Champions
★
★ Broketown
★ Cambridge
★
★ Moscow on the Charles
★
★ The People's Republic of Cambridge
★ Duxbury
★
★ Deluxe-bury
★ Fall River
★
★ Scholarship City
★
★ The Spindle City
★
★ The City of Hills, Mills and Pork Pies
★
★ Fall Reev
★ Franklin - The Source
★ Hadley - Asparagus Capital of the World.
★ Haverhill - Hell Town
★ Holyoke - Paper City. 
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