List of city nicknames in the United States
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This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are sometimes known by, officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards. Some of the nicknames are positive, while others are derisive.
A separate list of city nicknames is also available; that list covers other countries as well as certain common types of nicknames such as birthplaces, self-proclaimed capitals, and comparative nicknames.
Cities (listed by state)
- Birmingham
- The Magic City
- The Pittsburgh of the South
- Dothan - The Peanut Capital of the World
- Huntsville - Rocket City
- Mobile - The City of Five Flags
- Anchorage
- City of Lights
- Air Crossroads of the World
- Fairbanks The Golden Heart City
- Homer The End of the Road
- Kenai - The Village With a Past, the City With a Future
- Ketchikan
- The First City
- K-Town
- Sitka
- First City of Alaska
- Brinkley - Home of the Ivory-billed woodpecker
- Jonesboro
- The City of Churches
- The Crepe Myrtle City
- J-Town
- Joneburr
- Little Rock - The City of Roses
- Lowell - The Town With a Past, the City With a Future
- Mountain View - Folk Music Capital of the World
- Stuttgart - Rice and Duck Capital of the World
- Bakersfield - Bak-o
- Baldwin Park - The City That Time Forgot
- Berkeley
- Berzerkeley
- The People's Republic of Berkeley
- Buena Park - Center of the Southland
- Castroville - Artichoke Center of the World
- Chico - Big City Taste, Small Town Flavor
- Coachella
- City of Eternal Sunshine
- Gateway to the Salton Sea
- Compton - The Hub City
- Del Mar - Where the surf meets the turf
- El Cajon
- Polite City of El Cajon
- Hub of East County
- Fallbrook - Avocado Capital of the World
- Fayette - The Gateway to the Pacific
- Forestville - Poison Oak Capital of the World
- Fremont - Freakmont
- Fresno
- Raisin Capital of the World
- Armpit of California
- Fresburg
- FresYes
- Garden Grove
- The Renaissance City
- Garbage Grove
- Gilroy - Garlic Capital of the World
- Gold Beach - City of Gold
- Greenfield - Broccoli Capital of the World
- Hawthorne - The City of Good Neighbors
- Hayward - The Heart of the Bay
- Hollywood
- Hollyweird
- Show Business Capital of the World
- Tinseltown
- Holtville - The Carrot Capital of the World
- Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA
- Indio
- Date Capital of the World
- The City of Festivals
- Inglewood
- The City of Champions
- Inglehood
- Isleton - Crawdad Town
- Kelseyville - Pear Capital of the World
- Lancaster - The Heart of the Antelope Valley
- Lemon Grove - Best Climate on Earth
- La Habra - Guadalahabra
- Lodi - Grape Capital of the World
- Long Beach - L.B.C.
- Los Angeles
- L.A.
- City of Angels
- Hell A.
- The Entertainment Capital of the World
- The Big Orange
- The City of Champions
- City of Flowers and Sunshine
- La-La Land -- although this is more commonly used to refer to Hollywood, which is a part of Los Angeles
- Marysville - Gateway to the Gold Fields
- Merced
- Gateway to Yosemite
- Mer-Dead
- Monterey - The Cradle of History
- Oakdale
- Cowboy Capital of the World
- Oaktown
- Oakland
- Oaktown
- The Town
- The Land
- Oroville - City of Gold
- Oxnard
- Strawberry Capital of the World
- The Nard
- Palmdale - Aerospace Capital of America
- Pasadena
- City of Roses
- Crown City
- Patterson - Apricot Capital of the World
- Pearsonville - Hubcap Capital of the World
- Petaluma
- Egg Basket of the World
- P-Town
- Placerville - Hangtown
- Poway - The City in the Country
- Reseda - The Hub of the West Valley -- referring to the San Fernando Valley
- Sacramento
- River City
- Sac or Sacto
- Sacratomato
- Sac-Town
- The Camellia City
- The City of Trees
- The Big Tomato
- Salinas - Salad Bowl of the World
- San Diego
- America's Finest City (since 1972)
- America's biggest small town
- City in Motion (until 1972)
- Dago (tourists and sailors only, rare)
- The Plymouth of the West
- Slow Death -- among punk rock fans
- San Francisco
- The City by the Bay
- Baghdad by the Bay
- City of Love
- EssEff
- Frisco (never used by locals - a shibboleth whereby visitors distinguish themselves)
- Golden Gate City
- Shaky Town
- Fog City/Fogtown
- The City
- The City That Knows How
- The Sco
- Sucka Free
- San Jose
- San Ho
- San Hose
- San Joe-Z
- The Capital of Silicon Valley
- The Garden City
- San Luis Obispo
- SLO Town
- Santa Monica
- Dogtown
- People's Republic of Santa Monica
- Selma - Raisin Capital of the World
- Sonoma - The Queen of the Southern Mines
- Stockton
- California's Sunrise Seaport
- Stock-Town
- Sunnyvale - S.V.
- Thousand Oaks - T.O.
- Tulelake - Horseradish Capital of the World
- Union City - Gateway to Silicon Valley
- Vallejo - V-Town
- Venice Beach - Dogtown
- Victor - City of Gold
- West Hollywood
- Boystown
- The Creative City
- Westwood - Home of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
- Woodland
- Woodlone
- Woodpile
- Aurora
- Gateway to the Rockies
- Boulder
- The People's Republic
- Colorado Springs
- The Springs
- Pikes Peak's City
- Denver
- City of the Plains
- Convention City
- Gateway to the Rockies
- The Mile-High City
- Paris on the Platte
- Queen City
- Cowtown --Somewhat outdated 19th century nickname
- Fort Collins
- The Choice City
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Steel City
- Bridgeport - Park City
- Danbury - Hat City
- Hartford - Insurance City
- New Haven - Elm City
- Waterbury - Brass City
- Washington DC
- Capital City
- Dark City
- DC
- News Capital of the World
- The District
- Chocolate City
- Murder Capital of America (Late 80's - Early 90's)
- Apopka - Indoor Foliage Capital of the World
- Bartow
- The City of Oaks
- The City of Oaks and Azaleas
- Capital of Imperial Polk County
- Boca Raton
- Spam capital of the world
- Boca
- DeLand
- The Athens of Florida
- Fort Lauderdale
- Venice of America
- Fort Slaughterdale
- Fort Leatherdale
- Fort Myers - The City of Palms
- Gainesville - Hogtown
- Jacksonville
- Where Florida Begins
- J-Ville
- Key West
- Southernmost City
- Conch Republic
- Madison - Madville
- Melbourne - The Harbor City
- Miami
- The MIA
- Magic City
- The Capital of Latin America
- Little Cuba
- Vice City
- The Sixth Borough (in reference to New York City)
- Orlando
- The City Beautiful
- O-Town
- The Imaginary City
- Perry
- Pine Tree Capital of The South
- P-Fonk
- Saint Petersburg - St. Pete
- Tallahassee
- Tally-Ho
- The Hill
- Tampa - The Cigar City
- Wauchula - The Cucumber Capital of the World
- Albany - Good Life City
- Atlanta
- A.T.L.
- A-Town -- popular among hip hop fans
- Hotlanta
- The Athens of the South
- Capital of the South
- The Big Peach
- The Dirty A-T-L
- The Phoenix City (of the South)
- The New York of the South
- The City Too Busy to Hate
- The City In The Forest
- Dogwood City
- Gate City of the South
- Augusta
- The Garden City
- Home of the Masters
- Claxton - Fruitcake Capital of the World
- Dalton - Carpet Capital of the World
- Kennesaw - Gun-Town U.S.A.
- Lilburn - The City of Champions
- Boise - The City of Trees
- Idaho Falls - I.F.
- Pocatello - Poky
- Rigby - Birthplace of TV
- Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
- Chambana
- Shampoo-Banana
- Urpaign
- Chicago
- Chi town
- City of Big Shoulders
- Cowtown
- Hog Butcher of the World
- Second City
- Slaughterhouse of the World
- Windy City
- Paris of the Midwest
- Chicagoland for the surrounding area
- Galena - The City That Time Forgot
- Joliet - The City of Champions
- Metropolis - Hometown of Superman
- Naperville
- Naperthrill
- Churubusco - Turtle Town, U.S.A.
- Columbus
- City of Architechure
- Crawfordsville - Athens of Indiana
- East Chicago - E.C.
- Evansville
- E'ville
- Stoplight City
- Fort Wayne
- Summit City
- City of Churches
- Gary and Hammond - "the Region" (encompasses most of Lake County, Indiana adjacent to Chicago)
- Indianapolis
- Amateur Sports Capital of the World
- Circle City
- Crossroads of America
- Indiana-No-Place
- Naptown
- Railroad City
- Kokomo - City of Firsts
- Muncie - Middletown (after Middletown, a pioneering sociological study conducted there)
- Terre Haute
- Terror Hate
- Burlington - The Loader/Backhoe Capital of the World
- Carter Lake - Omaha's Red-Headed Stepchild
- Cedar Rapids - The City of Five Seasons
- Council Bluffs - Iowa's Leading Edge, , Machete-Town, Council-Tucky
- Davenport/Bettendorf, Iowa / Moline/East Moline/Rock Island, Illinois - The Quad Cities
- Sumner - City With a Future
- Bowling Green
- BG
- Corbin
- Gateway to Cumberland Falls
- Crestwood - Whiskers
- Elizabethtown
- E-town
- Lexington
- Horse Capital of the World
- Louisville
- City of Beautiful Churches
- Derby City
- Falls City
- Gateway to the South
- Owensboro
- Barbeque Capital of Kentucky
- Paducah
- Quilt City
- New Orleans
- The Big Easy
- The City That Care Forgot
- The City That Time Forgot
- The Crescent City
- The Queen City of the South
- The N.O.
- Nawlins
- NOLA
- Bangor - The Queen City
- Lewiston & Auburn, Maine
- Cities of the Androscoggin
- L-A
- Portland
- Forest City
- Hill City
- Waterville
- Elm City
- Annapolis
- Crabtown
- Naptown
- The Sailing Capital of the World
- Baltimore
- Balmo or Balmer -- imitations of the local pronunciation of Baltimore
- Charm City
- Mob Town
- Monument City
- The City That Reads
- B-More
- Burtonsville - B-ville
- Columbia - The Next America
- Cumberland - Queen City
- Frederick - Fredneck -- derogatory reference to rednecks
- Hagerstown
- The Gateway to Western Maryland
- Hub City
- Ocean City - The White Marlin Capital
- Salisbury - The Crossroads of Delmarva
- Boston
- Athens of America
- Beantown
- The City of Champions
- The City of Kind Hearts
- The Cradle of Liberty
- The Hub -- short for hub of the universe (Oliver Wendel Holmes, Jr.)
- Purity City
- City on the Hill
- Brockton - The City of Champions
- Cambridge
- Moscow on the Charles (for its extreme left politics)
- The People's Republic of Cambridge
- Leominster - Pioneer Plastic City. (Note: it is where the original plastic pink lawn flamingoes were first manufactured)
- Franklin - The Source
- Lynn
- Rockport - The Mendocino of the East
- Salem
- City of Witches
- The Witch City
- Springfield
- Birthplace of Basketball
- Taunton
- The Silver City
- The Christmas City
- City of Firsts
- Westfield - The Whip City
- Provincetown - P'Town
- Albion - The Smart City
- Ann Arbor
- A-Squared
- Tree Town
- Battle Creek - Cereal City
- Charlevoix - Charlevoix the Beuatiful
- Detroit
- The City of Champions
- The Motor City
- Motown
- Motor-Town
- Hitsville USA
- The Paris of The West
- Daytwah (French pronunciation of Detroit)
- D-Town
- Detoilet
- Murder Capital
- The Renaissance City
- The City on the Strait
- The D
- Hockeytown
- America's Most Canadian City
- Amityville
- Arsenal of Democracy
- The 313
- Rock City
- Flint
- Flint town
- That 810
- Grand Rapids
- Furniture City
- Second City of Michigan
- The Valley City
- Jackson - Birthplace of the Republican Party
- Kalamazoo
- Celery City
- Kazoo (often spelled in print as "K'zoo")
- Lansing
- L-town
- L-A (Lansing Area)
- That 517
- Capitol City
- Marquette
- Superior City
- Newberry - Moose Capital of Michigan
- Niles - The City of Four Flags
- Sault Ste. Marie - The Soo
- Saginaw
- Sag Nasty
- Sturgis - Curtain Rod Capital of the World
- Taylor
- Taylor-tucky
- Traverse City
- TC
- Cherry Capital of the World
- Ypsilanti
- Ypsi
- Ypsitucky
- Bemidji - Home of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
- Brainerd - Home of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
- International Falls - The Icebox of the United States
- Mankato - City With a Future
- Minneapolis
- Mill City
- The Minni Apple
- Murderapolis -- during the early 1990s
- The City of Lakes
- Minnea-no-place
- Flour City (19th Century early 20th)
- The Twin Cities (with St. Paul)
- Monett - City With a Future
- Mountain Iron - Taconite Capital of the World
- St. Paul
- The Twin Cities (with Minneapolis)
- Duluth, Minnesota
- Zenith City
- Cape Girardeau - The Rose City
- Caruthersville - Birthplace of the Bootheel
- Chadwick - The Copperhead Capital of the World
- Kansas City
- City of Fountains
- Cowtown
- Heart of America
- Neosho - The Flowerbox City
- Sedalia - The Queen City of the Prairie
- St. Louis
- City With a Future
- The Gateway City
- Gateway to the West
- St. Louie (strongly discouraged in most contexts)
- The "Lou"
- The Mound City
- S.T.L.
- Springfield
- Queen City of the Ozarks
- Birthplace of Route 66
- Butte - Copper City, Mining City
- Missoula - Garden City
- Billings - Magic City, Crack Capital of the West
- Helena - Capital City
- Livingston - Windy City
- Great Falls - Electric City
- Bozeman - Bozangeles
- Omaha
- The Big 'O'
- Yawn-aha
- Slow-maha
- Fort Calhoun
- Atomic City
- Las Vegas
- America's Playground
- City of Lights
- Entertainment Capital of the World
- Sin City
- Lost Wages
- Glitter Gulch
- Reno
- The Biggest Little City in the World
- Skeeno -- among punk rock fans
- Winnemucca - City of Paved Streets
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
- AC
- America's Playground
- East Orange - Illtown -- popular among hip hop fans
- Jersey City
- Chilltown -- popular among hip hop fans
- Derty City
- The JC
- Wall Street West
- The Sixth Borough
- Maplewood
- Birthplace of Ultimate Frisbee
- Newark
- Brick City
- EWR
- Ocean City, new Jersey
- OC
- Paterson
- P-Town
- Silk City
- Pleasantville, New Jersey
- P'ville
- Manchester - The Queen City
- Nashua - The Gate City
- Albuquerque
- The Duke City
- The Wrong Turn City
- Gallup - Drunk-Driving Capital of America
- Santa Fe - The City Different
- Santa Rosa - The Scuba Capital of New Mexico
- Shiprock - Shitrock
- Albany
- Smallbany
- Amsterdam
- The Carpet City
- Binghamton
- Parlor City
- Carousel Capital of the World
- Bronx
- Boogie Down
- BX
- Brooklyn
- The city of churches
- The city of trees
- BK
- Brooknah
- Brooknam
- Crooklyn
- Buffalo
- B-Lo
- Bison City
- The City of Good Neighbors
- The Nickel City
- The Queen City (of the Great Lakes)
- Cooperstown
- Birthplace of baseball
- Cortland
- The Crown City
- Florida
- The Onion Capital of the World
- Fulton
- City With a Future
- Geneva
- Lake Trout Capital of the World
- Hammondsport
- Cradle of Aviation
- New Rochelle
- New Rock City
- New York City
- The Big Apple
- The Concrete Jungle
- The Capital of the World
- The First Capital of America
- The Unofficial Capital of America
- The City
- The City So Nice They Named It Twice
- The City That Never Sleeps
- Empire City
- Gotham City
- The Melting Pot
- N.Y.C.
- The City With The World's Most Famous Arena
- The World's Second Home
- Rochester
- The Flour City
- The Flower City
- Crochester
- Kodak City
- Ra-Cha-Cha
- The R-O-C
- The Rock
- Snapshot City
- Rottenfester
- Crapchester
- Rye
- Border Town
- Saratoga Springs
- The Spa City
- Toga (slang term, less used)
- Schenectady
- The Electric City
- Staten Island
- Shaolin
- The Forgotten Borough
- Syracuse
- Salt City
- Central City
- The 'Cuse
- Typewriter City
- City of Bridges
- Sewerpukes
- Troy
- The Collar City
- Williston Park
- Willy P
- Dub Park
- Asheville - Ashe Vegas
- Burlington - Burlywood
- Cape Hatteras - The Graveyard of the Atlantic
- Charlotte
- Hornet's Nest
- Queen City
- Crunkville
- Durham
- Bull City
- City of Medicine
- Dirty D-Town
- Fayetteville
- Fayettenam
- Raleigh
- City of Oaks
- Raleighwood
- Wilmington
- The Port City
- The River City
- Hoople - Tater Town
- Akron
- Rubber City
- A-K-Rowdy Rowdy
- Lil' A-town
- Crack-ron
- Bryan - The Fountain City
- Canton - Birthplace of Football
- FameTown
- Lil' Chicago
- 3-3-0
- Worst Little city
- Chardon - Piece of shit town
- Chillicothe
- Chillicompton
- Chillitucky
- Cincinnati
- Cincy
- Sports Capital of Ohio
- Queen City (of the West)
- Porkopolis
- Since It's Nasty
- The Nati
- Cleveland
- The Forest City
- C-Town
- The Comeback City
- The New American City
- America's North Coast
- The Best Location in the Nation
- The City of Bridges
- Metropolis of the Western Reserve
- Mistake by the Lake (derisive)
- Columbus
- C-Bus
- Cowtown
- The Crossroads of Ohio
- Dayton
- Gem City
- Birthplace of aviation
- Mansfield
- The Heart of Ohio
- Carrousel Capital of Ohio
- Massillon - City With a Future
- Toledo
- The Glass City
- Frog Town
- Corn City
- Xenia -- Windy City, because of a significant tornado
- Youngstown
- Murdertown, USA (1963-?)
- Y-Town
- Yo. (often used in mailing addresses)
- Altus - The City With a Future to Share
- Beaver - Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World
- Norman - Weather Capital of the World
- Oklahoma City
- The Renaissance City
- The City (of Oklahoma)
- OKC
- Albany - Home of the Timber Carnival
- Bandon - Storm Capital of the World
- Coos Bay - City With a Future
- Cornelius - Oregon's Family Town
- Hillsboro - Hillsburrito
- Hood River - Windsurfing Capital of the World
- Keizer - Iris Capital of the World
- Milton-Freewater
- The Home of Low-Cost Utilities
- Muddy Frogwater Country
- Pendelton - The Real West
- Portland
- Bridgetown
- City of Roses
- Little Beirut
- PDX
- P-Town
- Rip City
- River City
- Stumptown
- Roseburg
- Land of Umpqua
- Timber Capital of the West
- Rogue Valley - Pear Capital of the World
- Salem - The Cherry City
- Allentown - Cement City
- Bethel Park - Municipality of Champions
- Bethlehem - Christmas City
- Erie - The Gem
- Hershey - Chocolate Town, USA
- Lancaster - Red Rose City (In the War of the Roses, the red rose was the symbol of the House of Lancaster)
- Philadelphia
- City of Brotherly Love
- The Illadelph
- Philly
- Quaker City
- City of Brotherly Shove
- Philthadelphia
- Birthplace of America
- The 215 (reference to area code)
- Pittsburgh
- The 'Burgh
- City of Bridges
- Erie Senior
- The City of Champions
- Iron City
- Steel City
- Renaissance City
- Football Capital of the World (More NFL Hall of Famers, NFL Coaches and NFL Players grew up in the metroarea then anywhere else on earth. No Superbowl has ever been played without a Pittsburgher on each team).
- Workshop to the World
- Arsenal of Democracy
- Arsenal of Liberty
- Arsenal of Freedom
- Robo-burgh
- City of Stairways
- The Birmingham of the North
- The San Francisco of the East
- The Paris of Appalachia
- The Little Apple
- York
- White Rose City (In the War of the Roses, the white rose was the symbol of the House of York)
- Barbell City
- Aibonito
- The cold city
- City of flowers
- Bayamón - City of the cowboys
- Caguas - Country city
- Carolina - Giant city
- Cayey - City of the bulls
- Fajardo - Hardface city
- Humacao - The gray city
- Guayama - Witch city
- Lares - The Athens of Puerto Rico
- Mayagüez - The Sultan of the West
- Ponce
- City of the lions
- The senior city
- Quebradillas - City of the pirates
- Bristol - America's Most Patriotic Town
- Providence
- Beehive of Industry
- Downcity (Downtown area)
- Woonsocket - A City on the Move
- Batesburg-Leesville
- Twin City
- Charleston
- America's Most Historic City
- Palmetto City
- The Holy City
- Chucktown
- Charlie-O
- The "843"
- The Big Sweet Grass Basket
- The Capital of the Gullah Culture
- The Marina City
- Columbia
- Cola
- Greenville
- G-vegas
- Myrtle Beach - Grand Strand
- Leola - Rhubarb Capital of the World
- Bristol - Food City
- Chattanooga
- Dynamo of Dixie
- The Scenic City
- Chat Town
- Clarksville
- The Queen City
- Gateway to the New South
- ClarksVegas
- C-Ville
- Cookeville
- Hub City
- Knoxville
- The Marble City
- K-Town
- The Streaking Capital of the World
- Knox Vegas
- Memphis
- Birthplace of the Blues
- The River City
- Bluff City
- M-Town
- Memphrica
- Nashville
- The Athens of the South
- Music City
- The Protestant Vatican
- Ca$hville
- The Ville
- NashVegas
- Oak Ridge
- The Secret City
- The Atomic City
- Alpine - Gateway to the Big Bend
- Amarillo - The Yellow Rose of Texas (amarillo is Spanish for yellow)
- Anson - Crossroads of West Texas
- Austin - Live Music Capital of the World
- Commerce - Bois d'arc Capital of the World
- Corpus Christi
- Sparkling City by the Sea
- Dallas
- Big D
- Metroplex (with Fort Worth)
- Duncanville - The City of Champions
- El Paso
- EP
- Sun City, Texas
- The City With a Legend
- Hell Paso
- Fort Worth
- Cowtown
- Fort Worthless
- Where the West Begins
- Metroplex (with Dallas)
- Fort Hancock - The Dump
- Glen Rose - Dinosaur Capital of Texas
- Hereford - The Town without a Toothache
- Houston
- Bayou City
- Clutch City
- H-Town
- Magnolia City
- Oil capital of the world
- Energy capital of the World
- Space City - "Houston" first word uttered on the moon by Neil Armstrong to NASA
- Capital of the Sunbelt
- Huntsville - Prison City
- Lubbock
- The Hub of the Plains
- The Hub City
- LBK
- Marshall
- Athens of Texas
- City of Seven Flags
- Gateway to Texas
- Pottery Capital of the World
- Midlothian - Cement Capital of Texas
- San Antonio
- Alamo City
- Mission City
- River City
- SA Town
- San Antone
- Sugar Land
- Sweet Land of Sugar
- Tyler
- City of Roses
- Rose Capital of the World
- Wichita Falls
- The City that Faith Built
- Whiskey-ta Falls
- Salt Lake City - Crossroads of the West
- Tremonton - City With a Future
- Green River - The World's Watermelon Capital
- Burlington
- The Queen City
- The People's Republic of Burlington (used when Bernie Sanders was mayor)
- Blacksburg - Bleaksburg
- Charlottesville - Cville
- Cheaspeake - The 'Peake
- Lynchburg - Lunchburg
- Newport News - Bad News
- Petersburg - Cockade City
- Portsmouth - P-Town
- Richmond
- River City
- RVA
- One City
- Our City
- Fist City
- The 804
- Easy to Love
- Capitol City/Cap City
- The city of seven hills
- Capital of the Confederacy
- Virginia Beach - VA Beach (pronounced "vah-beach")
- Williamsburg - The 'Burg (or any phonetic equivalent)
- Bickleton - Bluebird Capital of the World
- Redmond
- Mordor
- Nerdburg
- Seattle
- Spokane
- Lilac City
- The Inland Empire
- Spokavegas
- Spokompton
- Spokanistan
- Spokaloo
- Spotucky
- Spokorn
- Spoklahoma
- The Can
- Skybridge City
- Tacoma
- City of Destiny
- Tackyoma
- America's #1 Wired City
- Toppenish
- Where The West Lives On
- City of Murals
- City of Murals and Museums
- Walla Walla
- The City That Was So Nice They Named It Twice
- Walla2
- Wallyworld
- Wenatchee - Apple Capital of the World
- Yakima - The Palm Springs of Washington
- Charleston - Chemicalville
- Fairmont - The Friendly City
- Huntington - River City
- Morgantown - Motown
- Parkersburg - Parkingburg
- Wheeling - Nail City
- Appleton — The Little Apple
- Baraboo — Circus City of the World
- Boulder Junction — Musky Capital of the World (copyrighted nickname)
- Burlington — Chocolate City, USA
- Cuba City — The City of Presidents
- Green Bay — Titletown U S A
- Madison
- Four Lake City
- Mad City
- Milwaukee
- Cream City
- Brew City
- City of Festivals
See also: Wisconsin Community Slogans (PDF)
- Cody - Rodeo Capital of the World
- Douglas - Jackalope Capital of the World
- Frannie - The Biggest Little Town in Wyoming
- Laramie - Gem City of the Plains
- Lowell - The Rose City of Wyoming
External links
- a list of American and a few Canadian nicknames
- US cities list