List_of_city_nicknames_in_Alabama
This partial list of city nicknames in Alabama compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in the U.S. state of Alabama are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards.
City nicknames can help establish a civic identity, help outsiders recognize a community, attract people to a community because of its nickname, promote civic pride, and build community unity.[1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth"[2] are also believed to have economic value.[1] This value is difficult to measure,[1] but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.[2]
Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency.
- Alabaster – The City for Families[3]
- Albertville – The Fire Hydrant Capital of the World[4][5][6]
- Anniston – The Model City[7]
- Auburn – The Loveliest Village on the Plains[8]
- Bayou La Batre – Seafood Capital of Alabama[9]
- Bessemer – The Marvel City[10][failed verification]
- Birmingham
- B'ham[11][12]
- Bombingham
- The Magic City[13]
- The Pittsburgh of the South[14][15]
- The Steel City[16]
- The Tragic City[17]
- Cedar Bluff – Crappie Capital of the World[18]
- Daphne – The Jubilee City[19]
- Decatur
- Demopolis – City of the People[25]
- Dothan
- Douglas – City of Eagles[29]
- Enterprise – City of Progress[30]
- Eufaula – Bass Capital of the World[18]
- Fort Payne – Sock Capital of the World[5]
- Gadsden – City of Champions[31]
- Gordo – The Armpit of Civilization
- Greenville – The Camellia City[32][33]
- Haleyville – Home of 911[34]
- Hartselle – The City of Southern Hospitality[35]
- Hueytown – Home of the Alabama Gang[36]
- Huntsville
- Jackson – The Pine City
- Jacksonville – Gem of the Hills[40]
- Lincoln – The Motorsports City[41]
- Madison – Where Progress Meets Preservation[42]
- Mentone – Camping Capital of the World[43]
- Mobile
- Monroeville – Literary Capital of the World[48]
- Montgomery
- Capital of the South
- The Cradle of the Confederacy
- The Gump
- Mountain Brook
- Small Kingdom [52]
- Muscle Shoals – The Hit Recording Capital of the World (formerly)[49]
- Ozark – The Home of Fort Rucker[50]
- Prattville
- Selma
- Slocomb – The Tomato Capital of the South[54]
- Summerdale – The Sunshine City[55]
- Sylacauga – The Marble City[56]
- Tuscaloosa
- The Druid City[57]
- T-Town
- Tusca Town
- Tuskegee – The Pride of the Swift-Growing South[58]
- Union Springs – Bird Dog Field Trial Capital of the World[59]
- Vestavia Hills – The Jewel City[60]
- Wetumpka – Rumbling Waters[61]
- Winfield – City on the Move[62]