List_of_city_nicknames_in_Massachusetts
This partial list of city nicknames in Massachusetts compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and towns in Massachusetts are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting 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] Their economic 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]
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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.
- Athol – Tool Town[3]
- Attleboro – Jewelry Capital of America or Jewelry Capital of the World[4][5]
- Belmont – Town of Homes
- Boston
- Athens of America – Boston Brahmins' reference to the numerous cultural institutions which separated Boston from its counterparts[6][7] Also called the Modern Athens.[8]
- Beantown or Bean Town and variations 'The Bean', 'DA BEAN', BeanCity, B-town, etc.[7][9][10][11]
- The Hub (or the Hub of the Universe)[12][11][13]
- City of Notions[8]
- The Cradle of Liberty[7][11]
- Puritan City[8]
- Brockton – The City of Champions[14]
- Cambridge – The People's Republic of Cambridge[15]
- Chicopee
- Duxbury – Deluxebury
- Fall River – Scholarship City[18]
- Fitchburg – The Dirty Burg
- Foxboro - The Gem of Norfolk County
- Framingham – The Dirty Ham or The Ham
- Gardner
- Gloucester – Fishtown or Fish City
- Hadley – Asparagus Capital of the World[24]
- Hingham
- Blingham
- Cha-chingham
- Holyoke
- Lawrence - Immigrant City[26]
- Leominster – Pioneer Plastics City of the World[27]
- Lexington – The Birthplace of American Liberty[28]
- Lowell
- Lynn - City of Sin[30]
- Marshfield - Marshvegas
- Natick – Home of Champions[31]
- New Bedford – The Whaling City[32]
- Newburyport – Clipper City[33]
- Newton – The Garden City[34]
- North Adams – The Tunnel City[8]
- North Andover – Turkey Town[35]
- Northampton
- Orange - Friendly Town, Jump Town
- Peabody – Leather City, Tanner City[3]
- Plymouth – America's Hometown[39]
- Provincetown
- Quincy
- City of Presidents[43]
- Granite City
- Salem
- Sandwich – Sangy
- Scituate – The Irish Riviera[46]
- Sharon – Cowtown
- Somerville – Slummerville[47]
- Springfield
- Stoughton – Toughtown
- Taunton
- Tewksbury – Tewksvegas[62]
- Waltham – Watch City[63]
- Wareham – The Gateway to Cape Cod[64]
- Westfield – The Whip City[65]
- Westford – The 'Ford
- Williamstown – The Village Beautiful[66]
- Winchendon – Toy Town USA[67]
- Worcester