List of city nicknames in Illinois
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This list of city nicknames in Illinois compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that Illinois cities 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]
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.
Nicknames by city
- Algonquin – Gem of the Fox River Valley[3]
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- Aurora – City of Lights[4]
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Batavia
- Beardstown – Watermelon Capital[8]
- Belleville – Belle-VegasScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Bloomington – The Evergreen City[9]
- Bloomington–Normal together
- Blo-No[10]
- The Twin Cities[11]
- Buffalo Grove – The Gymnastics Capital of IllinoisScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Canton – Plow CityScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Champaign–Urbana
- Charleston – Chucktown[13]
- Chester – The Home of Popeye[14]
- Chicago (A to Z)
- Chi-Town[15]
- Chiraq[16]
- City in a Garden (literal translation of city motto, Urbs in horto)[17]
- The City of the Big Shoulders[18] (from Chicago, a Carl Sandburg poem)
- The City That Works (by Mayor Daley, for example[19])
- Mud City[20]
- The Second City[18]
- The White City (referencing the World's Columbian Exposition)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- The Windy City[18]
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- Collinsville – Horseradish Capital of the World[21]
- Crystal Lake – A Good Place to Live[22]
- Decatur
- DeKalb – Barbed Wire Capital of the World[21]
- Des Plaines – City of Destiny[25]
- East St. Louis
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- East SideScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- Effingham – The HamScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Elgin
- Evanston – Heavenston[28]
- Freeport – Pretzel City, USA[29]
- Griggsville – Purple Martin Capital of the World[21][30]
- Glen Ellyn – Babcock's Grove[31]
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Huntley – The Friendly Village with Country Charm[32]
- Joliet
- Kankakee – Key CityScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Kewanee – Hog Capital of the World[39]
- Lombard – The Lilac Village[40]
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Lisle – The Arboretum VillageScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Marion – Hub City of the Universe[41]
- Marseilles
- MartuckyScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Best Little Town by a Dam Site[42]
- Mattoon – Bagel Capital of the World[43]
- Maywood – Village of Eternal Light[44]
- Melrose Park – Corporate King of the Suburbs
- Metropolis – The Home of Superman[45]
- Moline – Plow Capital of the World[8]
- Monmouth – The Maple City[46]
- Morton – Pumpkin Capital of the World[47]
- Naperville – Naperthrill[48]
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Olney – Home of the White Squirrels[49]
- Park Ridge – Home of the Hawks[50]
- Pana – City of Roses[51]
- Pekin
- Peoria – P-TownScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Quincy – Gem City[54]
- Rantoul – Rantucky[55]
- Rockford
- Springfield
- St. Charles – The Pride of the Fox[59]
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Teutopolis – T-TownScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Thomson – The Melon Capital of the World[60]
- Warrenville – For a Visit, Or a Lifetime[61]
- The Dirty Six-Thirty[5]
- Wilmington – The Island City[62]
See also
References
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- ↑ U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, Retrieved January 5, 2008
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- ↑ City of Chester website. Chester was the home town of E. C. Segar, the creator of Popeye, and some characters in his cartoons were based on people of Chester.
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- ↑ "Central Park skateboarders back to getting the boot – Mayor chases out those bored with their Fairview Park facility." Mike Frazier, Decatur Herald & Review, Saturday, November 11, 2006, p.A1
- ↑ "ADM lunch puts soy in spotlight – The company spreads the word about food's health benefits." Paul Brinkmann, Decatur Herald & Review, Saturday, November 20, 1999 p.A1
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- ↑ City of Elgin Sustainability Action Plan, Version 2.1 (August 2011), City of Elgin website, accessed October 28, 2011
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- ↑ a b c d Illinois Farmers' Institute (1919), Annual Report and Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Held in Joliet, Illinois, February 19, 20, and 21, 1919. "Joliet is known as 'stone city,' 'prison city,' 'steel city,' and city of 'snap and progress.'
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- ↑ Lombard Info Template:Webarchive, National University of Health Sciences, accessed April 21, 2007. "Held each year during the first three weeks in May, regardless of the vagaries of the growing season, Lilac Time is Lombard’s celebration of a 70-year-old horticultural tradition that has led to the town’s designation as “The Lilac Village,”"
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- ↑ City of Monmouth, IL – Fast Facts
- ↑ Morton Pumpkin Festival Information Template:Webarchive, Morton Chamber of Commerce, accessed April 21, 2007. "Morton is the "Pumpkin Capital of the World". Home of Nestle/Libby's pumpkin packing plant, 80% of the world's canned pumpkin is processed here."
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- ↑ White Squirrel Wars, Roadside America, accessed April 21, 2007. "Olney, IL; Marionville, Missouri; Kenton, Tennessee; Brevard, North Carolina; Exeter, Ontario. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others."
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- ↑ City of Pana Illinois
- ↑ a b Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
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- ↑ Another Gem City Landing? Template:Webarchive, WGEM, April 10, 2007, accessed April 21, 2007. "QUINCY – It was an event that attracted thousands of people from around the world to the Gem City and then it moved to a different location -- Rantoul."
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- ↑ St. Charles, Illinois Traffic CountsScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., City of St. Charles website, accessed December 6, 2010. "We're the Pride of the Fox, Come see why!"
- ↑ Thomson Chamber of Commerce website (accessed June 8, 2008)
- ↑ City of Warrenville website
- ↑ The History of Wilmington, IL Template:Webarchive, City of Wilmington website
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External links
- a list of American and a few Canadian nicknames
- U.S. cities list
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