List of city nicknames in Alabama

This partial list of city nicknames in Alabama compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Alabama are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards. 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.Muench, David [http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/economies/communityindicators/communityslogans.pdf "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts"] , December 1993, accessed April 10, 2007.] They are also believed to have economic value, but that economic value is difficult to measure.

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.

*Alabaster - The City for Families. [ [http://www.usacitiesonline.com/alcountyalabaster.htm Alabaster, Alabama] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Albertville - The Fire Hydrant Capital of the World. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988693,00.html Greetings From America's Secret Capitals] , "Time (magazine)", July 13, 1998.] [http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/products.html Claims to Fame - Products] , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
*Anniston - The Model City. [ [http://www.powells.com/biblio?PID=28081&cgi=product&isbn=0817308180 The Model City of the New South: Anniston, Alabama, 1872-1900] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Auburn - The Loveliest Village on the Plains. [ [http://www.auburnbeautification.org/default.aspx?MODE=RECENTAWARDEES “Loveliest Village” Inspiration Award] , accessed March 27, 2007.]
*Bayou La Batre - Seafood Capital of Alabama. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9F0CE6DC1430F931A2575AC0A965958260 The World Capital of Whatever] , "The New York Times" by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.]
*Bessemer - The Marvel City. [ [http://www.bessemerchamber.com/ Bessemer Area Chamber of Commerce] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Birmingham
**The Magic City. [ [http://www.archivists.org/conference/birm2002/magiccity.asp Birmingham: The Magic City] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
**The Pittsburgh of the South. [ [http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Birmingham-Introduction.html Birmingham: Introduction] , accessed March 28, 2007.] [http://www.taglineguru.com/monikerlist.html U.S. City Monikers] website, accessed January 5, 2008]
*Cedar Bluff - Crappie Capital of the World. [http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/fish.html Claims to Fame - Fish] , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
*Decatur
**The River City. [ [http://huntsville.about.com/od/decatu1/Decatur_The_River_City_Review_Alabama.htm Decatur - The River City Review] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
**The Chicago of the South. [ [http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/brac2007/tuesday/grow.shtml Railroad keyed Decatur's growth] , "The Decatur Daily", February 27, 2007.]
**Ballooning Capital of Alabama. [ [http://www.decaturcvb.org/Pages/jubilee.html Alabama Jubilee Hot-Air Balloon Classic] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
**"Home of America's First Wave Pool". [ [http://www.decaturcvb.org/Pages/area_history.html Decatur History] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Dothan - The Peanut Capital of the World. [ [http://www.dothan.org/ City of Dothan] , accessed March 28, 2007.] [http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/agriculture.html Claims to Fame - Agriculture] , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
*Douglas - City of Eagles. [ [http://www.usacitiesonline.com/alcountydouglas.htm Douglas, Alabama profile] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Eufaula - Bass Capital of the World. [http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/fish.html Claims to Fame - Fish] , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
*Fort Payne - Sock Capital of the World.
*Greenville - The Camellia City. [ [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=52947 Greenville, Alabama city profile] , Epodunk, accessed March 28, 2007.] [http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/plants.html Claims to Fame - Plants] , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
*Haleyville - Home of 911. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r106:34:./temp/~r106bPhKeg:: CONGRATULATING THE CITY OF HALEYVILLE, ALABAMA AS THE HOME OF 911] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Hartselle - The City of Southern Hospitality. [ [http://www.hartselle.org/ City of Hartselle] , accessed March 28, 2007.]
*Hueytown - Home of the Alabama Gang. [ [http://bama.live.advance.net/motorsports/index.ssf?resources/alabamagang.html The Alabama Gang] , Alabama Live, accessed March 29, 2007. "The Alabama Gang was especially forceful during the formative years of NASCAR as brothers Bobby and Donnie Allison and Red Farmer set up shop in Hueytown, Ala., putting that town on the sports map."]
*Huntsville
**The Rocket City. [ [http://huntsville.about.com/library/weekly/aa102599a.htm Huntsville: Rocket City] , About.com, accessed March 29, 2007.]
**Watercress Capital of the World. [ [http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/huntsville/hsv_history.html A Brief History of Huntsville] , Marshall Space Flight Center, accessed March 29, 2007. "During these years Huntsville was famed as the "Watercress Capital of the World," and Madison County was Alabama's leader in cotton production."]
**Huntsvegas. [ [http://media.www.houstonianonline.com/media/storage/paper229/news/2004/10/07/Huntsville/viva-Huntsvegas-745536.shtml 'Viva Huntsvegas'] , "The Houstonian", October 7, 2004.]
*Jacksonville - Gem of the Hill. [ [http://www.usacitiesonline.com/alcountyjacksonville.htm Jacksonville, Alabama profile] , accessed March 29, 2007.]
*Lincoln - The Motorsports City. [ [http://www.tceda.com/quality.htm Talladega County: Quality of Life] , accessed March 29, 2007. "The City adopted the nickname "Motorsports City" due to its proximity next to the Talladega Superspeedway. "]
*Madison
**Where Progress Meets Preservation. [ [http://www.usacitiesonline.com/alcountymadison.htm Madison, Alabama city profile] , accessed March 29, 2007.]
*Mobile
**The Azalea City. [ [http://www.alabamatv.org/news/azalea.htm Public Television Features Mobile's Azalea Trail] , University of Alabama Center for Public Television & Radio press release. Accessed May 17, 2007. "MOBILE--This town is known as The Azalea City, and the evergreen azaleas for which it is famous are an indispensable part of the city’s character."]
**The City of Six Flags. [ [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/newspapers1/na0012/689228/8066458.html Sheboygan Press] , "The Sheboygan Press" May 20, 1932. "Q. What city is called The city Of Six Flags? MN a Mobile, Alabama. It has been under French, Spanish, British, American, Alabama, and Confederate Flags."]
**The Home of Mardi Gras. [ [http://www.fabuloustravel.com/usa/mardigras/almardigras.html The Mother of All Mardi Gras] , accessed March 29, 2007.]
*Montgomery
**Capital of the South. [ [http://faeriekeeper.net/mobile.htm "Today, we are more than just the Capital of Alabama--we are the Capital of the South!"] , accessed September 16, 2007.]
**The Cradle of the Confederacy. [Newfield, Jack. [http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/0543,50thnewfield,69170,31.html "Marching to Montgomery: The Cradle Did Rock"] , "The Village Voice", April 1, 1965. Accessed May 17, 2007. "It was the Ecumenical Council, a hootenanny, a happening, and a revolution all rolled into one. And it happened in Montgomery, 'Cradle of the Confederacy.'"]
*Ozark - The Home of Fort Rucker
*Prattville
**The Fountain City. [http://www.prattville.com/Default.asp?ID=13&pg=Visiting+or+Staying%3F 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. [ [http://www.wtvynews4.com/home/headlines/3068291.html Slocomb Tomato Festival at WTVY.com] , accessed August 9, 2007]
*Summerdale - The Sunshine City. [ [http://www.southbaldwinchamber.com/Default.asp?p='dem' South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce] , accessed March 29, 2007. "Just north of Foley lies Summerdale, which offers a picturesque view of rural farm life and lives up to its slogan, 'The Sunshine City.'"]
*Sylacauga - The Marble City. [http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/rocks.html Claims to Fame - Rocks] , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.]
*Tuscaloosa
**The Druid City. [ [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:BEm-w3q6AGQJ:www.dchhealthcare.com/body.cfm%3Fid%3D37337%26oTopID%3D0+tuscaloosa+%22druid+city%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Frequently Asked Questions] , accessed March 29, 2007. "In the late 1800s, the city fathers of Tuscaloosa planted oak trees along downtown streets. Just as the City of Birmingham was known as the Magic City because of its amazing growth, the City of Tuscaloosa became known as the Oak City, or, in recognition of the ancient British tribe that worshipped oaks, the Druid City."]
**T-Town.
*Tuskegee - The Pride of the Swift-Growing South. [ [http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/category.asp?C=56172 Welcome to Tuskegee University] , accessed March 29, 2007.]
*Wetumpka - Rumbling Waters. [ [http://wetumpka.al.us/Default.asp?ID=2 About Wetumpka] , accessed March 29, 2007. "Abundant in lore and legend, Wetumpka (an Indian term meaning rumbling waters) is rich in aboriginal history. "]
*Winfield - City on the Move. [http://web.archive.org/web/20070421021404/http://irvineworldnews.com/Astories/febs22/cityside.htm Motto ought to be boffo] , "Irvine World News", February 22, 2004]

ee also

*List of city nicknames in the United States
*List of cities in Alabama

References

External links

* [http://got.net/~landauer/lists/CityOf.html a list] of American and a few Canadian nicknames
* [http://www.usacitiesonline.com/mottos.htm U.S. cities list]