List of city nicknames in Michigan explained

This partial list of city nicknames in Michigan compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Michigan 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" are also believed to have economic value. Their economic value is difficult to measure, 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Muench . David . Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts . University of Wisconsin Extension . December 1993 . April 10, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309175857/http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/economies/communityindicators/communityslogans.pdf . March 9, 2013 .
  2. News: Alfredo . Andia . Branding the Generic City :) . https://web.archive.org/web/20080521163526/http://www.monu.org/monu7/Branding.pdf . May 21, 2008 . MU.DOT Magazine . September 10, 2007 .
  3. Book: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of Names . Benjamin E. . Smith . 1911 . Century Company . en .
  4. http://www.almahighlandfestival.com/ Alma Highland Festival
  5. http://www.privateonion.com/kerry.html Kerry Rutherford's Bio and Blog
  6. Book: http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/documents/2006GraduateHandbook.pdf . Michigan Lingo . 2006 . Graduate Handbook for the Political Science Department of the University of Michigan .
  7. The city's official web site is www.a2gov.org
  8. Web site: Replanting Tree Town . https://web.archive.org/web/20080227013836/http://www.a2gov.org/government/publicservices/fieldoperations/forestry/Pages/Welcometowwwa2govorgtrees.aspx . February 27, 2008 . City of Ann Arbor City . January 12, 2008 .
  9. http://www.a2gov.org/news/Documents/TTL_Nov_2007.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  10. Web site: Claims to Fame: Animals . https://web.archive.org/web/20111106052248/http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/animals.html . November 6, 2011 . . April 16, 2007 .
  11. This moniker appears on the city seal, displayed on the Battle Creek city website
  12. Web site: Claims to Fame: Food . https://web.archive.org/web/20170401072831/http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/food.html . April 1, 2017 . Epodunk . April 16, 2007 .
  13. Web site: The One Dollar Miracles of Battle Creek . Jim . Middleton .
  14. http://www.beaverisland.org/ Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce
  15. Web site: Claims to Fame: Agriculture . Epodunk . April 16, 2007 .
  16. Web site: Belding was once the third-largest silk producing city in the world . June 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810113016/http://www.ci.belding.mi.us/library/planning/marketingstudy.pdf . August 10, 2011 . dead .
  17. Web site: Claims to Fame: Favorites . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116081239/http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/index.html . January 16, 2008 . Epodunk . April 16, 2007 .
  18. Web site: Ammeson . Jane . Return of the chestnut . June 2, 2020 . Chicago Tribune . October 15, 2003 . en-US .
  19. Web site: Uncovering the History of Coppertown USA . April 17, 2020 . www.copper.org .
  20. Web site: Coppertown USA Mining Museum & Gift Shop . April 17, 2020 . Keweenaw Convention & Visitor’s Bureau . en .
  21. http://www.infomi.com/city/champion/ Champion
  22. http://www.colonmi.com/ Village of Colon
  23. News: . Marquette, Michigan . Talk with the Doc: Upper Peninsula fun facts for 2020 . July 7, 2020 . December 7, 2020 .
  24. This moniker appears on the city seal, displayed on the Davison city website
  25. Detroit arcadia: Exploring the post-American Landscape . Harper's Magazine . July 1, 2007 . Rebecca . Solnit . 157 . 9 . 65–73 . PDF . July 30, 2007 .
  26. Web site: U.S. City Monikers . Tagline Guru . January 5, 2008 .
  27. Web site: Saul . Anuzis . All Eyes Look to Michigan: A Report From the Presidential Hustings . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524113536/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23223 . May 24, 2011 . Human Events . November 6, 2007 .
  28. Web site: Claims to Fame: Business . https://web.archive.org/web/20170713125611/http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/business.html . July 13, 2017 . Epodunk . April 16, 2007 .
  29. This moniker appears in the Entertainment Link on the local television station WDIV's Click On Detroit website
  30. Web site: About Us . The Greening of Detroit . https://web.archive.org/web/20080210002121/http://www.greeningofdetroit.com/aboutus.htm . February 10, 2008 . May 8, 2007 . The Greening of Detroit seeks to return the city of Detroit to its former glory as 'The City of Trees' and 'The Paris of the Midwest' by reforesting the city through tree planting projects and by using environmental education to generate the resolve, the necessary support, and the essential abilities necessary to ensure a safe, sustainable ecosystem for healthy trees with the city of Detroit. .
  31. Web site: Detroit: Sights & Activities . . May 8, 2007 . Though the city nicknamed itself 'Renaissance City' in the 1970s, it did little to deserve the title until recently. .
  32. http://www.drummondislandchamber.com/ Drummond Island Chamber of Commerce
  33. Web site: Dundee - Hub of the Highways Historical Marker . April 17, 2020 . www.hmdb.org .
  34. http://www.ci.eaton-rapids.mi.us/park_isparkhis.htm, Eaton Rapids, MI
  35. http://www.upnorthmichigan.com/Towns/elsie.htm Elsie Michigan - Historic Town
  36. Web site: My Home Town - Esky, Michigan . April 17, 2020 . gigland.com .
  37. http://www.hometownfairview.com Community Ties site
  38. E.g. Auto City Speedway, accessed December 9, 2015
  39. http://www.umflint.edu/international/aboutumflint.htm About the University of Michigan-Flint
  40. http://buickcity.blogspot.com/ All Things Buick. A History of the Buick factories at Flint, Michigan
  41. http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/extra/flint/flint.html Flint: Vehicle City
  42. http://www.frankenmuth.org/ Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau
  43. http://babyfoodfest.com/ National Baby Food Festival
  44. http://www.gaylordmichigan.net/ Gaylord Convention & Tourism Bureau
  45. http://www.glennmichigan.org/ Glenn Community Center
  46. http://www.coastguardfest.org/#!about-us/cge2, accessed November 9, 2015 "Festival History"
  47. http://www.ci.grand-rapids.mi.us/index.pl?page_id=551 More Than Furniture City
  48. Web site: Grand Rapids wins Beer City USA 2013 poll outright with 27,000 votes . Ellison . Garret . MLive Media Group . May 13, 2013 . December 23, 2014 .
  49. http://www.danishfestival.org/history/, accessed November 9, 2015 "Danish Festival History"
  50. http://www.modeldmedia.com/Cities/Hamtramck/ modeldmedia
  51. News: Charles . Sercombe . Movers and Shakers . . . Christine Komisarz . The Review . Hamtramck, Michigan . January 14, 2011 . July 24, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315032512/http://www.hamtramckreview.com/2011/01/movers-and-shakers-christine-komisarz/ . March 15, 2012 . dead .
  52. http://www.tuliptime.com/ Tulip Time Festival
  53. http://www.ci.huntington-woods.mi.us/ City of Huntington Woods
  54. http://www.jacksonmich.com/markers/mark1.htm Birthplace of the Republican Party - "Under the Oaks"
  55. http://www.taglineguru.com/sloganvilleawards.html Sloganville, USA Awards For Best City Mottos & Monikers
  56. http://www.kalamazoomi.com/hisf.htm The History of Kalamazoo MI
  57. Web site: National Trout Festival . Experience Michigan . en-US . January 7, 2020 .
  58. Web site: Home - Village of Kingsley, Michigan . www.villageofkingsley.com . January 7, 2020 .
  59. News: Lake City Area History . December 7, 2015 . Lake City Area Chamber of Commerce . August 16, 2017 . en-US .
  60. http://www.tournamenttrail.net/walleye/ Walleye Tournament Trail
  61. Web site: Fedder . Mark . February 1, 2016 . The Salt Industry in Manistee . November 24, 2021 . Manistee County Tourism - Manistee, Michigan . en-US .
  62. News: Local author highlights Marquette Ghost Stories . Ishpeming, MI . . October 6, 2017 . February 21, 2017 .
  63. Web site: Mayfield, Michigan: Birthplace of the Adams Fly . August 14, 2016 . Dan Kennaley FlyFishing . en . January 7, 2020 .
  64. http://www.cityofmountclemens.com/history.htm City of Mt. Clemens
  65. Web site: Michigan Petroleum History Exhibit . American Oil & Gas Historical Society . March 3, 2013 .
  66. Burns, Robert C. "Brewmaster to create ale, pub downtown", Muskegon Chronicle, September 13, 2006, Accessed May 8, 2007 "Although Muskegon is known by some, very informally, as the 'Beer Tent Capital of the World,' the business plan cites 'an enormous unmet need in the microbrewery market in Muskegon.'"
  67. http://www.muskegon-mi.gov/community/history/History_of_Muskegon.asp History of Muskegon
  68. http://www.topofthelake.org/ Top of the Lake Communities Association, accessed July 3, 2013.
  69. http://www.negauneeirontown.com/ Negaunee Irontown Association
  70. http://www.newberrychamber.net/ Official Newberry Michigan Area Chamber of Commerce
  71. http://www.ci.niles.mi.us/ City of Niles
  72. Historical nickname commemorating the elaborate garden created and maintained by German immigrant gardener John Gipner, at the Michigan Central Railroad depot in Niles, per "Stations of Distinction ", Michigan History Online website, accessed May 30, 2009
  73. Web site: Northville: An Ideal 1892 Suburban Village . Michele . Fecht . Northville Patch . January 6, 2012 . December 9, 2015 .
  74. Web site: National Asparagus Festival . April 17, 2020 . asparagusfestival . en .
  75. http://www.thom.org/gallery/signs/omer/ "Michigan's Smallest City"
  76. http://www.epodunk.com/slogans/fish.html Claims to Fame - Fish
  77. Web site: Walton . Brett . April 11, 2018 . Fear and Fury in Michigan Town Where Air Force Contaminated Water . April 17, 2020 . Circle of Blue . en-US .
  78. http://www.paradisemichigan.org/ Paradise, Michigan Chamber of Commerce
  79. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6MEM_Ice_Box_of_the_Nation__Pellston_Michigan "waymarking.com"
  80. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/11833 Pinconning
  81. Web site: City of Plainwell, Michigan - Home . April 17, 2020 . www.plainwell.org .
  82. Web site: Margaret . Sheridan . Port Huron: Gateway to Canada worth a stay . April 17, 2020 . Chicago Tribune . June 24, 2011 .
  83. http://www.portlandmichigan.com/welcome.html Portland Community
  84. Web site: Home . rogerscity.com .
  85. Web site: http://www.romulusgov.com . www.romulusgov.com . July 16, 2010 .
  86. Web site: Rudyard is now the snowy owl capital of Michigan . January 30, 2023 . The Sault News . en-US .
  87. http://www.stlouismi.com/ City of St. Louis
  88. http://www.saultstemarie.com/ Sault Ste. Marie Convention & Visitors Bureau
  89. http://www.sault-sainte-marie.mi.us/ City of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
  90. Web site: Marshall . Dana . 5 Things Everyone From Sturgis Knows . April 18, 2020 . 103.3 WKFR . February 12, 2018 . en .
  91. http://www.metrotimes.com/arts/review.asp?rid=25158 Detroit Metro Times
  92. Web site: Downriver: Close to Detroit, Far from Kentucky August 2012; public radio affiliated with Wayne State University, Michigan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205081046/http://wdet.org/shows/wdetraw/episode/DownriverReport/ . December 5, 2014 . April 5, 2018 . wdet.org .
  93. Web site: The World Capital of Whatever . . Harold . Faber . September 12, 1993 . November 15, 2018 .
  94. Web site: Hockeytown North shows its support for Wings . September 20, 2021 . NHL.com . en-US .
  95. Web site: The Winged Wheel - Hockeytown North . September 20, 2021 . Detroit Red Wings . en-US .
  96. Web site: Gonzalez . John . August 30, 2017 . Yes, there really is a 'Stump Fence' festival in Michigan . February 10, 2024 . mlive . en .
  97. http://macombdaily.com/articles/2010/06/12/online/srv0000008521781.txt?viewmode=2 "Retired teacher completes work on history book
  98. http://main.cityofvassar.org/ City of Vassar
  99. http://www.vicksburgmi.org/index.html Vicksburg, MI | Village Government and Information
  100. http://www.centennialcranberry.com/ Centennial Cranberry Farm
  101. Web site: September 30, 2019 . Ypsilanti: What's in a Name? . April 18, 2020 . www.ypsireal.com . en-us .

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