List of city nicknames in North Carolina
This partial list of city nicknames in North Carolina compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in North Carolina 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.
- Apex — Peak of Good Living[3]
- Asheville — San Francisco of the South[4]
- Boone — Firefly Capital of the World[5]
- Brevard — Home of the white squirrels[6]
- Calabash — Seafood Capital of the World[7][8]
- Cape Hatteras — The Graveyard of the Atlantic[9][10]
- Carrboro — Paris of the Piedmont[11]
- Chadbourn — Strawberry Capital of the World[12]
- Charlotte
- Durham — The Bull City[16]
- Erwin — Denim Capital of the World[17]
- Fayetteville
- Greensboro — The Gate City[19]
- Greenville
- High Point — Furniture capital of the world[22]
- Kannapolis — City of Looms[23]
- Maggie Valley — Clogging Capital of the World[3]
- Pinehurst — Golf Capital of the World[7]
- Raleigh — The City of Oaks[24]
- Thomasville — Chair City[22]
- Wilmington
- Winston-Salem
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Muench, David "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts", December 1993, accessed April 10, 2007.
- 1 2 Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City :), MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
- 1 2 Claims to Fame - Favorites, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ , NYT, August 28, 2005
- ↑ Claims to Fame - Animals, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ White Squirrel Wars, Roadside America, accessed April 21, 2007. "Olney, IL; Marionville, MO; Kenton, TN; Brevard, NC; Exeter, ON. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others."
- 1 2 The World Capital of Whatever, The New York Times by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.
- ↑ Ben G. Blount (October 15, 2006), Factors Affecting Participation in Marine Fisheries: Case Studies in Georgia and North Carolina (PDF), NOAA Fisheries, p. 81
- ↑ U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008
- ↑ , Irvine World News, February 22, 2004
- ↑ An Interview with Nyle Frank, Carrboro.com website
- ↑ Claims to Fame - Agriculture, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ http://www.nba.com/hornets/buzz-city
- ↑ Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ↑ http://www.meckdec.org/
- ↑ http://www.durhambulls.com/
- ↑ Claims to Fame - Clothing, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- 1 2 3 4 5 FYV vs. FAY, Fayetteville Free Weekly (blog based in Fayetteville, Arkansas), September 6, 2007
- ↑ E.g. Gate City Transportation, Gate City FC, Gate City Patrol Agency, Gate City Billiards Club
- ↑ http://experience.usatoday.com/weekend/story/lifestyle/2014/08/06/5-great-lesser-known-places-to-retire/13686239/
- ↑ G-Vegas Magazine
- 1 2 Claims to Fame - Products, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ Wanda McKinney, Our Favorite Town Slogans, Southern Living, April 2005
- ↑ Raleigh City Museum
- ↑ Wilmington.net
- ↑ Wilmywood.com
- ↑ Camel City Dispatch, online news daily
- ↑ http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t580
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVp1lVDsbng
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