page_title: List of city nicknames in Massachusetts
hierarchical_section_title: List of city nicknames in Massachusetts
caption_attribution_description: Concord Minuteman English: This is a photograph of the statue often incorrectly believed to represent Captain John Parker sculpted by Henry Hudson Kitson and erected in 1900. This statue in Lexington, Massachusetts is commonly called "The Lexington Minuteman" because it was meant to represent the Minutemen generally rather than any individual. There are no known portraits of John Parker made while he was alive. It is often confused with the Daniel Chester French statue The Minute Man in nearby Concord (shown at right).
context_page_description: This partial list of city nicknames in Massachusetts compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and towns in Massachusetts are known by, 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. 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.
  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.
  Amesbury – Carriagetown
  Athol – Tool Town
  Attleboro – Jewelry Capital of America or Jewelry Capital of the World
  Boston
context_section_description: 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. 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.
  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.
    
  Amesbury – Carriagetown
  Athol – Tool Town
  Attleboro – Jewelry Capital of America or Jewelry Capital of the World
  Boston
  Athens of America –  Boston Brahmins' reference to the numerous cultural institutions which separated Boston from its counterparts Also called the Modern Athens.
  Beantown or Bean Town and variations 'The Bean', 'DA BEAN', BeanCity, B-town, etc.
  The Hub (or the Hub of the Universe)
  City of Notions
  The Cradle of Liberty
  Puritan City
  Brockton – The City of Champions
  Cambridge – The People's Republic of Cambridge
  Chicopee
  Crossroads of New England
  Kielbasa Capital of the World
  Duxbury – Deluxebury
  Fall River – Scholarship City
  Fitchburg – The Dirty Burg
  Foxboro - The Gem of Norfolk County
  Framingham – The Dirty Ham or The Ham
  Gardner
  Chair City
  Furniture Capital of New England
  Hadley – Asparagus Capital of the World
  Hingham
  Blingham
  Cha-chingham
  Holyoke
  Birthplace of Volleyball
  Paper City
  Leominster – Pioneer Plastics City of the World
  Lexington – The Birthplace of American Liberty
  Lowell
  The Mill City
  City of Spindles
  Manchester of America
  Natick – Home of Champions
  New Bedford – The Whaling City
  Newburyport – Clipper City
  Newton – The Garden City
  North Adams – The Tunnel City
  North Andover – Turkey Town
  Northampton
  Hamp
  NoHo
  The Paradise of America or The Paradise City
  Orange - Friendly Town, Jump Town
  Peabody – Leather City, Tanner City
  Plymouth – America's Hometown
  Provincetown
  Like Nowhere Else
  P-Town
  Quincy – City of Presidents
  Salem
  City of Peace
  City of Witches or The Witch City
  Sandwich – Sangy
  Scituate – The Irish Riviera
  Sharon – Cowtown
  Somerville – Slummerville
  Springfield
  Birthplace of Basketball
  City of Firsts
  City of Homes
  City of Progress
  The City in a Forest 
  Garden Spot of the East
  The Metropolis of Western New England
  Stoughton – Toughtown
  Taunton
  The Christmas City
  City of Firsts
  The Silver City
  Tewksbury – Tewksvegas
  Waltham – Watch City
  Westfield – The Whip City
  Westford – The 'Ford
  Williamstown – The Village Beautiful
  Winchendon – Toy Town USA
  Worcester
  The Heart of the Commonwealth
  City of Seven Hills
  Wormtown
  Paris of the 80's
  The Woo
caption: The Minute Man Statue on the Green in Lexington commemorates the events that earned the town its sobriquet of The Birthplace of American Liberty.
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