Daftar julukan kota di Massachusetts

Daftar julukan kota di Massachusetts ini mengandung samaran, julukan, dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di Massachusetts (resmi dan tidak resmi) oleh pemerintah kota, masyarakat setempat, orang asing, badan pariwisata, atau kamar dagang. Julukan kota berperan sebagai perintis identitas lokal, membantu orang asing mengenali masyarakat setempat, atau mengajak orang berkunjung karena julukannya khas; mengangkat martabat daerah; dan mempersatukan masyarakat. Julukan dan slogan yang berubah menjadi "ideologi atau mitos" baru juga diyakini memiliki potensi ekonomi. Potensi ekonominya sulit diukur, tetapi ada beberapa kota yang memakai slogan baru untuk memasarkan/mencitrakan diri dan memanfaatkan potensi ekonomi tersebut.Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City:) , MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007

Beberapa julukan tidak resmi bersifat positif dan negatif. Julukan tidak resmi di bawah ini populer dan sudah lama digunakan.
jmpl|The Minute Man Statue on the Green in Lexington commemorates the events that earned the town its sobriquet of The Birthplace of American Liberty.  Amesbury – CarriagetownNumerous local businesses, including Carriagetown Marketplace Shopping Center 
 Athol – Tool TownClaims to Fame - Products , Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
 Attleboro – Jewelry Capital of America or Jewelry Capital of the WorldTechnology Plan 2007-2011, Attleboro Public Schools , Attleboro Public Schools website, accessed September 17, 2011Attleboro Massachusetts- The Jewelry Capital of the World, Guyot Brothers Company, Inc. website, accessed September 17, 2011
 Boston
 Athens of America – Boston Brahmins' reference to the numerous cultural institutions which separated Boston from its counterpartsBoston: "The Athens of America" - Britannica Student Encyclopaedia Also called the Modern Athens.Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
 Beantown or Bean Town and variations 'The Bean', 'DA BEAN', BeanCity, B-town, etc.U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008Why do they call Boston "Beantown"? , Ask Yahoo? website, September 5, 2001Why do they call Boston "Beantown"? , Boston-Online websiteNorman Dalager, "What's in a nickname?", Boston.com website, accessed June 18, 2008
 The Hub (or the Hub of the Universe)The Hub of the Universe, from Oliver Wendell Holmes' reference to the Massachusetts State House as the "hub of the solar system"Queen City , Time (magazine), January 30, 1928, accessed April 13, 1928.
 City of Notions
 The Cradle of Liberty
 Puritan City
 Brockton – The City of Championshttp://www.brockton.ma.us/
 Cambridge – The People's Republic of CambridgeCambridge Officials Put a Stop to Boy Scout Drive to Aid Troops in Iraq, Fox News, accessed April 4, 2008.
 Chicopee
 Crossroads of New England"City of Chicopee" , Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicopee. Accessed December 9, 2015
 Kielbasa Capital of the WorldTrausch, Susan (1990), "There is Life Beyond Boston--Really," The Boston Globe, June 6, 1990, p. 17: "[Springfield] has Chicopee, "Kielbasa Capital of the World," right next door."O'Brien, George (2001), "Stretching the Imagination in Chicopee," BusinessWest, October 1, 2001: p. 14: "The city once known merely as the kielbasa capital of the universe now has much more on its plate."
 Fall River – Scholarship CityReynolds, Mark. "Mayor's plans for city include schools for gifted pupils", The Providence Journal, February 2, 2005. Accessed June 28, 2009. "Meanwhile, the graduation rate for students in Fall River -- the self-proclaimed 'Scholarship City' -- is 97 percent."
 Fitchburg – The Dirty Bird
 Framingham
 Gardner
 Chair City: "By 1837 they were turning out so many chairs that residents immodestly dubbed the place "Chair City of the World."Used in numerous local business and organization names, e.g. Chair City Supply Company, Chair City Oil, Chair City Family Medicine, Chair City Pale Ale , Chair City Pipers, etc.
 Furniture Capital of New EnglandCity of Gardner official website, accessed October 28, 2008.
 Hadley – Asparagus Capital of the WorldThe World Capital of Whatever, The New York Times by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.
 Holyoke
 Birthplace of Volleyball
 Paper City
 Leominster – Pioneer Plastics City of the WorldUsed in city promotional materials including the city of Leominster's official website 
 Lexington – The Birthplace of American LibertyExamples of the use of this name include the book title Lexington, the Birthplace of American Liberty: A Handbook by Fred Smith Piper (first published in 1902, formerly available from the Lexington Historical Society  , and currently available through Google Books), the Lexington Visitor Center website, and the City of Lexington website  (all websites accessed January 6, 2008).
 Lowell
 The Mill CityNumerous local businesses, including Mill City Grows, Mill City Glass Works, and Mill City Ballroom . Accessed December 9, 2015
 City of Spindles
 Manchester of America
 Natick – Home of Champions
 New Bedford – The Whaling CityTom Huntington "Treasure Trove of Documents Discovered in Whaling Town," American Heritage, Winter 2009.
 Newburyport – Clipper CityFocus on Newburyport , Merrimack valley Info , accessed October 1, 2007. "Shipbuilding was one of the most important and profitable trades making Newburyport known as the 'Clipper City.'"
 Newton – The Garden City , Official website of the City of Newton
 North Adams – The Tunnel City
 North Andover – Turkey Town, North Andover Citizen Newspaper
 Northampton
 Hamp
 NoHo
 The Paradise of America or The Paradise CitySteven Otfinoski, "Presidents and Their Times: Calvin Coolidge". page 15.
 Peabody – Leather City, Tanner City
 Plymouth – America's HometownAmerica's Hometown, Town of Plymouth website, accessed November 19, 2011
 Provincetown
 Like Nowhere Else"The slogan for Provincetown says it well, 'Like No Where Else'" 
 P-TownUsed in "Rich Gay, Poor Gay", by David Colman, The New York Times, September 4, 2005, and in the title of the book Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape By Peter Manso (2002; Simon and Schuster; 
 Quincy – City of Presidents
 Salem
 City of Peace
 City of Witches"QUITS POST IN DISPUTE ON SALEM'S BIRTH DATE; Author of City History Gives Up Place With the Essex Institute.", The New York Times, March 6, 1926, accessed April 23, 2007. "Sidney Perley, author of a history of Salem, resigned his position with the Essex Institute today because of a dispute as to the date of the city's founding. His action renewed a controversy which had raged since plans were set on foot to observe next July the tercentenary of the 'City of Witches.'" or The Witch CityMatarazzo Jr., Bruno. "Historic buildings getting plundered for copper" , The Salem News, April 23, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007. "SALEM – Think of a thief snatching a gold necklace from around a woman's neck as she walks down the street. Now think of the victim as a historic building, and you get an idea of one of the crime trends haunting the Witch City."
 Sandwich – Sangy
 Scituate – The Irish Riviera
 Sharon – Cowtown
 Somerville – SlummervilleAffordable towns near Boston for would-be home buyers , by David Valdes Greenwood. Boston Phoenix, accessed April 4, 2008.
 Springfield
 Birthplace of BasketballNew England for Visitors , About.com, accessed April 23, 2007. "Did you know that Springfield is the birthplace of basketball?"
 City of FirstsFederal Reserve System and Brookings Institution (2008), Springfield, Massachusetts: Old Hill, Six Corners, and the South End neighborhoods, in The Enduring Challenge of Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S. Retrieved from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco website, November 19, 2011. "Springfield was once known as the 'City of Firsts'. It was the first to develop interchangeable parts..."Springfield, Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts
 City of HomesChoose Springfield, Massachusetts, website accessed November 19, 2011
 City of ProgressThe City of Progress New City Library, Merrick Park, State Street Springfield, MAThe City Of Progress, Winchester Square Springfield, MARead the ebook Progressive Springfield, Massachusetts by George Storrs] [Graves
 Garden Spot of the Easthttps://archive.org/stream/progressivesprin00grav#page/n1/mode/2up
 The Metropolis of Western New Englandhttps://archive.org/stream/picturesquesprin00grav#page/n1/mode/2up
 Taunton
 The Christmas CityA Message From The Mayor , City of Taunton, Massachusetts website, accessed April 23, 2007. "Throughout our glorious history, our community has earned the reputation as the Christmas City as visitors converge on Taunton from all corners of New England to witness the annual lighting of historic Taunton Green."
 City of FirstsCity of Taunton, Massachusetts, accessed on the original site on April 23, 2007; archived on May 2, 2008. "Taunton has three nicknames; 'City of Firsts'- 1st Woman Proprietor, 1st to raise the Liberty & Union Flag 1774, and 1st Silver Manufacturer 'The Silver City- Had three major Silver Manufacturing Plants-1 remaining Christmas City-For decades the community lit up the Taunton green at the annual "Lights On" ceremony."
 The Silver CityLopes, Ashley. "Watching the history of Taunton", Taunton Daily Gazette, April 15, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007. "TAUNTON – Mayor Charles Crowley, producer of cable access program Olde Tyme Taunton, kept the history of the Silver City alive as he celebrated his 250th show Wednesday."
 Tewksbury – Tewksvegas
 Waltham – Watch CitySiek, Stephanie V. Waltham: Room to grow at museum", Boston Globe, April 12, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007. "You can see it at the new home of the Waltham Museum, which finally has enough room for its many windows into the past lives of the Watch City."
 Westfield – The Whip CityWESTFIELD, THE "WHIP CITY", accessed April 23, 2007.
 Westford – The 'Ford
 Williamstown – The Village Beautiful
 Winchendon – Toy Town USATown of Winchendon official website , accessed December 9, 2015
 Worcester
 The Heart of the Commonwealthhttp://www.worcestermass.org/
 City of Seven HillsLaura Crimaldi, Reaching high in City of Seven Hills; ‘Second tier’ Worcester thrives, Boston Herald, March 1, 2009; archived July 6, 2009
 WormtownWorcester, Mass - Origins of the Phrase Wormtown, WorcesterMass.com website, accessed October 28, 2008
 The WooWorcester, Mass - Origins of the Phrase The Woo, WorcesterMass.com website, accessed April 28, 2013 
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