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This partial list of city nicknames in Missouri compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Missouri 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.
- Branson
- Las Vegas If Ned Flanders Ran It[3]
- Brunswick – Home of the World's Largest Pecan[4]
- Carthage – The Maple Leaf City[5]
- Chillicothe – Home of Sliced Bread[6]
- Columbia
- Cuba – Mural City[9]
- Hannibal
- Independence – Where the Trails Start and the Buck Stops[12]
- Jefferson City
- City of Thomas Jefferson[13]
- J.C.
- Jeff
- Kansas City
- King City – The Gem of the Highway[17]
- Kirkwood – The Green Tree City[18]
- Lathrop – Mule Capital of the World[19]
- Marionville – Home of the White Squirrels[20]
- Moberly – Magic City[21]
- Neosho – Flower Box City[22]
- Nixa – Home of Jason Bourne[23]
- Peculiar – Where the Odds Are with You[12]
- St. Louis
- Salem – Charcoal Capital of the World[30]
- Sedalia – The Queen City of the Prairie[31]
- Springfield
- Sumner – Wild Goose Capital of the World[34]
- Warrensburg – The Burg[35]
- Washington – Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World[22]
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