List of city nicknames in Ohio

This partial list of city nicknames in the State of Ohio compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Ohio 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]

Nicknames by city

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• See also
• References
• External links

Alliance, which is officially nicknamed the Carnation City, helped make the scarlet carnation the state flower of Ohio.

The sculpture Flyover in downtown Dayton, the "Birthplace of Aviation," tracks the path of the Wright Brothers' first powered aircraft flight.

A

• Akron
  • City of Invention^[3]
  • Rubber Capital of the World^[4]
  • Rubber City^[5][6]
  • Summit City^[7]
  • Tire City^[4]
  • AK Rowdy
• Alliance – Carnation City^[8]
• Amherst – Sandstone Capital of the World^[9]

B

• Barberton – Magic City^[10]
• Bryan – the Fountain City^[11]
• Bowling Green
  • Pull Town
  • Boring Green
  • Blowing Green

• Bucyrus – Bratwurst Capital of the World^[12]

C

• Canton
  • America's Playing Field^[13]
  • Hall of Fame City^[14]
• Chillicothe
  • Ohio's First Capital^[15]
  • Paper City
• Cincinnati – see also Cincinnati nicknames
  • The Blue Chip City^[16][17]
  • Cincy (or Cinci)^[18][19]
  • The City of Seven Hills^[20]
  • The 'Nati^[19]
  • Paris of America^[7]
  • Porkopolis^[7][19][21]
  • The Queen City^[7][22]
  • The Queen of the West^[7][22]
  • The Tri-State^{[citation needed]}
  • CinCity^{[citation needed]}
  • Ohio's Maserati^[23]
  • Cincinasty
• Circleville – Roundtown^[24]
• Cleveland – see also Cleveland nicknames
  • America's North Coast^[19]
  • C-Town^{[citation needed]}
  • City of Champions – Popularized in 2016 after area native Stipe Miocic won the UFC World Heavyweight Championship, the Lake Erie Monsters (now known as the Cleveland Monsters) won the Calder Cup, and the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship all within a six-week span in that calendar year.^[25][26]
  • The Best Location in the Nation^[27][28]
  • The Cleve (nickname used in TV show 30 Rock)^{[citation needed]}
  • The Forest City^[7][29]
  • The Heart of New Connecticut^{[citation needed]}
  • The Land
  • Mistake on the Lake ^[19][30]
  • Believe-land
  • Rock City
  • Rock n' Roll Capital Of The World
  • The 216 – Referring to the local area code^[31][32]
  • The CLE
• Cleveland Heights
  • C-Heights^{[citation needed]}
• Columbus
  • The Arch City^[33]
  • Buckeye City^{[citation needed]}
  • Cowtown^[19]
  • The Discovery City^[34]
  • C-bus
  • Indie Arts Capital of the World^[35]
  • Somaliwood^[36] (a reference to the local Somali film industry)
  • Portland of the Upper Midwest
  • The Biggest Small Town In America^[37]
  • Test Market, USA^[19]
  • Flavortown - After native Guy Fieri. An attempt was made to rename the city to this in 2020.^[38][39]

D

• Dayton
  • The Gem City^[7][19]
  • Birthplace of Aviation (commemorates the Wright brothers, who invented the airplane in their bicycle shop in Dayton)^[40]
  • Little Detroit^[41][42]
  • Dirty Dayton
  • The DYT
• Delphos – America’s Friendliest City^[19]
• Deshler – Corn City^{[citation needed]}
• Dublin – The Emerald City

F

• Findlay – Flag City^[43]
• Fremont – Cutlery Capitol of the World^[44]

G

• Gahanna – Ohio’s Herb Capital^[45]
• Gallipolis – City of the Gauls^{[citation needed]}
• Greenville – Treaty City^[46]
• Gomer – Gomerica^{[citation needed]}

H

• Hamilton
  • The City of Sculpture^[47]
  • The Safe Capital of the World^[48]
  • Hamiltucky^[49]
• Hillsboro
  • Hillville^{[citation needed]}
  • The 'boro^{[citation needed]}
• Huber Heights – The Brick City^{[citation needed]}

I

• Ironton
  • Gateway To Southern Ohio^[50]
  • Iron City ^{[citation needed]}

K

• Kent – The Tree City^[51]
• Kenton – Little Chicago^[52]

L

• Lancaster
  • The Glass City^[53]
  • Little Vegas
• Lebanon – The Cedar City^{[citation needed]}
• Lima
  • BeanTown (refers to the Lima Bean)
  • Little Detroit (In the 1980's and 1990's)^[54]
• Lorain – International City
• Loudonville – The Canoe Capital of Ohio
• Loveland
  • Sweetheart of Ohio^[55]
  • Little Switzerland of the Miami Valley^[56]

M

• Mansfield
  • The Fun Center of Ohio^{[citation needed]}
  • Little Detroit^{[citation needed]}
• Marion – World's Popcorn Capital^[57]
• Massillon
  • City of Champions^[58]
  • Title Town, USA^{[citation needed]}
  • Tiger Town^{[citation needed]}
• Miamisburg – The Star City^[59]

N

• Norwalk – The Maple City^[60]
• Norwood – Gem of the Highlands^[61]

O

• Oberlin – The Town that Started the Civil War^[62][63]
• Oregon
  • Oregon on the Bay^{[citation needed]}
  • Boregon
• Oxford
  • Oxvegas

P

• Parma – The Diry P
• Pickerington – Violet Capital of Ohio^[8]
• Port Clinton – Walleye Capital of the World^[64]

R

• Reynoldsburg – Birthplace of the Tomato^[65]

S

• Sabina – The Eden of Ohio^{[citation needed]}
• Sandusky – The Roller Coaster Capital of the World^{[citation needed]}
• Springfield
  • Little Chicago (refers to crime and poverty level)
  • Champion City (refers to the Champion reaper that was once produced in the city)^[66]
  • City at the End of the Road^[67]
  • Home City^[66][67]
  • Rose City or City of Roses^[66][67]
• Steubenville – The City of Murals^[68]
• Strongsville – Crossroads of the Nation^[69]
• Sugarcreek – The Little Switzerland of Ohio^[70]

T

• Toledo
  • Frog Town^[71]
  • Glass Capital of the World^[71]
  • The Glass City^[72]
  • The Solar Valley^[73]
  • The Mud^{[citation needed]}
  • The 419
  • Holy Toledo^{[citation needed]}
  • T-Town
  • T-Town Believe Town
  • Not the Rose City
  • The Real Big Frog

U

• University Heights – City of Beautiful Homes^{[citation needed]}

V

• Valley City – Frog Jump Capital of Ohio^[74]

W

• Wapakoneta – Moon City^{[citation needed]}
• Waynesville – Antique capital of the Midwest^{[citation needed]}
• Willard – City of Blossoms^[75]
• Wilmington
  • Dubtown^{[citation needed]}
  • Wilmy^{[citation needed]}
• Wooster
  • Beavis City^{[citation needed]}

X

• Xenia
  • Twine City^[7]
  • Windy City (refers to the powerful tornadoes attracted to this area)
  • ”Devil’s Wind” (refers to English translation from Native American name for the Xenia area)

Y

• Yellow Springs
  • Mellow Yellow
  • Hippie City
• Youngstown
  • The City of You
  • Crimetown, USA^[76]
  • Murdertown, USA^[77][78]
  • The Steel Valley^{[citation needed]}
  • Steeltown, U.S.A.^[79]
  • The 330
  • The Three Three Yo (Combination of the city’s area code, 330, with the first two letters of its name)
  • Poster Child for Deindustrialization^[80]
  • Yompton (In reference to Compton, California)
  • Y-Town
  • The Y-O or the Yo

Z

• Zanesville
  • City of Natural Advantages^[7]
  • Clay City or Pottery Capital of the World^[81]
  • Y-Bridge City^[82]

See also

• List of city nicknames in the United States
• List of cities in Ohio