- List of city nicknames in Colorado
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This partial list of city nicknames in Colorado includes some of the sobriquets, pseudonyms, and slogans that identify, or have identified, the cities and towns of the U.S. state of Colorado. 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.
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
Top of Page – See also – References – External links A
- Alamosa - Hub of the San Luis Valley[3]
- Arvada - Celery Capital of the World[4]
- Aspen - America's Canary City[5]
- Ault - A Unique Little Town[6]
- Aurora - Gateway to the Rockies[7]
B
- Berthoud - Garden Spot of Colorado[8]
- Boulder
- The People's Republic of Boulder[9]
- The Berkeley of the Rockies[citation needed]
- The Boulder bubble
- Black Hawk - City of Mills[10]
- Breckenridge - The Kingdom of Breckenridge[11]
- Brush - Brush![12]
C
- Cañon City - Climate Capital of Colorado[13]
- Carbondale - Ultimate Rocky Mountain Hideout[14]
- Cedaredge - Southern Gateway to the Grand Mesa[15]
- Central City - Richest square mile on Earth[16]
- Colorado Springs
- Creede - There is no night in Creede[21]
- Crested Butte
D
- Deer Trail - Home of the World's First Rodeo[24]
- Denver
- The Mile-High City[25]
- Queen City of the Plains.[26]
- Queen City of the West[citation needed]
- Broncoville[27]
- D-Town[citation needed]
- The L.A. of the Mountain West[citation needed]
- Wall Street of the West[citation needed]
- Dove Creek - Pinto Bean Capital of the World.[28]
- Durango - Durango Rocks![29]
E
- Eaton - Garden of Eaton: Beef, Beets, and Beans[30]
- Edgewater
- City of Choice[31]
- The Edge[citation needed]
F
- Fairplay - The Real South Park[32]
- Fort Collins
- The Choice City[33]
- The Napa Valley of Beer[33]
- Fort Fun[33]
- The Fort[citation needed]
- FoCo[citation needed]
- FoCoCo[citation needed]
- Fruita - Home of Mike the Headless Chicken[34]
G
- Grand Junction
- Colorado's Wine Country[35]
- The River City[citation needed]
- The Junc
- Greeley
L
- Leadville - Magic City[38]
- Limon - The Hub City of the Plains[39]
- Loveland - the city of Love[citation needed]
- Longmont - Leftmont/Longtucky[citation needed]
N
- Nederland
- Home of the Frozen Dead Guy[40]
- Ned[citation needed]
O
P
S
- Severance - Where the geese fly and the bulls cry[43]
- Steamboat Springs
- Sterling - A Colorado treasure[46]
T
V
- Victor - City of mines[citation needed]
See also
- Colorado municipalities
- List of city nicknames in the United States
- List of cities and towns in Colorado
References
- ^ a b c Muench, David "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts", December 1993, accessed April 10, 2007.
- ^ a b Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City :), MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
- ^ Hub of the San Luis Valley accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Celery Capital of the World accessed 2008-03-04
- ^ America's Canary City accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ A Unique Little Town accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Gateway to the Rockies accessed 2008-02-19
- ^ Garden Spot of Colorado accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ The People's Republic of Boulder accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ The City of Mills accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Historic Timeline, City of Breckinridge website, accessed 2009-08-18
- ^ Brush! accessed 2007-05-29.
- ^ The Climate Capital of Colorado accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Hideout accessed 2007-05-27
- ^ The Southern Gateway to the Grand Mesa accessed 2007-05-27
- ^ Central City, Colorado - The richest square mile on Earth accessed 2008-03-21 Archived March 7, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Colorado Springs Post Office accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ About Colorado Springs accessed 2008-03-21.
- ^ The works of Marshall Sprague accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ It’s day all day in the day time, And there is no night in Creede. accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Colorado’s Last Great Ski Town accessed 2007-05-27
- ^ The Wildflower Capital of Colorado accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Home of the World's First Rodeo accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Claims to Fame - Geography, Epodunk, accessed 2007-04-16
- ^ Queen City, Time (magazine), 1928-01-30, accessed 2007-04-13.
- ^ Kiszla, Mark (2001-01-28). "Take money and run with new stadium". The Denver Post. http://extras.denverpost.com/scolumns/kiz0128.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ a b Claims to Fame - Agriculture, Epodunk, accessed 2007-04-16
- ^ Durango Rocks! accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ The Garden of Eaton: Beef, Beets, and Beans accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ The City of Choice accessed 2007-05-29.
- ^ The Real South Park accessed 2007-05-07
- ^ a b c Welcome to Fort Collins accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ Mike the Headless Chicken accessed 2007-05-29
- ^ Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ History of Greeley, Colorado, for Kids, website accessed May 1, 2011
- ^ History, Town of Garden City, Colorado, website, accessed May 1, 2011. "Do you know how Garden City got its name? In the 1930's, Greeley's nickname was 'the Garden City of the West'."
- ^ Carl Abbott (2008), How cities won the West: four centuries of urban change in western North America, UNM Press, ISBN0826333125, ISBN 9780826333124. Page 103.
- ^ Limon - The Hub City of the Plains accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ The Frozen Dead Guy accessed 2008-03-04.
- ^ City of Ouray accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ a b c About Pueblo accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ Town of Severance accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ Steamboat Ski Resort accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ Bud Light Rocks the Boat accessed at 2008-03-21
- ^ Sterling, Colorado - A Colorado Treasure accessed 2008-03-21
- ^ Old Red Barn accessed 2008-03-28
- ^ To Hell You Ride accessed 2008-03-21
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