50 State Nicknames, Some Official, from NETSTATE.COM (original) (raw)
Nicknames listed in bold, red type have been officially adopted by a state
| Nicknames, some official, listed by state. | |||
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State |
You can call me | Or you can call me | Or you can call me |
| Alabama | The Heart of Dixie | The Yellowhammer State | The Cotton Plantation StateThe Cotton StateThe Lizard StateThe Pioneer Space Capital of the World |
| Alaska | The Last Frontier | The Land of the Midnight Sun | Seward's FollySeward's Ice Box |
| Arizona | The Grand Canyon State | The Copper State | The Apache StateThe Aztec StateThe Baby StateThe Valentine StateItaly of AmericaThe Sand Hill StateThe Sunset State |
| Arkansas | The Natural State | The Land of Opportunity | The Razorback StateThe Wonder StateThe Hot Springs StateThe Bowie StateThe Toothpick StateThe Bear State |
| California | The Golden State | The Land of Milk and Honey | The El Dorado StateThe Grape State |
| Colorado | The Centennial State | The Silver State | The Lead StateThe Buffalo Plains StateSwitzerland of AmericaThe Highest State |
| Connecticut | The Constitution State | The Nutmeg State | The Blue Law StateThe Brownstone StateThe Freestone State The Provisions StateLand of Steady Habits |
| Delaware | The First State | The Diamond State | The Blue Hen StateThe Peach StateNew SwedenUncle Sam's Pocket HandkerchiefCorporate CapitalSmall Wonder |
| Florida | The Sunshine State | The Alligator State | The Everglades StateThe Orange StateThe Flower StateThe Peninsula StateThe Gulf State |
| Georgia | Empire State of the South | The Peach State | The Goober StateThe Cracker StateThe Buzzard StateYankee-land of the South |
| Hawaii | The Aloha State Note | The Pineapple State | Paradise of the PacificThe Youngest State |
| Idaho | The Gem State | Gem of the Mountains | Little Ida |
| Illinois | The Prairie State | Land of Lincoln | The Corn StateGarden of the WestThe Sucker StateEgypt |
| Indiana | Crossroads of America | The Hoosier State | Playground of the Middle West |
| Iowa | The Hawkeye State |  |
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| Kansas | The Sunflower State | The Jayhawk State | The Squatter StateThe Cyclone StateBleeding Kansas |
| Kentucky | The Bluegrass State | The Hemp State | The Tobacco State |
| Louisiana | The Pelican State | The Bayou State | The Sugar StateThe Child of the MississippiFisherman's Paradise |
| Maine | The Pine Tree State | The Lumber State | The Border StateThe Old Dirigo State |
| Maryland | The Old Line State | The Free State | |
| Massachusetts | The Bay State | The Old Colony State | The Pilgrim StateThe Puritan StateThe Baked Bean State |
| Michigan | The Wolverine State | The Great Lakes State | Lady of the LakeThe Water WonderlandThe Auto State |
| Minnesota | The North Star State | The Gopher State | The Bread and Butter StateLand of 10,000 Lakes |
| Mississippi | The Magnolia State | The Eagle State | The Border-Eagle StateThe Bayou StateThe Mud-cat State |
| Missouri | The Show Me State | The Bullion State | The Cave StateThe Lead StateThe Ozark State |
| Montana | The Treasure State | Big Sky Country | The Stub Toe StateThe Bonanza State |
| Nebraska | The Cornhusker State | The Tree Planters State | The Antelope StateThe Bug-eating State |
| Nevada | The Silver State | The Sagebrush State | The Battle Born State |
| New Hampshire | The Granite State | The White Mountain State | Switzerland of AmericaThe Mother of Rivers |
| New Jersey | The Garden State | The Clam State | The Camden & Amboy StateThe Jersey Blue State |
| New Mexico | Land of Enchantment | The Cactus State | The Spanish State |
| New York | The Empire State | The Excelsior State | The Knickerbocker State |
| North Carolina | The Tar Heel State | The Old North State | The Turpentine State |
| North Dakota | The Peace Garden State | The Sioux State | The Flickertail StateLand of the DakotasThe Roughrider State |
| Ohio | The Buckeye State | Mother of Modern Presidents | |
| Oklahoma | The Sooner State | Boomer's Paradise | |
| Oregon | The Beaver State | The Web-foot State | The Hard-case State |
| Pennsylvania | The Keystone State | The Quaker State | |
| Rhode Island | The Ocean State | Little Rhody | The Plantation StateThe Smallest StateLand of Roger Williams |
| South Carolina | The Palmetto State | The Rice State | The Swamp StateKeystone of the South Atlantic SeaboardThe Iodine State |
| South Dakota | The Mount Rushmore State | The Sunshine State | The Coyote StateThe Blizzard StateThe Artesian State |
| Tennessee | Volunteer State | The Big Bend State | Mother of Southwestern StatesmenThe Hog and Hominy State |
| Texas | The Lone Star State | The Beef State | The Banner State |
| Utah | The Beehive State | The Mormon State | Land of the SaintsThe Salt Lake State |
| Vermont | The Green Mountain State | |
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| Virginia | Old Dominion | Mother of Presidents | Cavalier StateMother of StatesMother of Statesmen |
| Washington | The Evergreen State | The Chinook State | |
| West Virginia | The Mountain State | Switzerland of America | The Panhandle State |
| Wisconsin | The Badger State | The Copper State | |
| Wyoming | The Equality State | Big Wyoming | The Cowboy State |
| NOTE: Some may consider "The Aloha State" Hawaii's official nickname. It is true that this nickname was given official status, but not as a nickname. The legislation declares "The Aloha State" Hawaii's official popular name, not a nickname. | |||
 Nicknames and Sobriquets of U.S. Cities, States, and Counties, by Joseph N. Kane, Gerald Alexander. 445 pages. Publisher: Scarecrow Press; 3rd edition (January 1, 1979) From Scrapple City to City of Little Wedding Churches, this listing includes almost 12,500 official and unofficial nicknames and sobriquets of American states, cities, towns, and counties. |
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 Greetings From The 50 States: How They Got Their Names, by Sheila Keenan. 112 pages. Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction; 1st Ed. edition (September 1, 2008) Reading level: Ages 9+. From Alabama to Wyoming, Greetings From the 50 States covers the origin of each state's name, official and unofficial nicknames, and the year it was granted statehood. Behind each state's name is a story of how Americans felt about the land they settled, how they connected to its history and geography, and how they recognized its unique character. Did you know 27 state names come from Native American words, or at least what the European settlers thought they heard? Can you figure out which states are named the Mosquito State, the Mud-waddler State, or the Stub-toe State? Of course, if you've checked NETSTATE thoroughly, perhaps you don't need this book. |