List of city nicknames in Maine
This partial list of city nicknames in Maine compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities 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]
- Bangor - The Queen City of the East.[3]
- Bath - The City of Ships.[4]
- Cherryfield - Blueberry Capital of the World.[5]
- Farmington
- Freeport - Birthplace of Maine[8][9]
- Lincoln - The Gateway Town [10]
- Millinocket - The Magic City [11]
- Portland - Forest City (reported in 1894)[12]
- Presque Isle - The Star City.[13]
- Rockland - Lobster Capital of the World.[14][15]
- Strong - Toothpick Capital of the World.[15]
- Waterville
See also
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Muench, David "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts", December 1993, accessed April 10, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City :), MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
- ↑ Welcome to the Queen City, accessed April 7, 2007. "Although Bangor's history is of little national historical significance, a day in the Queen City of the East will provide the curious with opportunities to imagine the past."
- ↑ Bath School Department, accessed April 7, 2007. "Known as, "The City of Ships", Bath lies on the shore of the Kennebec River and has been a major shipbuilding center for centuries."
- ↑ Claims to Fame - Agriculture, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ Claims to Fame - Clothing, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ Farmington, Maine. Maine Resource Guide, accessed January 22, 2013.
- ↑ Freeport, Maine. Maine Resource Guide, accessed January 22, 2013.
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- ↑ Celebrations, Welcome to Lincoln, Maine Website, accessed January 22, 2013
- ↑ Millinocket Historical Society website, accessed June 26, 2009
- ↑ Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
- ↑ City of Presque Isle Online, accessed April 7, 2007.
- ↑ Claims to Fame - Food, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 The World Capital of Whatever, The New York Times by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Stephen Plocher (2007), A Short History of Waterville, Maine, City of Waterville website, accessed June 21, 2009
