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
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.

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- Boring Green

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  • Toledo
    • Frog Town[65]
    • Glass Capital of the World[65]
    • The Glass City[66]
    • The Solar Valley[67]
    • The Mud
    • The 419
    • Holy Toledo
    • T-Town

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  • Youngstown
    • The City of You
    • Crimetown, USA[70]
    • Murdertown, USA[71][72]
    • The Steel Valley
    • Steeltown, U.S.A.[73]
    • The Three Three Yo (Combination of the city’s area code, 330, with the first two letters of its name)
    • Poster Child for Deindustrialization[74]
    • Yompton (In reference to Compton, California)
    • Y-Town

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See also

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