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USA: Nicknames (Other)

US States: Nicknames (Other)

Most US states have an official nickname, and many of them have a "slogan" that they use on their car licence (sorry, license) plates. These are listed (along with a few other things) on the US States: Classified page.

Many of them also have other, unofficial nicknames, or historical ones. This page lists some of these "other" nicknames – which do have a habit of coming up in quizzes.

If setting questions from this page, I would suggest you make it clear that these are not the official nicknames. For example: "Which US state is sometimes known as ... ?"

Cotton State Click to show or hide the answer
Yellowhammer State
Land of the Midnight Sun Click to show or hide the answer
Seward's Folly (dubbed by opponents of its purchase)
Apache State Click to show or hide the answer
Wonder State Click to show or hide the answer
Bear State
Land of Opportunity (previously the official nickname)
El Dorado Click to show or hide the answer
Rocky Mountain State Click to show or hide the answer
Nutmeg State Click to show or hide the answer
Blue Law State
Freestone State
Diamond State Click to show or hide the answer
Blue Hen State
Everglade State Click to show or hide the answer
Peninsula State
Empire State of the South Click to show or hide the answer
Cracker State
Goober State
Gem of the Mountains Click to show or hide the answer
Sucker State Click to show or hide the answer
Jayhawker State Click to show or hide the answer
Central State
America's Breadbasket
Corn Cracker State
Dark and Bloody Ground		 Click to show or hide the answer
Creole State Click to show or hide the answer
Sugar State
Bayou State
Free State Click to show or hide the answer
Chesapeake State
Old Colony State Click to show or hide the answer
Lake State Click to show or hide the answer
Gopher State Click to show or hide the answer
Bread and Butter State
Bayou State Click to show or hide the answer
Hospitality State (previously used on license plates)
Bullion State Click to show or hide the answer
Beef State (once used on license plates) Click to show or hide the answer
Tree Planters' State
Blackwater State
The Good Life (on road border signs)
Sagebrush State Click to show or hide the answer
Battle Born State
White Mountain State Click to show or hide the answer
The Crossroads of the Revolution (previously used on license plates) Click to show or hide the answer
Sunshine State Click to show or hide the answer
Excelsior State Click to show or hide the answer
Old North State Click to show or hide the answer
Turpentine State
Sioux State Click to show or hide the answer
Flickertail State
Webfoot State Click to show or hide the answer
Liberty Bell State Click to show or hide the answer
Independence State
Quaker State
Little Rhody Click to show or hide the answer
Coyote State Click to show or hide the answer
Sunshine State (former official nickname)
Blizzard State
Big Bend State Click to show or hide the answer
Mormon State Click to show or hide the answer
Cavalier State Click to show or hide the answer
Mother of Presidents
Chinook State Click to show or hide the answer
Apple State
Panhandle State Click to show or hide the answer
Badger State Click to show or hide the answer
Cowboy State Click to show or hide the answer
Forever West (on road border signs)

© Haydn Thompson 2017