Can you name the Obscure US city nicknames? created by TheLastWaltz Enter a city in the box below Correctly named cities will show up below Click any empty Nickname or City to answer for that location These are the nicknames of smaller cities, and the lesser known nicknames of larger cities. Everyone knows the Big Apple and Beantown, but what about Collar City? This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle

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Nickname City Origin Valley of the Sun Located in a valley in the middle of the desert Collar City Shirt collar industry boom of late 19th century Pittsburgh of the South Center of the South's steel industry Hockeytown Marketing slogan of Red Wings, who have won more Stanley Cups than any other US team Quaker City Original settlers were Quakers Space City Home of NASA Mission Control The Hostess City of the South Legendary Southern hospitality Charm City 1970s tourism slogan The Second City The city was rebuilt after the great fire of 1873 Crescent City Shape of the city along Mississippi River Brick City Large number of brick buildings, or availability of crack cocaine in the 1980s Stumptown During rapid growth in 1840s, trees were cleared but the stumps remained. The Racing Capital of the World Home of the Indianapolis 500 Cream City The city has numerous cream colored buildings The Marriage Capital of the World Easy to obtain marriage license and numerous wedding chapels Duke City Named after Viceroy Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, the Duke of Alburquerque

Nickname City Origin City of Bridges Home of 446 bridges Queen City Queen Charlotte/Longfellow's 'Catawba Wine'/1869 real estate pamphlet The Mistake by the Lake Located on Lake Erie, the city fell on hard times in the 1970s Big D Everything's bigger in Texas Nickel City Bison (or 'buffalo') appeared on indian head nickel Derby City Home of the Kentucky Derby The Insurance Capital of the World Home of nation's first insurance company, and now many others The Big Friendly Tourism slogan City of Fountains Second only to Rome in number of fountains The Capital of the World Major international center of finance, fashion, theatre, tourism, media, and culture. Titletown, USA The Packers won 11 NFL championships, including the first 2 Super Bowls The Big Peach Capital and largest city in 'The Peach State' The City by the Bay Location on San Francisco Bay Salt City Built on natural salt deposits, home of salt industry in 19th century Electric City Birthplace of General Electric/First continuously operating electric streetcars The Crossroads of the West Located near where first Transcontinental Railroad was completed.

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