List of City Nicknames in Illinois - Nicknames By City

Nicknames By City

• Algonquin - Gem of the Fox River Valley
• Aurora - City of Lights
• Batavia - The Windmill City, City of Energy
• Beardstown - Watermelon Capital
• Bloomington - The Evergreen City
• Bloomington–Normal together - The Twin Cities
• Champaign-Urbana - Shampoo-Banana
• Charleston - Chuckvegas
• Chester - The Home of Popeye
• Chicago
  • Chi-Town
  • City in a Garden (literal translation of city motto, Urbs in horto
  • The City of the Big Shoulders (from Chicago, a Carl Sandburg poem)
  • The City That Works (by Mayor Daley, for example)
  • The Second City
  • The Windy City

For more details on this topic, see List of nicknames for Chicago.

• Collinsville - Horseradish Capital of the World
• Crystal Lake - A Good Place to Live
• Decatur
  • D-Town
  • Soy Capital of the World (former nickname)
• DeKalb - Barbed Wire Capital of the World
• Elgin
  • The City in the Suburbs
  • The City To Watch
• Evanston - Heavenston
• Freeport - Pretzel City, USA
• Griggsville - Purple Martin Capital of the World
• Huntley - The Friendly Village With Country Charm
• Joliet
  • City of Champions
  • City of "Snap and Progress"
  • City of Steel (or City of Steel and Stone)
  • City of Stone
  • Prison City (or Prison Town)
• Kewanee - Hog Capital of the World
• Lombard - The Lilac Village
• Marion - Hub City of the Universe
• Marseilles - Best Little City By A Dam Site
• Mattoon - Bagel Capital of the World
• Metropolis - The Home of Superman
• Moline - Plow Capital of the World
• Morton - Pumpkin Capital of the World
• Naperville - The Golden City
• Olney - Home of the White Squirrels
• Pana - City of Roses
• Pekin
  • Celestial City
  • Marigold Capital of the World.
• Peoria - Whiskeytown
• Quincy - Gem City
• Rantoul - Rantucky
• Rockford - The Forest City
• Springfield - Flower City
• St. Charles - The Pride of the Fox
• Thomson - The Melon Capital of the World
• Wilmington - The Island City