Illinois
- 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
- 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
- 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
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