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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]
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Granite State is the nickname of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It may also refer to: Granite State Challenge, television quiz game show on New Hampshire Public Television; Granite State College, part of the New Hampshire state university system; Granite State Communications, a private company in Weare, New Hampshire
Flag of New Hampshire: 1931 Seal: Seal of New Hampshire: 1931 Emblem: New Hampshire State Emblem: 1945 [2] Motto: Live Free or Die: 1945 Nickname: The Granite State: Highway sign: Number of route within an outline of the Old Man of the Mountain: Quarter reverse: 2000
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
New Hampshire's major regions are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Seacoast, the Merrimack Valley, the Monadnock Region, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area. New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. coastal state, with a length of 18 miles (29 km), [27] sometimes measured as only 13 miles (21 km).
The state's three public universities are administered by the University System of New Hampshire. [1] New Hampshire is also served by a network of seven public community colleges. The oldest school in the state is Dartmouth College, a member of the Ivy League and the only New Hampshire institution founded before the American Revolution.
Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site; Location: 131 North Road, Franklin, New Hampshire, United States Coordinates: 1]: Area: 147 acres (59 ha) [2]: Elevation: 594 feet (181 m) [1]: Established: 1950 [3]: Administered by: New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation: Designation: New Hampshire state park: Website: Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site: Daniel Webster ...