List of city nicknames in Delaware
This partial list of city nicknames in Delaware 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 or chambers of commerce. 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] Their economic value is difficult to measure,[1] but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.[2]
- Dover – The City that Means Well (according to George Carlin)[3]
- Lewes – First Town in the First State.[4]
- Rehoboth Beach – The Nation's Summer Capital.[5]
- Seaford – The Nylon Capital of the World[6]
- Wilmington – Chemical Capital of the World.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Muench, David (December 1993). "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Extension. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2007.
- ^ a b Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City :) Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
- ^ George Carlin. "Asshole, Jackoff, Scumbag." A Place For My Stuff!. Atlantic, 1981.
- ^ Greetings from the Honorable James L. Ford III Archived 2008-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, Lewes, Delaware. Accessed April 10, 2008. "Founded in 1631 by Dutch seamen, Lewes is known as the 'First Town in the First State.'"
- ^ Rehoboth Beach Delaware, Sussex County Online. Accessed April 10, 2008. "Long known as the 'Nation's Summer Capital' because of the number of Washingtonians who visit during the summer, Rehoboth Beach is Delaware's largest coastal town."
- ^ U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008
- ^ Claims to Fame - Business Archived 2017-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
