This partial list of city nicknames in Mississippi compiles the pseudonym, aliases, sobriquets and slogans that city, cities in Mississippi 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. Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" are also believed to have economic value. Their economic value is difficult to measure, but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.Alfredo Andia
Branding the Generic City
, MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007 Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. * Artesia, Mississippi, Artesia – Johnson Grass Capital of the WorldWanda McKinney
Our Favorite Town Slogans
''Southern Living'', April 2005 *Belzoni, Mississippi, Belzoni – Catfish Capital of the World.Claims to Fame - Fish
, Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007. *Biloxi, Mississippi, Biloxi – The Playground of the SouthU.S. City Monikers
Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008 *Columbus, Mississippi, Columbus – Possum Town *Greenwood, Mississippi, Greenwood – Cotton Capital of the World.Claims to Fame - Agriculture
Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007. *Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport ** Root Beer Capital of the World. ** Where Your Ship Comes InTagline Guru City Branding Survey
Tagline Guru website, accessed August 18, 2009 *Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Hattiesburg – Hub City *Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson **Chimneyville **City with Soul. *Long Beach, Mississippi, Long Beach – Radish Capital of the World *Meridian, Mississippi, Meridian – The Queen City * Oxford, Mississippi, Oxford **The literary center of the SouthHistory of Oxford
, Oxford, Mississippi website, accessed May 5, 2009 **The Little Easy (in reference to New Orleans, the "Big Easy") **The Velvet Ditch *Port Gibson, Mississippi, Port Gibson – The town too beautiful to burn *Senatobia, Mississippi, Senatobia – The Five Star City *Starkville, Mississippi, Starkville – Starkvegas *Vicksburg, Mississippi, Vicksburg **The Gibraltar of America.National Military Park Louisiana/Mississippi: Vicksburg
National Park Service. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Jefferson Davis called Vicksburg "The Gibraltar of America." By the summer of 1862, Vicksburg was the nail holding the Confederacy together." **Red Carpet City of the South **Take Me to the River

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