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Nicknames for cities in Kansas

Nicknames for Kansas cities:
  • Augusta - A-Town.
  • Beattie - Milo Capital of the World (milo is grain sorghum)
  • Cassoday - Prairie Chicken Capital of the World
  • Cawker City - Home of the World's Largest Ball of Twine
  • Dodge City - Queen of the Cowtowns
  • Ellis - Buckle on the Wheat Belt, Antique City of the High Plains
  • Garden City - Cutting Horse Capital
  • Girard - Printing Capital of the Nation
  • Haysville - Peach Capital of Kansas
  • Hutchinson - The Salt City
  • Jennings - Czech Us Out
  • Kansas City
    • KCK
    • Heart of America
  • Kirwin - Goose Capital.
  • La Crosse - Barbed Wire Capital of the World
  • Lansing - City With a Future
  • Lawrence
    • River City
  • Lenexa - Spinach Capital
  • Leoti - Pinto Bean Capital
  • Manhattan - The Little Apple
  • Marysville - Black Squirrel Capital
  • Norton - Pheasant Capital of Kansas
  • Olathe - Cowboy Boot Capital
  • Parsons - Purple Martin Capital
  • Pittsburg - Fried Chicken Capital
  • Pleasanton - P-Town
  • Quinter - Half Mile High City
  • Russell Springs - Cow Chip Capital of Kansas
  • Wellington - Wheat Capital of the World
  • Wichita
    • Air Capital of the World
    • ICT
    • Doo-dah
    • the Witches titty
  • Windom - Covered Dish Capital of the World

courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States

Posted Sunday Oct 21

Didn't know about most of these nicknames.  Good post for the fort riley group.  May want to put it there

(04/10/08 05:19PM) — Kelvi Cunningham

Michele- I added this one to the Fort Riley Housing and Relocation Group. Maybe it fits there well

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