Daftar julukan kota di Missouri

Daftar julukan kota di Missouri ini mengandung samaran, julukan, dan slogan yang disematkan kepada beberapa kota di Missouri (resmi dan tidak resmi) oleh pemerintah kota, masyarakat setempat, orang asing, badan pariwisata, atau kamar dagang. Julukan kota berperan sebagai perintis identitas lokal, membantu orang asing mengenali masyarakat setempat, atau mengajak orang berkunjung karena julukannya khas; mengangkat martabat daerah; dan mempersatukan masyarakat.[1] Julukan dan slogan yang berubah menjadi "ideologi atau mitos" baru[2] juga diyakini memiliki potensi ekonomi.[1] Potensi ekonominya sulit diukur,[1] tetapi ada beberapa kota yang memakai slogan baru untuk memasarkan/mencitrakan diri dan memanfaatkan potensi ekonomi tersebut.[2]

Beberapa julukan tidak resmi bersifat positif dan negatif. Julukan tidak resmi di bawah ini populer dan sudah lama digunakan.

• Branson
  • Las Vegas If Ned Flanders Ran It[3]
• Brunswick – Home of the World's Largest Pecan[4]
• Carthage – The Maple Leaf City[5]
• Chillicothe – Home of Sliced Bread[6]
• Columbia –
  • The Athens of Missouri
  • CoMo
• Cuba – Mural City[7]
• Hannibal
  • The Bluff City[8]
  • America's Hometown[9]
• Independence – Where the Trails Start and the Buck Stops[10]
• Jefferson City – City of Thomas Jefferson[11]
• Kansas City
  • BBQ Capital of the World[12]
  • City of Fountains[13]
  • Cowtown[12]
  • Jazz Capital of the World[12]
  • K.C. (inspiring the nickname of Casey Stengel, among others)[12]
  • KCMO[12]
  • Paris of the Plains[14]
• King City – The Gem of the Highway[15]
• Kirkwood – The Green Tree City[16]
• Lathrop – Mule Capital of the World[17]
• Marionville – Home of the White Squirrels[18]
• Moberly – Magic City[19]
• Neosho – Flower Box City[20]
• Peculiar – Where the Odds Are with You[10]
• St. Louis
  • Gateway to the West[21]
  • River City[22]
  • Mound City[8][21]
  • The Lou[23]
  • Fourth City[24]
  • There's More Than Meets the Arch[10]
• Salem – Charcoal Capital of the World[25]
• Sedalia – The Queen City of the Prairie[26]
• Springfield
  • Queen City of the Ozarks[27]
  • Birthplace of Route 66[28]
• Sumner – Wild Goose Capital of the World[29]
• Warrensburg – The Burg[30]
• Washington – Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World[20]

Lihat pula

• Daftar julukan kota di Amerika Serikat

Referensi

1. Muench, David (December 1993). "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Extension. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal March 9, 2013. Diakses tanggal April 10, 2007. 
2. Alfredo Andia, Branding the Generic City:) Diarsipkan 2008-05-21 di Wayback Machine., MU.DOT magazine, September 10, 2007
3. Sarah Fenske (May 21, 2015). "The Most Dangerous City in Missouri Is ... Branson?". Riverfront Times. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2018-01-17. Diakses tanggal December 10, 2015. 
4. Wanda McKinney, Our Favorite Town Slogans Diarsipkan 2007-11-07 di Wayback Machine., Southern Living, April 2005
5. Welcome to "America's Maple Leaf City" Diarsipkan 2011-09-27 di Wayback Machine., Carthage, Missouri Convention & Visitors Bureau. Accessed June 13, 2007.
6. Kennedy, Pagan (March 1, 2013). "Who Made That Sliced Bread?". New York Times Sunday Magazine. 
7. "Cuba, Missouri: Mural City". University of Missouri – Convergence Journalism. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2015-12-22. Diakses tanggal December 10, 2015. 
8. Barry Popik, Smoky City, barrypopik.com website, March 27, 2005
9. Lindsey Marschka (December 2014). "Hannibal, MO: "America's Hometown" Amidst Fictional Landscape". Artifacts: A Journal of Undergraduate Writing. University of Missouri. Diakses tanggal December 10, 2015. 
10. Tagline Guru City Branding Survey, Tagline Guru website, accessed August 18, 2009
11. "Archived copy". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2014-04-07. Diakses tanggal 2014-04-15. 
12. Kansas City Background Information Diarsipkan 2008-10-13 di Wayback Machine., 16th Annual ACI-NA Conference & Exhibition. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Kansas City, Missouri is often abbreviated as 'KCMO', or just 'KC' (although this often refers to the entire metro area). It is officially nicknamed the City of Fountains, with over 200 installations, ranking second in the world and exceeded only by Rome. It is also nicknamed the Heart of America because it is within 250 miles (400 km) of both the geographic and population centers of the United States. Informal nicknames include Jazz Capital of the World, Cowtown, and the BBQ Capital of the World, while residents are known as Kansas Citians."
13. City of Fountains, Experience KC. Accessed June 13, 2007. "It's Kansas City. And these are but a few of the hundreds of majestic fountains that make their home in this Midwestern treasure, known as the City of Fountains."
14. "Kansas City Draws Upon Its Jazz Heritage at Paris Air Show" Diarsipkan 2018-01-17 di Wayback Machine., Kansas City infoZine. June 11, 2007. "The Kansas City Aviation Department, Greater Kansas City Area Development Council, Platte County (Mo.) Economic Development Council and State of Missouri will join forces to host a 'Paris of the Plains' booth inside the U.S.A. Pavilion at the Paris Air Show (Hall 3, Booth D13B), featuring the music of well-known jazz icons such as Kansas City natives Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker, William 'Count' Basie and Jay McShann."
15. [1]
16. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Diarsipkan 2011-10-02 di Wayback Machine., City of Kirkwood. Missouri, September 27, 2002. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Known as 'The Green Tree City,' the City is an attractive suburban residential community with tree- lined streets."
17. City of Lathrop, Mo - Mule Capital of the World Diarsipkan 2011-07-13 di Wayback Machine. (official city website), accessed September 19, 2008
18. White Squirrel Wars, Roadside America, accessed April 21, 2007. "Olney, IL; Marionville, MO; Kenton, TN; Brevard, NC; Exeter, ON. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others."
19. Welcome to Moberly, Missouri, Moberly, MO – Official Website. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Founded in 1866, Moberly's explosive growth in 1873 earned it the title, 'The Magic City'."
20. Claims to Fame - Favorites Diarsipkan 2008-01-16 di Wayback Machine., Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
21. U.S. City Monikers, Tagline Guru website, accessed January 5, 2008
22. [2]
23. Steve Parker, Offended by "The Lou"^[pranala nonaktif permanen], St. Louis Post-Dispatch editors' blog, 05.01.2008
24. "Archived copy". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2014-04-15. Diakses tanggal 2014-04-14. 
25. The World Capital of Whatever, The New York Times by Harold Faber, September 12, 1993.
26. Whistle Stops 1 - 15 Diarsipkan 2008-07-20 di Wayback Machine., Sedalia's Heritage Trail. Accessed June 13, 2007. "We’re proud to be called the Queen City of the Prairie."
27. Billings, Hank. "Historian puts date on origin of 'Queen City'" Diarsipkan 2015-06-07 di Wayback Machine., Springfield News-Leader, June 4, 2007. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Does Springfield's title as Queen City of the Ozarks go back to 1876?"
28. Springfield sits at the crossroads of history! Diarsipkan 2006-10-02 di Archive.is, Springfield, Missouri, Convention & Visitors Bureau. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Officially recognized as the birthplace of Route 66, it was in Springfield on April 30, 1926, that officials first proposed the name of the new Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway."
29. Claims to Fame - Birds Diarsipkan 2008-01-10 di Wayback Machine., Epodunk, accessed April 16, 2007.
30. goBurg.com

Pranala luar

• a list Diarsipkan 2015-02-14 di Wayback Machine. of American and a few Canadian nicknames
• U.S. cities list