List of city nicknames in the U.S. State of Colorado
This partial list of city nicknames in Colorado includes some of the sobriquets, pseudonyms, and slogans that identify, or have identified, the cities and towns of the U.S. state of Colorado. 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]
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.
^"Town sign", Town of Ault website (photo), archived from the original on 2013-04-16, retrieved 2012-03-05
^City HallArchived 2012-12-20 at archive.today, City of Aurora website, accessed 2012-03-05. "Long known as the Gateway to the Rockies, this All-America City on the eastern edge of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area boasts spectacular views of the Front Range..."
^Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan Colorado Springs(PDF), Revised, City of Colorado Springs, March 2005 [31 January 2004], p. 12, retrieved 2012-03-05, Colorado Springs became especially popular with the British and acquired the nickname Little London.
^Marshall Sprague, Newport in the Rockies, Ohio University Press, 1961. accessed 2008-03-21
^"Grand Junction, CO". Forbes.com. Retrieved March 29, 2014. Grand Junction is located along the Colorado River, where it receives the Gunnison River from the south, giving the city its nickname River City."
^History, Town of Garden City, Colorado, website, accessed May 1, 2011. "Do you know how Garden City got its name? In the 1930s, Greeley's nickname was 'the Garden City of the West'."