Nicknames by city
A
B
- Babcock – The Cranberry Pie Capital [1]
- Baldwin – The Biggest Little Town in Wisconsin [1]
- Baraboo
- Barron – Turkey Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Bayfield – Best Kept Secret in Wisconsin [1]
- Bear Creek – Home of the World's Largest Sauerkraut Plant [1]
- Beaver Dam – Beaver Dam – Make Yourself at Home [1]
- Belleville – UFO Capital of the World [1]
- Belmont – Home of the First Territorial Capital [1]
- Beloit – Gateway to Wisconsin [1]
- Berlin – Fur and Leather Capital [1]
- Birchwood – Bluegill Capital of Wisconsin [1] [4]
- Black Creek
- Black Earth – The Only Black Earth in the World [1]
- Black River Falls – Deer Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Blanchardville – The Village in the Valley [1]
- Bloomer – Rope Jump Capital of the World [1]
- Blue River – Heart of the Lower Wisconsin River [1]
- Bonduel – Spelling Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Boscobel
- Birthplace of the Gideon Bible [1]
- Turkey Hunting Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Boulder Junction – Musky Capital of the World [1]
- Boyceville – Cucumber Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Boyd – The Friendly Town – Why Go By [1]
- Brodhead – The Bicycle Gateway to Wisconsin [1]
- Burlington – Chocolate City, USA [1]
C
- Cambridge – The Umbrella City [1]
- Cassville – Where History, Bald Eagles and the Mississippi Meet [1]
- Cedarburg – Historic Cedarburg [1]
- Chippewa Falls – Naturally the World's Purest Water [1]
- Clam Lake – Heart of the Chequamegon National Forest [1]
- Clintonville – The Good Life Unlimited [1]
- Colby – Home of Colby Cheese [1]
- Columbus – Red Bud City [1]
- Combined Locks
- Cornell – Stacker City [1]
- Cornucopia – Wisconsin's northernmost Post Office [1]
- Cross Plains – Famous For Friendliness [1]
- Cuba City – The City of Presidents [1]
- Cumberland
D
- Darlington – The Pearl of the Pecatonica, U.S.A. [1]
- Delavan – Clown Town, U.S.A [1]
- Dickeyville – Home of the Famous Dickeyville Grotto [1]
- Dodgeville – At the heart of it all [1]
- Dousman – Bullfrog Station [1]
E
- Eagle River
- Eau Claire
- Eden – Hometown of Baseball Star Jim Gantner [1]
- Edgar – Progressive Village Serving People [1]
- Edgerton – Tobacco City [1]
- Elkhorn
- Ellsworth – Cheese Curd Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Elmwood – UFO Capital of the World [1]
- Ephraim – The Pearl of the Peninsula [1]
- Ettrick – Fun City, USA [1]
- Evansville – Soybean Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Exeland – Trout Fishing Capital of Wisconsin[ citation needed ]
F
- Fennimore – Fennimore..."The City on the Move!" [1]
- Florence County – Heart of Wild Rivers Country [1]
- Fond du Lac – Winners Choice [1]
- Forest Junction – You Can Get There From Here [1]
- Fox Cities – Refreshing Change of Place [1]
- Fox Lake – Home of Bunny Berigan [1]
- Francis Creek – A Nice Place to Live [1]
- Fremont – White Bass Capital of the World [1] [10]
G
- Galesville – Garden of Eden [1]
- Gays Mills – The Apple Capital of Wisconsin [11]
- Germantown
- Deutschstadt [1]
- Gateway to Washington County[ citation needed ]
- Gleason – Brook Trout Fishing Capital of the World [1]
- Glidden – Black Bear Capital of the World [1]
- Grantsburg – Home of Big Gust [1]
- Green Bay
- Green Lake – Wisconsin's Lake Trout Capital [1]
H
J
- Janesville
- Jefferson – The Gemütlichkeit City [1]
- Jim Falls – Biggest Little Town on the River [1]
- Johnson Creek – Crossroads With a Future [1]
- Juda – Buffalo Roast Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Juneau – Birthplace of Addie Joss (Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher) [1]
K
L
- La Crosse – God's Country. Mud City, USA [1] [ failed verification ]
- Lac du Flambeau – Lake of Torches [1]
- Lake Geneva – Enjoyed for Over 100 Years by the Rich & Famous [1]
- Lake Tomahawk – Snowshoe Baseball Capital of the World [1]
- Lancaster – City of the Dome [1]
- Land O' Lakes – Land of Four Seasons Fun [1]
- Langlade County – Wisconsin's Get-Away County [1]
- Lodi – Home of Susie the Duck [1]
- Lone Rock – Coldest Spot in the Nation (With the Warmest Heart) [1]
M
- Madison
- Manitowish Waters – Wisconsin's Northwoods Year-Round Vacationland [1]
- Manitowoc
- Wisconsin's Maritime Capital [1]
- Manty[ citation needed ]
- Clipper City [22] [23]
- Skunk Hollow[ citation needed ]
- Marinette – Marinette County Waterfalls Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Marshfield
- Mayville – Jayville [1] [ failed verification ]
- Mazomanie – Turn-of-the-Century Railroad Town [1]
- Medford – People, Pride and Progress [1]
- Menasha (city) – Menasha on the Move [1]
- Menasha (town) – Bridging the Fox Cities [1]
- Menomonie – Traditional Yet Progressive [1]
- Mercer – Loon Capital of the World [1] [24]
- Merrill – Enjoy the Merrill Advantage [1]
- Middleton – The Good Neighbor City [1]
- Milton – History in Progress [1]
- Milwaukee
- Mineral Point – The City Where Wisconsin Began [1]
- Minocqua – The Island City [1]
- Monona – City of Pride, and It Shows [1]
- Monroe – Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A [1] [8]
- Montfort – Home of the Fort [1]
- Mt. Horeb – The Troll Capital [1]
- Muscoda – Morel Mushroom Capital of Wisconsin [1] [8]
N
- New Auburn – Gateway to the Ice Age Park [1]
- New Berlin – City Living with a Touch of Country., [1]
- New Glarus – America's Little Switzerland [1]
- New Holstein – Cow Town, USA [1]
- New London – Heart of Wolf River Country [1]
- New Richmond – The City Beautiful [29]
- Norwalk – The Black Squirrel Capital of the World [1]
O
P
- Palmyra – Heartbeat of the Kettle Moraine [1]
- Pardeeville – Home of the World Watermelon Eating and Seed Spitting Championships [1]
- Park Falls – Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World [1] [24]
- Peshtigo – Home of the Great Peshtigo Fire [1]
- Phelps – Headwaters County (Start of Wisconsin River) [1]
- Phillips
- Pittsville – Exact Geographical Center of the State [1]
- Platteville – Home of the Chicago Bears Summer Training Camp [1]
- Plover – Golden Sands Area [1]
- Plum City – A Small Village in a Peaceful Valley [1]
- Plymouth – The Cream of Wisconsin [1]
- Poniatowski – The Center of the Northwestern World [1]
- Port Washington
- Portage
- Historic Portage [1]
- Potosi-Tennyson – Catfish Capital of Wisconsin
- Prairie du Chien – Wisconsin's Second Oldest Settlement (Where Great Rivers Meet)
- Prescott – Where the Mighty Mississippi Meets the Beautiful St. Croix River [1]
- Presque Isle
- Price County – We've Saved a Place for You [1]
- Princeton – Princeton on the Fox – Where Yesterday Meets Tomorrow [1]
- Pulaski – Polka Town [1]
R
- Racine
- Randolph – A Great Place to Grow [1]
- Redgranite – Home of the State Rock [1]
- Reedsburg – Butter Capital of America [1]
- Rhinelander – Home of the Hodag [1] [32]
- Richland Center – From Farming to Frank Lloyd Wright [1]
- Ripon – Birthplace of the Republican Party [1]
S
- Sauk City/Prairie du Sac – Cow Chip Throwing Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Saukville – Saukville Will Work for You [1]
- Sayner-Star Lake – The Birthplace of the Snowmobile [1] [33]
- Seymour – Home of the Hamburger [1]
- Sheboygan
- Shiocton – Where Nature Begins [1]
- Siren – Lilac Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Soldiers Grove – America's First Solar Village [1] [35]
- Somerset – Tubing Capital of the World [1]
- Sparta – Bicycling Capital of America [1]
- Spencer – A Friendly Small Town with a Future [1]
- Spooner – Crossroads of the North [1]
- Spring Valley – Home of the Largest Earthen Dam in the Midwest [1]
- St. Germain
- Stevens Point – See Our Point of View [1]
- Gateway to the Pineries [1]
- Stockbridge – Sturgeon Center of the World [1]
- Stoughton – The City of Progress and Opportunity [1]
- Stratford – Stratford on the Move [1]
- Sun Prairie – The Groundhog Capital of the World [1] [36]
- Superior
T
- Taycheedah – Sheepshead Fishing Capital of the World [1]
- Tilden – Halfway Between the North Pole and the Equator [38]
- Tomah
- Tomahawk – Gateway to the Northwoods [1]
- Trego – The Wild River City [1]
- Two Rivers
V
W
- Warrens – The Cranberry Capital of Wisconsin [1]
- Watertown – Home of the First Kindergarten in America [1]
- Waukesha
- Waunakee – The Only Waunakee in the World [1]
- Waupaca – Chain-O-Lakes [1]
- Waupun
- Wausau – Our Peak Season Never Ends [1]
- Wausaukee – Ranger City USA [1]
- Wautoma – Christmas Tree Capital of the World [1]
- Wauwatosa – Tosa [45]
- Webster – The Fishbowl of Wisconsin [1]
- Weyauwega – Home of Horse and Buggy Days [1]
- Winneconne – Winneconne on the Wolf [1]
- Wisconsin Dells – Waterpark Capital of the World (commercial, trademarked) [46]
- Wisconsin Rapids – Paper City [1]
- Wonewoc
- Woodman – The Dinky's Last Stop [1]
- Woodruff – Home of the Million Penny Parade [1]
