American states ：the interesting nicknames.
American states ：the interesting nicknames.The state of Ohio is the Buckeye State after a tree that produces nuts similar to chestnuts.
The Great Plains state of Oklahoma is the Sooner State. That is because of a sale of land in eighteen eighty-nine.
Pennsylvania's nickname is the Keystone State. Just as a keystone holds together a stone arch, it is also sometimes called the Quaker State. Its founder, William Penn, and most of his followers, were members of the Protestant Quaker religion.
Rhode Island's nickname is Little Rhody because of its size. The state is smaller than the area around Los Angeles, California.
Tennessee got its nickname -- the Volunteer State -- because of the bravery of its citizens.
Texas is called the Lone Star State.
The Beehive State of Utah has no more beehives than any other state.
The eastern state of Vermont is proud of its beautiful Green Mountains so it calls itself the Green Mountain State.
The southern state of Virginia is called the Old Dominion.
Long ago, King Charles the Second of England added the colony's coat of arms to his shield. It joined his other dominions of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
West Virginia broke away from Virginia in the eighteen sixties. It is called simply the Mountain State for the ancient Appalachian mountains.
Wyoming is the Cowboy State. The mid-Atlantic state of Maryland is called the Free State.
Mississippi is The Magnolia State.
The midwestern state of Missouri is called The Show Me State.
If you visit the western mountain and plains state of Montana you will know why it is known as Big Sky Country.
Nebraska is nicknamed Cornhuskers
The western desert state of Nevada is called The Silver State.
New Hampshire, is The Granite State because of that colorful rock.
New Jersey is between the big cities of New York, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It got its nickname, The Garden State
New York, which always thinks big, was called The Empire State
If you get a chance to see a red sunset over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, you will know why that southwestern state is called The Land of Enchantment.
South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is The Palmetto State
North Carolina is the Tar Heel State. Idaho is known as "The Gem State."
Iowa's nickname, the "Hawkeye State," is in honor of Black Hawk, an Indian chief who spent most of his life in neighboring Illinois!
Kansas also has a "hawkish" nickname: "The Jayhawk State."
Kentucky is "The Bluegrass State."
Maine, in the nation's northeast, is "The Pine Tree State"
The eastern state of Massachusetts is the "Bay State."
Six state nicknames are taken from native animals. Michigan is the "Wolverine State." A wolverine is a small, fierce mammal. The badger is a similar and equally fierce creature and Wisconsin is "The Badger State."
Neighboring Minnesota,is "The Gopher State,"
North Dakota gets its nickname, "The Flickertail State"
South Dakota takes its nickname, "The Coyote State," from an animal that thinks flickertails are good to eat!
And Oregon, "The Beaver State," borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams. Alabama is known as the Heart of Dixie because it is in the very middle of a group of states in the Deep South.
Way up north, Alaska is called the Last Frontier
Arizona is the Grand Canyon State because of the famous winding canyon carved by the Colorado River.
The southern state of Arkansas is the Land of Opportunity.
In a popular Spanish book, a fictional island called "California" was the Golden State.
You would think Colorado would be known as the Rocky Mountain State. But its nickname is the Centennial State.
Connecticut is called the Nutmeg State after a spice.
Little Delaware is called the First State because it was the first state -- the first to approve the new United States Constitution.
The southern state of Florida likes to tell about its sunny days and fine beaches. So Florida is the Sunshine State.
Florida's neighbor to the north grows some of the sweetest fruit in America. So Georgia is the Peach State.
Hawaii, far out in the Pacific Ocean, is the Aloha State.
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