Queen City

Queen City is the name or nickname of several populated places.

Official name

It is the official place name of three places in the United States:

• Queen City, Iowa, a formerly inhabited place
• Queen City, Missouri
• Queen City, Texas

Nickname

It is the nickname for several cities:

Asia

• Manila, Philippines

North America

See also: List of city nicknames in Canada

See also: List of city nicknames in the United States

• Allentown, Pennsylvania
• Bangor, Maine
• Beach Haven, New Jersey
• Buffalo, New York
• Burlington, Vermont
• Charlotte, North Carolina, from being named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of the United Kingdom
• Cincinnati, Ohio (once nicknamed "Queen City of the West")
• Clarksville, Tennessee
• Cumberland, Maryland (The "Queen City of the Alleghenies")
• Del Rio, Texas, "Queen City of the Rio Grand"
• Denver, Colorado (The "Queen City of the Plains")
• Dickinson, North Dakota
• Helena, Montana
• Manchester, New Hampshire
• Marquette, Michigan
• Meridian, Mississippi
• Nelson, British Columbia
• Plainfield, New Jersey
• Poughkeepsie, New York
• Regina, Saskatchewan, named after Queen Victoria
• Seattle, Washington, used Queen City as its official nickname from 1869 until 1982
• Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Springfield, Missouri
• Staunton, Virginia
• Titusville, Pennsylvania (so named as the birthplace of the modern oil industry)
• Toronto, Ontario, see Name of Toronto#Nicknames
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Virginia, Minnesota

Oceania

• Auckland, New Zealand