Secretary of state william h.
The granite state rocky nickname.
Not all of these nicknames are considered official.
Its mountains are mostly made of granite.
Granite which is often identified with new hampshire shaped the land and the early industry of the united states.
To those not living there some of the nicknames might seem odd or mysterious.
State federal district or territory nickname s alabama cotton plantation state.
Land of the noonday moon.
Arsenal of the nation.
Last old west state.
Seward s folly named after u s.
Or they might not be what you think.
New hampshire designated granite as the.
This is a list of u s.
This is a list of nicknames for each of the 50 states of the united states ordered alphabetically by state.
This is a long list of granite names with links to pictures of each granite.
New hampshire got its nickname the granite state because of its mountains.
This list excludes the district of columbia and u s.
Not surprisingly the dominant rock of new hampshire is granite a tough rock with visible quartz mica and feldspar crystals.
What is new hampshire s state rock.
Travel a bit further south to kentucky and west virginia and you ll see state nicknames that more closely focus on the topography and agriculture of their areas mountains and grasses.
The constitution state isn t where the u s.
Yellowhammer state alaska land of the midnight sun.
The last frontier currently used on license plates.
A single state may have more than one nickname.
Granite is a hard and tough rock which signifies the nickname granite state characterizing the people of new hampshire with its history of strong and resilient men during the american revolutionary war.
Seward s ice box icebergia polaria.
Official state nicknames in bold some may be more popular than others state.
Heart of dixie used on license plates.
Our official nickname is the granite state and our license plates and state quarters proudly display the rocky features of the man on the mountain despite the fact that he s been gone for several years.
Constitution was drafted that was in philadelphia but rather the nickname comes from a document with regulations for running towns that was put together in 1639 by three cities.
The state s nickname the granite state refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries.
