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THE STATE NICKNAMES: Cape Cod & Cape Cod Bay. The Bay State. Massachusetts is most commonly known as The Bay State or The Old Bay State in reference to the Cape Cod Bay where early settlements were made and to the Massachusetts Bay Company given a royal charter in 1629 to promote settlement of the new land from sea to shining sea..
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Massachusetts is called The Bay State because of it's many bays. For example, Cape Cod Bay and the Massachusetts Bay. The bays are important to the people who live in Massachuâ¦setts because it allows boats to travel to ports. Several species of sea animals live in bays.