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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..
The State of Massachusetts got its name from the Massachusetts Bay which was given its name by the Pilgrim Fathers who founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620. They named the Bay after the the Algonquian Indians whose name was derived from mass-adchu-seuck or 'people from the big hill'. The State of Massachusetts got its name from the Massachusetts Bay which was given its name by the Pilgrim Fathers who founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620.