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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..
State Nicknames Alabama-Georgia and their Explanation. [Alabama-Georgia] [ Hawaii-Maryland ] [ Massachusetts-New Jersey ]. [ New Mexico-South Carolina ] [ South Dakota-Wyoming ]. Alabama. Alabama has been known as the Yellowhammer State since the Civil War. The yellowhammer nickname was applied to the Confederate soldiers from Alabama when a company of young cavalry soldiers from Huntsville, under the command of Rev. D.C. Kelly, arrived at Hopkinsville, KY, where Gen. Forrest's troops were stationed.