| Prairie Chicken Capital of the World  Cassoday, Kansas, takes full advantage of its title. |
The Only Oblong It's pretty safe to assume that this Illinois town is the only populated place in America named Oblong. |
Mayberry of the Midwest  Clay City, Indiana, sounds like my kind of town! |
Pheasant Capital of Texas  Stratford, Texas is a popular place during pheasant-hunting season. |
| Biggest Little City in Iowa  Melvin, Iowa's slogan is difficult to dispute! |
Cow Chip Capital of Kansas
 Russell Springs, Kansas, is proud of this distinction. |
Mallard Capital of the World
 Hanover, Illinois, is known for raising and exporting mallard ducks. |
Midway USA
 Kinsley, Kansas, bills itself as exactly midway between New York and San Francisco. |
Bentonite Capital of the World Colony, Wyoming, is known for its deposits of bentonites -- clays composed of fine particles usually derived from volcanic ash. They have a wide range of uses, from bonding metals to medicinal purposes. |
Only town in the world so named...
 This sign at Guildhall, Vermont, claims that the town is the only one on the planet with that name. |
USA's Producer of Farm-Raised Clams  Don't know if any other town shares the "clams" claim to fame, but this Gulf Coast town of Cedar Key, Florida, is also a quaint, laid-back place for a weekend getaway. |
Home of the Dots
The school sports teams in Poca, West Virginia, call themselves The Dots. OK, so the customary spelling of the phrase is "Polka Dot." But you gotta admire this town's sense of humor. |
| Home of Cowboys -- and Italians  For many years, the town of McAlester, Oklahoma, has had an Italian Festival to celebrate the generations of immigrants who live there. |
One of a Kind
 Promise City, Iowa, says it is one of a kind. It probably is. |
Silver Capital of the World The historic town of Wallace, Idaho has produced 1.2 billion ounces of silver in Shoshone county since 1884. |
First in the Nation
Every four years, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire has its time in the sun. Well, actually, it happens a few minutes after midnight, when it is the first place to announce the results of balloting in the Presidential election. |