On June 21, 2013, following a grassroots campaign in an effort to promote Smallville Con, a comic-book convention hosted at the Kansas State Fair, the mayor of Hutchinson decreed the city's name would be changed to "Smallville" for one day in honor of Superman's fictional Kansas hometown of the same name. The tradition has continued annually, coinciding with the convention for two days every June.
On June 21, 2013, fo,llowing a grassroots campaign in an effort to promote Smallville Con, a comic-book convention hosted at the Kansas State Fair the mayor of Hutchinson decreed the city's name would be changed to "Smallville" for one day in honor of Superman's fictional Kansas hometown of the same name. The tradition has continued annually, coinciding with the convention for two days every June.