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NICK NAME | Hoosier State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Indianapolis | |
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LARGEST CITY | Indianapolis | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Fort Wayne | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Marion | |
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AREA | 36,420 sq. miles; 35,780 sq. miles land, 550 sq. miles water. (38th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 1,257 ft., Wayne County. | |
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LOWEST POINT | 320 Ft.; Marion County. | |
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ABBREVIATION | IN (postal); Ind. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 219, 317, 765, 812 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | Great Lakes, Midwest | |
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ADMISSION DATE | December 11, 1816 (19th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the East-Central United States, bordering Kentucky, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Michigan and Ohio. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | A Latinized or Spanish form meaning "Land of Indians"; used in 1768 by the Philadelphus Trading Company, land developers, for territory ceded to them by the Iroquois. | |
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STATE BIRD | Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Peony | |
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STATE POEM | Indiana | |
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STATE MINERAL | Fluorite | |
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STATE SONG | "Indiana limestone" | |
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STATE STONE | Indiana Limestone | |
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STATE TREE | Tulip Tree Poplar; (Liriodendron Tulipifera) | |
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STATE MOTTO | The Crossroads of America |
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