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NICK NAME | The (Old) Bay State; The Old Colony State; Puritan State; Baked Bean State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Boston | |
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LARGEST CITY | Boston | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Worcester | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Middlesex | |
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AREA | 10,555 sq. miles; 7,838 sq. miles land, 2,717 sq. miles water. Coast line 192 miles. (44th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 3,491 ft., Mount Greylock | |
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LOWEST POINT | Sea level along Atlantic Ocean. | |
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ABBREVIATION | MA (postal); Mass (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 413, 508, 617, 781 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | New England | |
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ADMISSION DATE | February 6, 1788 (6th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the Northeastern United States on the Atlantic Coast, bordering Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. One of the thirteen original colonies. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | From Algonquian (Natick) Indian massa "great," and chuset or Wachuset "hill," probably referring to the present Blue Hills near Boston. Massachusetts Bay was named first. | |
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STATE BEAN | Baked Navy Bean | |
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STATE BEVERAGE | Cranberry Juice | |
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STATE BIRD | Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) | |
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STATE CAT | Tabby Cat | |
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STATE MARCH | The Road to Boston | |
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STATE DOG | Boston Terrier | |
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STATE EXPLORER ROCK | Dighton Rock | |
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STATE FISH | Cod (Gadus morhua) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Mayflower aka Ground Laurel or Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) | |
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STATE FOLK DANCE | Square Dance | |
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STATE FOLK SONG | "Massachusetts" | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Theropod Dinosaur Tracks | |
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STATE GEM | Rhodonite | |
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STATE HEROINE | Deborah Samson | |
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STATE HISTORICAL ROCK | Plymouth Rock | |
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STATE HORSE | Morgan Horse | |
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STATE INSECT | Ladybug (Hippodamia convergens) | |
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STATE MARINE MAMMAL | Right Whale | |
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STATE MINERAL | Babingtonite | |
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STATE SONG | "All Hail to Massachusetts" | |
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STATE STONE | Roxbury Pudding Stone (Roxbury conglomerate) | |
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STATE TREE | American elm (Ulmus americana) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietem (Latin: "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty") |
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