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NICK NAME | Show Me State; Mother of the West. | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Jefferson City | |
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LARGEST CITY | Kansas City | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | St. Louis | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | St. Louis | |
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AREA | 69,709 sq. miles; 68,898 sq. miles land, 811 sq. miles water. (21st Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 1,772 ft., Taum Sauk Mountain (Iron County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 230 ft. along the St. Francis River near Cardwell (Dunklin County). | |
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ABBREVIATION | MO (postal); Mo. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 314, 417, 573, 816 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central | |
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PART OF REGION | Midwest | |
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ADMISSION DATE | August 10, 1821 (24th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the the central United States, bordering Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For teh Missouri River, which forms part of its western border and crosses it in an easterly direction. The name is either that of an Indian tribe that lived near the mouth of the river, or possibly a word meaning "owners of big canoes." As recorded in a French text in 1673, the Indian name for the river was Pekitanoul or Pokitanou "muddy water"; its nickname is "Big Muddy." | |
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STATE BIRD | Blue Bird (Sialia sialis) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Hawthorn Blossom | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Crinoid | |
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STATE INSECT | Honeybee | |
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STATE MINERAL | Galena | |
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STATE SONG | "Missouri Waltz" | |
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STATE TREE | Flowering Dogwood (Cornus Florida) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin: "The Welfare of the people shall be the supreme law") |
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