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NICK NAME | Cornhusker State, Tree Planters' State. | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Lincoln | |
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LARGEST CITY | Omaha | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Lincoln | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Douglas | |
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AREA | 77,358 sq. miles; 76,878 sq. miles land, 481 sq. miles water. (16th Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 5,426 ft., in Southwestern Kimball County | |
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LOWEST POINT | 840 ft. in Richardson County. | |
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ABBREVIATION | NE (postal); Nebr. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 308, 402 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central & Mountain (Western counties) | |
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PART OF REGION | Plains States; Midwest | |
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ADMISSION DATE | March 1, 1867 (37th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the midwestern United States, bordering Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | From the Oto Indian word nebrathka, meaning "flat water"; the name was used for the Platte River, which flows through the central part of the state. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | White Tail Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) | |
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STATE BIRD | Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | |
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STATE FISH | Black-Spotted (Cutthroat) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Mammoth | |
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STATE GEM | Blue Agate (Blue Chalcedony) | |
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STATE GRASS | Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) aka Bunch Grass or Beard Grass | |
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STATE INSECT | Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) | |
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STATE SOIL | Holdrege Series | |
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STATE SONG | "Beautiful Nebraska" | |
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STATE STONE | Prairie Agate | |
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STATE TREE | Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Equality Before the Law |
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