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NICK NAME | America's Dairyland; Badger State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Madison | |
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LARGEST CITY | Milwaukee | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Madison | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Milwaukee | |
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AREA | 65,503 sq. miles; 54,314 sq. miles land, 11,190 sq. miles water. (23rd state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 1,952 ft., Timms Hill (Price County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 581 ft. along shore of Lake Michigan | |
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ABBREVIATION | WI (postal); Wis. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 414, 608, 715 | |
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TIME ZONE | Central | |
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PART OF REGION | Great Lakes, Midwest. | |
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ADMISSION DATE | May 29, 1848 (30th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the north-central United States, bordering Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Lake Superior, Michigan (Upper Peninsula), & Lake Michigan. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For the Wisconsin River, which flows through the central part of the state, itself named probably from Ojibwa Wees-kon-san "the gathering of the waters." | |
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STATE ANIMAL | Badger (Taxidea taxus) Wildlife: White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Domestic: Dairy Cow (Bos taurus) | |
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STATE BEVERAGE | Milk | |
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STATE BIRD | Robin (Turdus migratorius) | |
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STATE DOG | American Water Spaniel | |
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STATE FISH | Muskellunge (muskie; Esox masquinongy) | |
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STATE FLOWER | Wood Violet (Viola papilionacea) | |
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STATE FOSSIL | Trilobite | |
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STATE GRAIN | Corn (Zea mays) | |
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STATE INSECT | Honeybee (Apis mellifera | |
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STATE MINERAL | Galena | |
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STATE ROCK | Red Granite | |
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STATE SOIL | Antigo silt loam | |
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STATE SONG | "On, Wisconsin!" | |
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STATE TREE | Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Forward. |
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