| MISSOURI
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| KANSAS
CITY |
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| AREA |
(land) 68,886 sq miles (water) 811 sq miles (TOTAL) 69,697 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
Jefferson City |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: June 4, 1812 , Entered Union (rank): Aug. 10, 1821 (24)
Present constitution adopted: 1945
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| LOCATION
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38.571N, 092.190W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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(average) 812 feet |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Taum Sauk Mtn.; 1772 feet, 41st |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Saint Francis River; 230 feet, 30th |
| COUNTIES |
115 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
20 miles to the southwest of Jefferson City
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| STATE FOSSIL
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crinoid (1989) |
| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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Mozarkite |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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| STATE FLAG
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Missouri's flag was officially adopted in 1913. The red, white and blue colors are symbolic of the former French control of the region. The 24 stars represent Missouri as the 24th state.
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| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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The Great Seal was designed by Judge Robert William Wells and adopted by the Missouri General Assembly on January 11, 1822. The center of the state seal is composed of two parts. On the right is the United States coat-of-arms containing the bald eagle. In its claws are arrows and olive branches, signifying that the power of war and peace lies with the U.S. federal government. On the left side of the shield, the state side, are a grizzly bear and a silver crescent moon. The crescent symbolizes Missouri at the time of the state seal's creation, a state of small population and wealth which would increase like the new or crescent moon; it also symbolizes the "second son," meaning Missouri was the second state formed out of the Louisiana Territory.
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work |
| STATE
MOTTO
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"The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law" |
| STATE SONG
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"Missouri Waltz" |
| STATE TREE
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Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida |
| STATE BIRD
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Bluebird |
| STATE ANIMAL
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Missouri Mule |
| STATE FISH
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channel catfish (1997) |
| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Show-Me State, Bullion State, Lead State, Cave State, Ozark State
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| STATE FLOWER
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Hawthorn Crataegus |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Arkansas Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Nebraska Oklahoma Tennessee |
