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Quick Facts: Missouri
| Capital
City: |
Jefferson City |
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| Nickname: |
Show Me State |
| Motto: |
Salus Populi
Suprema Lex Esto (The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law) |
| Statehood: |
August 10, 1821
(24th) |
| Origin
of State's Name: |
Named after
Algonquin Indian term meaning "river of the big canoes." |
| Largest
Cities: |
Kansas City,
Saint Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia |
| Border
States: |
Arkansas,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Tennessee |
| Land
Area: |
68,898 sq. mi.,
18th largest |
| State
Bird: |
Bluebird |
| State
Flower: |
Hawthorn (crataegus) |
| State
Tree: |
American Dogwood
(cornus florida) |
| State
Song: |
Missouri Waltz |
| E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |
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