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State of Missouri |
Address: |
State Capitol |
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Room 216 |
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Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 |
Phone: |
(573) 751-222 |
Fax: |
(573) 751-1495 |
Admitted: |
August 10, 1821 |
Population: |
6,168,187 (2021 Estimate) |
National Rank: |
18 |
Total Area: |
69,709 square miles |
National Rank: |
21 |
Nickname: |
The Show Me State |
Time Zone: |
Central Time Zone |
Low Point: |
230 feet - Saint Francis River |
High Point: |
1,772 Feet - Taum Sauk Mountain |
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Amphibian: |
American Bullfrog |
Animal: |
Missouri Mule |
Bird: |
Bluebird |
Crustacean: |
Crayfish |
Dessert: |
Ice Cream Cone |
Dinosaur: |
Hypsibema Missouriensis |
Fish: |
Channel Catfish |
Flower: |
White Hawthorn Blossom |
Folk Dance: |
Square Dance |
Fossil: |
Crinoid |
Game Bird: |
Bobwhite Quail |
Grape: |
Norton |
Grass: |
Big Bluestem |
Horse: |
Missouri Fox Trotter |
Insect: |
Honeybee |
Mineral: |
Galena |
Motto: |
"Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto" (Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law) |
Musical Instrument: |
Fiddle |
Nut: |
Eastern Black Walnut |
Poet Laureate: |
Aliki Barnstone |
Reptile: |
Three-Toed Box Turtle |
Rock: |
Mozarkite |
Song: |
"Missouri Waltz" |
Tartan: |
Missouri Tartan |
Tree: |
Flowering Dogwood |
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