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State Abbreviation - MO
State Capital - Jefferson City
Largest City - Kansas City
Area - 69,709 square miles [Missouri is the 21st biggest state in the USA]
Population - 6,044,171 (as of 2013) [Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Missourians
Major Industries - farming (corn, soybeans), mining (zinc, lead), aircraft equipment, cars, beer

Presidential Birthplace - Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar (near Joplin) on May 8, 1884 (he was the 33rd US President, serving from 1945 to 1953).

Major Rivers - Mississippi River, Missouri River, Osage River
Major Lakes - Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock Lake, Clearwater Lake, Lake Wappapello
Highest Point - Taum Sauk Mountain- 1,772 feet (540 m) above sea level
Number of Counties - 114 (plus one independent city, St. Louis)
Bordering States - Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee

Origin of the Name Missouri - Missouri was named for an Algonquian Indian word that means "river of the big canoes."
State Nickname - The Show Me State
State Motto - "Salus populi suprema lex esto " - The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
State Song - Missouri Waltz

Dinosaur Fossils Found in Missouri - Parrosaurus, a small tyrannosaurid (perhaps Albertosaurus), hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs)

Missouri State Symbols and Emblems:

State Flag The flag has a red, white, and blue background (representing Missouri's French heritage; it was part of the Louisiana Purchase from France). The circular center is surrounded by 24 white stars (the number of states when Missouri entered the Union). Two grizzly bears represent bravery and strength. A knight's helmet and another 24 stars are above the bears. The motto, "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL" is around the inner circle. The motto, "SALUS POPULI SUPREMA LEX ESTA" (meaning "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law") is on a yellow ribbon under the bears. The inner circle has an eagle holding the olive branch of peace and the arrows of war (representing the federal government), a crescent moon, and another grizzly bear. The Roman numeral MDCCCXX is under the two bears (1820 was the date of the Missouri Compromise).

Animal Symbols:

State Bird Bluebird

State Animal Missouri mule

State Insect Honey bee

State Aquatic Animal Paddlefish A large, primitive, freshwater cartilaginous fish.

State Fish Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Plant Symbols:

State Flower White hawthorn

State Tree Flowering dogwood

State Nut Tree Eastern black walnut tree (Juglans nigra)

Earth Symbols:

State Fossil Crinoid A sea lily that lived 250 million years ago.

State Mineral Galena (Lead Sulfide)

State Rock Mozarkite

Miscellaneous Symbols:

State Musical Instrument Fiddle

State Folk Dance Square dance

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