| Capitol: |
Jefferson City |
| Joined U.S.: |
# 24, August 10, 1821 |
| Nickname: |
"The Show Me State" |
| Motto: |
The Welfare of the People Shall be the Supreme
Law |
| Official Website: |
Missouri |
| State Musical Instrument: |
Fiddle |
| State Dessert: |
Ice Cream Cone |
| State Horse: |
Missouri Foxtrotting Horse |
| State Invertebrate: |
Crawfish (Crayfish) |
| State Nut: |
Eastern Black walnut |
| State Song: |
"Missouri Waltz" |
| State Rock: |
Mozarkite |
| State Reptile: |
Three-toed Box Turtle |
| State Insect: |
Honeybee |
| State Fish: |
Channel Fish |
| State Animal: |
Missouri Mule |
| State Bird: |
Bluebird |
| State Mineral: |
Galeana (Lead) |
| State Tree: |
Flowering Dagwood |
| State Flower: |
Hawthorn Blossom |
| State Fossil: |
Crinoidea |
| Borders: |
Iowa, Illinois,
Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Oklahoma,
Kansas, Nebraska |
| Size: |
69,704 sqaure miles |
| Highest Point: |
1,772 feet, Taum Sauk Mountain |
| Lowest Point: |
230 feet, Saint Francis River |
| Largest Employer(s): |
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