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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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