| Capital: | Jefferson City |
| Governor | Matt Blunt |
| Statehood: | August 10, 1821 (24th state) |
| Harry S Truman was the first U.S. President from Missouri, 1945 | |
| State Motto: "Salus populi suprema lex esto," which means "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law." |
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| Area: | 69,686 square miles (180,487 sqare kilometers), 19th largest state | ||
| Counties: | 114 plus St. Louis City | ||
| Missouri Day: | the third Wednesday in October | ||
| Missouri flag: | horizontal stripes of red, white and blue represent valor, | ||
| purity, vigilance and justice | |||
| Nickname: | the "Show Me" State | ||
| Origin of name: | from Indian syllables meaning "owners of big canoes," | ||
| first applied to the river, then to the land | |||
| Point of highest elevation: | Taum Sauk Mountain, 1,772 feet above sea level (540 meters) | ||
| Point of lowest elevation: | in Dunklin County on the St. Francis River at the Missouri-Arkansas border, 230 feet above sea level (70 meters) | ||
| State animal: | Missouri mule | ||
| State aquatic animal: | paddlefish, or spoonbill | ||
| State bird: | eastern bluebird | ||
| State fish: | catfish | ||
| State flower: | white hawthorn blossom | ||
| State folk dance: | square dance | ||
| State fossil: | crinoid (Delocrinus missouriensis) | ||
| State insect: | honeybee | ||
| State mineral: | galena | ||
| State musical instrument: | fiddle | ||
| State rock: | Mozarkite | ||
| State song: | "Missouri Waltz" | ||
| State tree: | flowering dogwood (Cornus Florida L.) | ||
| State tree nut: | eastern black walnut | ||
| State Grape: | Norton/Cynthiana Grape (Vitas Aestivalis) | ||
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