Date Admitted: | 1846 |
State Capital: | Des Moines |
Admitted to U.S.: | Twenty-ninth state |
Flag Adopted: | 1921 |
Area: | 56,276 square miles |
Highest Point: | Ocheyeden Mound - 1,670 feet (509 m) above sea level |
Lowest Point: | Where the Mississippi River and Des Moines River meet; 480 feet (146 m) above sea level |
State Motto: | "Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain" |
Nickname: | The Hawkeye State |
State Song: | "The Song of Iowa" |
State Flower: | Wild Rose |
State Tree: | White and Red Oak |
State Bird: | Eastern Goldfinch |
State Rock: | Geode |
State Fossil: | Crinoid |
State Rock: | Geode |
State Soil: | Tama |
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