| Date Admitted: | 1821 |
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| State Capital: | Jefferson City |
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| Admission to U.S.: | Twenty-fourth State |
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| Flag Adopted: | 1913 |
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| State Motto: | "Let the Welfare of the People Be the Supreme Law" |
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| Nickname: | The Show Me State |
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| Area: | 69,709 square miles |
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| Highest Point: | Taum Sauk Mountain- 1,772 feet (540 m) above sea level |
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| State Song: | "Missouri Waltz" |
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| State Flower: | Hawthorne |
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| State Tree: | Flowering Dogwood |
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| State Bird: | Bluebird |
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| State Insect: | Honey bee |
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| State Fish: | Channel catfish |
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| State Fossil: | Crinoid |
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| State Mineral: | Galena |
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| State Rock: | Mozarkite |
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| State Folk Dance: | Square dance |
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