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| Capital
City: |
Jefferson City |
| Location: |
38.57190 N, 092.19045 W; |
| Area: |
69,709 sq. mi. |
| Population: |
5,402,100 (7/97) |
| Statehood: |
August 10th, 1821; 24th State |
| Song: |
Missouri Waltz |
| words by: J. R. Shannon |
| music by: John E. Eppel |
| Nickname: |
Show Me State |
| Origin of states name: |
Named after Missouri Indian tribe whos name |
| means "town of the large canoes." |
| Time
zone: |
Central |
| Other Cities: |
Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield; |
| Border
States: |
Arkansas, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Nebraska, |
| Oklahoma, Tennessee; |
| Geographic Center: |
Miller, 20 mi. southwest of Jefferson City; |
| Coastline: |
none |
| Highest Point: |
Taum Sauk Mtn.; 1772 feet |
| Agriculture: |
Cattle, soybeans, hogs, corn, poultry
& eggs; |
| Industry: |
Transportation equipment, food processing, electric
epuipment; |
| National
Park: |
none |
| Topography: |
Rolling hills, open, fertile plains and well watered
prairie north |
| of the Missouri river; south of the river land is rough
& hilly; |
| Temperature
Summer: |
F° 76 to 80 |
| Temperature Winter: |
F° 28 to 32 |
| Flower: |
Hawthorn |
| Tree: |
American dogwood |
| Newspapers: |
Daily
Capital News/The Jefferson City Post-Tribune |
| Attractions: |
Missouri
Attractions. Roadside America. |
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