Missouri

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• Capital City: Jefferson City
• City Guides: Missouri City Guides
• Location: 38.571N, 92.190W
• Capital Tour: Capitol Tour
• 50states School Directory: Find your school!  
• Admission to Statehood: August 10, 1821
• Ancestry and Genealogy: Missouri Database
• Area: 69709 sq.mi., 21st   Land 68898 sq.mi., 18th   Water 811 sq.mi., 34th
  
• Area Codes: 50states List
• Biographies: Famous Missourians
• Bird: Bluebird   50states List
• Border States: Regional List   Arkansas   Illinois   Iowa   Kansas   Kentucky   Nebraska   Oklahoma   Tennessee
• Cam World: Live Web Cams
• City Guides: Missouri City Guides
• Climate: Missouri
• Colleges, Universities: Missouri Colleges, Missouri Business Schools, Missouri Art Schools
• Community and Technical Colleges: Missouri Community Colleges
• Community Pages: 50states List
• Constitution: 24th State
• County Profile: County Map   114 Counties
• Courts: Judicial System
• Current Events: Missouri News Headlines
• Department of: Education   Certification
• Driving: DMV
• Economy:
  • Agriculture: Cattle, soybeans, hogs, dairy products, corn, poultry and eggs.
  • Industry: Transportation equipment, food processing, chemical products, electric equipment, fabricated metal products.
• Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
• Fast Facts: 50states List
• Flag:
  Centered on red, white and blue fields is the Missouri state seal. It is encircled by a blue band with twenty-four stars representing the number of states in 1821. The stars in the inner circle have the same meaning. Two huge grizzly bears support the circular shield in the center which has three parts:
  
  1. The motto "United We Stand,Divided we Fall"
  2. The right section representingthe United States
  3. The left section containing a moon representing a new state and a grizzly bear standing for courage.
  4. The flag was designed by Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Oliver of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Flag adopted 1913.
  5. Get this Flag
  
  
• Flower: Hawthorn   Crataegus
• Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List   Historical Societies      
• Geographic Center: Miller, 20 miles southwest of Jefferson City
• Governor: Office of Governor
• Highest Point: Taum Sauk Mountain; 1,772 feet, 41st
• Highway Markers: Missouri   Resource Manual
• History: Civil War  
• Internet Service Providers: Missouri
• Largest Cities: Kansas City   Saint Louis   Springfield   Independence   Columbia   Saint Joseph   Lee's Summit   Saint Charles   Saint Peters   Florissant
• Library: Missouri   Missouri Libraries  
• License Plates: Missouri
• Local Resources: Missouri Courts Missouri Fire Departments Missouri Counseling Services Missouri Police Departments Missouri Government Offices
• Lowest Point: Saint Francis River; 230 feet, 30th
• Maps: Rand McNally   DMOZ   Blank Outline Map   50states List
• Media: Radio   TV
• Motto: Salus populi suprema lex esto
  • The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
• Museums: The Virtual Library
• National Forest: Missouri
• Newspapers: Missouri
• Nickname: Show Me State
• Nursing Schools: Missouri
• Origin of state's name: Named after Missouri Indian tribe whosename means "town of the large canoes"
• Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
• Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
• Population: Quick facts   5,595,211; 17th, 12/00
• Presidental Birthplace:
  • Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 {33rd}
  • Born: May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri
• Public Records: Missouri
• Real Estate: Missouri Real Estate
• Representatives:
  • US House:   110th Congress
  • US Senate:   110th Congress
  • Missouri House: Members
  • Missouri Senate: Members
• Road Side America: Missouri
• School Directory: Missouri Schools     Public Schools   Private Schools
• Soil: Missouri - Menfro
• Song: Missouri Waltz   50states List   Sheet Music
  • words by: J. R. Shannon
  • music by: John V. Eppel
• Sports: Missouri Teams
• State Parks: Missouri
• State Quarters: Missouri
• Symbols: MO Symbols
• Topography: Image   Rolling hills, open, fertile plains, and well watered prairie north of the Missouri river; south of the river land is rough and hilly with deep, narrow valleys; alluvial plain in the southeast; low elevations in the west.
• Travel: Missouri Travel
• Tree: Flowering Dogwood   Cornus florida  
• Unclaimed Funds: Missouri
• Vacation Rentals: Missouri Vacation Rentals
• Veteran Affairs: Missouri VA   Military Links
• Vital Records: Missouri Vital Records
• Weather: Jefferson City, Jefferson City Memorial Airport
• White Pages: Missouri White Pages
• Yellow Pages: Missouri Yellow Pages
• Zip Codes: Missouri Zip Codes