Missouri
"Show-me State"
- Motto
- Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
- Capitol
- Jefferson City
- Name Origin
- Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
- Statehood Date
- Aug. 10, 1821 (24th)
Cities in Missouri
- Adrian
- Advance
- Affton
- Agency
- Airport Drive
- Alba
- Albany
- Alma
- Altamont
- Altenburg
- Alton
- Amazonia
- Amoret
- Amsterdam
- Anderson
- Annapolis
- Anniston
- Appleton City
- Arbyrd
- Arcadia
- Archie
- Armstrong
- Arnold
- Asbury
- Ash Grove
- Ashland
- Atlanta
- Augusta
- Aurora
- Auxvasse
- Ava
- Avondale
- Bakersfield
- Ballwin
- Barnard
- Barnett
- Barnhart
- Bates City
- Battlefield
- Bel-Nor
- Bel-Ridge
- Bell City
- Bella Villa
- Belle
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Bellerive
- Bellflower
- Belton
- Benton
- Berger
- Berkeley
- Bernie
- Bertrand
- Bethany
- Beverly Hills
- Bevier
- Billings
- Birch Tree
- Birmingham
- Bismarck
- Black Jack
- Blackburn
- Bland
- Blodgett
- Bloomfield
- Bloomsdale
- Blue Springs
- Blythedale
- Bogard
- Bolckow
- Bolivar
- Bonne Terre
- Boonville
- Bosworth
- Bourbon
- Bowling Green
- Branson
- Branson West
- Brashear
- Braymer
- Breckenridge Hills
- Breckenridge
- Brentwood
- Bridgeton
- Bronaugh
- Brookfield
- Brookline
- Browning
- Brunswick
- Bucklin
- Buckner
- Buffalo
- Bull Creek
- Bunceton
- Bunker
- Burlington Junction
- Butler
- Butterfield
- Byrnes Mill
- Cabool
- Cainsville
- Cairo
- Calhoun
- California
- Callao
- Calverton Park
- Camden
- Camden Point
- Camdenton
- Cameron
- Campbell
- Canalou
- Canton
- Cape Girardeau
- Cardwell
- Carl Junction
- Carrollton
- Carterville
- Carthage
- Caruthersville
- Carytown
- Cassville
- Castle Point
- Cedar Hill Lakes
- Cedar Hill
- Center
- Centertown
- Centerview
- Centralia
- Chaffee
- Chamois
- Charlack
- Charleston
- Chesterfield
- Chilhowee
- Chillicothe
- Clarence
- Clark
- Clarksburg
- Clarksdale
- Clarkson Valley
- Clarksville
- Clarkton
- Claycomo
- Clayton
- Cleveland
- Clever
- Clinton
- Cole Camp
- Columbia
- Conception Junction
- Concord
- Concordia
- Conway
- Cool Valley
- Cooter
- Corder
- Cottleville
- Country Club Hills
- Country Club
- Cowgill
- Craig
- Crane
- Creighton
- Crestwood
- Creve Coeur
- Crocker
- Crystal City
- Crystal Lake Park
- Crystal Lakes
- Cuba
- Curryville
- Dadeville
- Dardenne Prairie
- De Kalb
- De Soto
- Dearborn
- Deepwater
- Dellwood
- Delta
- Des Peres
- Desloge
- Dexter
- Diamond
- Diggins
- Dixon
- Doniphan
- Doolittle
- Downing
- Drexel
- Dudley
- Duenweg
- Duquesne
- Eagleville
- East Lynne
- East Prairie
- Easton
- Edgerton
- Edina
- Edmundson
- El Dorado Springs
- Eldon
- Ellington
- Ellisville
- Ellsinore
- Elsberry
- Emerald Beach
- Eminence
- Emma
- Eolia
- Essex
- Eureka
- Everton
- Ewing
- Excelsior Estates
- Excelsior Springs
- Exeter
- Fair Grove
- Fair Play
- Fairfax
- Fairview
- Farber
- Farley
- Farmington
- Fayette
- Fenton
- Ferguson
- Ferrelview
- Festus
- Fidelity
- Fillmore
- Fisk
- Flint Hill
- Flordell Hills
- Florissant
- Fordland
- Forest City
- Foristell
- Forsyth
- Fort Leonard Wood
- Frankford
- Fredericktown
- Freeburg
- Freeman
- Fremont Hills
- Frontenac
- Fulton
- Gainesville
- Galena
- Gallatin
- Galt
- Garden City
- Gasconade
- Gerald
- Gideon
- Gilliam
- Gilman City
- Gladstone
- Glasgow
- Glasgow Village
- Glenaire
- Glendale
- Glenwood
- Golden City
- Goodman
- Gordonville
- Gower
- Grain Valley
- Granby
- Grandin
- Grandview
- Grant City
- Grantwood Village
- Gravois Mills
- Gray Summit
- Green City
- Green Park
- Green Ridge
- Greencastle
- Greendale
- Greenfield
- Greentop
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Hale
- Hallsville
- Hamilton
- Hanley Hills
- Hannibal
- Hardin
- Harrisonville
- Hartville
- Hawk Point
- Hayti Heights
- Hayti
- Haywood City
- Hazelwood
- Henrietta
- Herculaneum
- Hermann
- Hermitage
- Higbee
- Higginsville
- High Hill
- High Ridge
- Highlandville
- Hillsboro
- Hillsdale
- Holcomb
- Holden
- Holland
- Hollister
- Holt
- Holts Summit
- Hopkins
- Horine
- Hornersville
- Houston Lake
- Houston
- Houstonia
- Howardville
- Humansville
- Hume
- Hunnewell
- Huntleigh
- Huntsville
- Hurdland
- Iberia
- Imperial
- Independence
- Indian Point
- Innsbrook
- Iron Mountain Lake
- Irondale
- Ironton
- Jackson
- Jamesport
- Jamestown
- Jasper
- Jefferson City
- Jennings
- Jerico Springs
- Jonesburg
- Joplin
- Josephville
- Junction City
- Kahoka
- Kansas City
- Kearney
- Kelso
- Kennett
- Keytesville
- Kidder
- Kimberling City
- King City
- Kingston
- Kingsville
- Kinloch
- Kirksville
- Kirkwood
- Knob Noster
- Knox City
- Koshkonong
- La Belle
- La Grange
- La Monte
- La Plata
- Laclede
- Laddonia
- Ladue
- Lake Lafayette
- Lake Lotawana
- Lake Mykee Town
- Lake Ozark
- Lake St. Louis
- Lake Tapawingo
- Lake Waukomis
- Lake Winnebago
- Lakeshire
- Lamar Heights
- Lamar
- Lanagan
- Lancaster
- Laredo
- Lathrop
- Laurie
- Lawson
- Leadington
- Leadwood
- Leasburg
- Leawood
- Lebanon
- Lee's Summit
- Leeton
- Lemay
- Lewistown
- Lexington
- Liberal
- Liberty
- Licking
- Lilbourn
- Lincoln
- Linn Creek
- Linn
- Linneus
- Lockwood
- Loma Linda
- Lone Jack
- Louisiana
- Lowry City
- Ludlow
- Macks Creek
- Macon
- Madison
- Maitland
- Malden
- Malta Bend
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Maplewood
- Marble Hill
- Marceline
- Marionville
- Marlborough
- Marquand
- Marshall
- Marshfield
- Marston
- Marthasville
- Martinsburg
- Maryland Heights
- Maryville
- Matthews
- Maysville
- Mayview
- McCord Bend
- Meadville
- Mehlville
- Memphis
- Mendon
- Mercer
- Merriam Woods
- Meta
- Mexico
- Milan
- Mill Spring
- Miller
- Mindenmines
- Miner
- Mineral Point
- Missouri City
- Moberly
- Moline Acres
- Monett
- Monroe City
- Montgomery City
- Montrose
- Morehouse
- Morley
- Morrisville
- Mosby
- Moscow Mills
- Mound City
- Mount Vernon
- Mountain Grove
- Mountain View
- Murphy
- Napoleon
- Naylor
- Neelyville
- Nelson
- Neosho
- Nevada
- New Bloomfield
- New Cambria
- New Florence
- New Franklin
- New Hampton
- New Haven
- New London
- New Madrid
- Newburg
- Newtonia
- Newtown
- Niangua
- Nixa
- Noel
- Norborne
- Normandy
- North Kansas City
- Northmoor
- Northwoods
- Norwood Court
- Norwood
- Novinger
- O'Fallon
- Oak Grove
- Oak Grove
- Oak Ridge
- Oakland
- Oakview
- Oakville
- Odessa
- Old Monroe
- Olivette
- Olympian Village
- Oran
- Oregon
- Oronogo
- Orrick
- Osage Beach
- Osborn
- Osceola
- Otterville
- Overland
- Owensville
- Ozark
- Pacific
- Pagedale
- Palmyra
- Paris
- Park Hills
- Parkdale
- Parkville
- Parkway
- Parma
- Pasadena Hills
- Pasadena Park
- Pattonsburg
- Peculiar
- Perry
- Perryville
- Pevely
- Phillipsburg
- Piedmont
- Pierce City
- Pilot Grove
- Pilot Knob
- Pine Lawn
- Pineville
- Platte City
- Platte Woods
- Plattsburg
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hope
- Pleasant Valley
- Polo
- Poplar Bluff
- Portage Des Sioux
- Portageville
- Potosi
- Prairie Home
- Princeton
- Purcell
- Purdin
- Purdy
- Puxico
- Queen City
- Qulin
- Ravenwood
- Raymondville
- Raymore
- Raytown
- Rayville
- Reeds Spring
- Renick
- Republic
- Rich Hill
- Richland
- Richmond Heights
- Richmond
- Ridgeway
- Risco
- Riverside
- Riverview
- Rocheport
- Rock Hill
- Rock Port
- Rockaway Beach
- Rogersville
- Rolla
- Rosebud
- Rushville
- Russellville
- Saginaw
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Sappington
- Sarcoxie
- Savannah
- Schell City
- Scotsdale
- Scott City
- Sedalia
- Seligman
- Senath
- Seneca
- Seymour
- Shelbina
- Shelbyville
- Sheldon
- Shell Knob
- Shoal Creek Drive
- Shrewsbury
- Sibley
- Sikeston
- Silex
- Silver Creek
- Skidmore
- Slater
- Smithton
- Smithville
- South West City
- Spanish Lake
- Sparta
- Spickard
- Springfield
- St. Ann
- St. Charles
- St. Clair
- St. Elizabeth
- St. George
- St. James
- St. John
- St. Joseph
- St. Louis
- St. Martins
- St. Mary
- St. Paul
- St. Peters
- St. Robert
- St. Thomas
- Stanberry
- Ste. Genevieve
- Steele
- Steelville
- Stewartsville
- Stockton
- Stotts City
- Stover
- Strafford
- Sturgeon
- Sugar Creek
- Sullivan
- Summersville
- Sunrise Beach
- Sunset Hills
- Sweet Springs
- Sycamore Hills
- Table Rock
- Tallapoosa
- Taneyville
- Taos
- Tarkio
- Thayer
- Theodosia
- Tipton
- Town and Country
- Tracy
- Trenton
- Trimble
- Troy
- Truesdale
- Tuscumbia
- Twin Oaks
- Union
- Union Star
- Unionville
- University City
- Uplands Park
- Urbana
- Urich
- Utica
- Valley Park
- Van Buren
- Vandalia
- Vanduser
- Velda City
- Velda Village Hills
- Verona
- Versailles
- Viburnum
- Vienna
- Villa Ridge
- Village of Four Seasons
- Vinita Park
- Vinita Terrace
- Walker
- Walnut Grove
- Wardell
- Wardsville
- Warrensburg
- Warrenton
- Warsaw
- Warson Woods
- Washburn
- Washington
- Waverly
- Wayland
- Waynesville
- Weatherby Lake
- Weaubleau
- Webb City
- Webster Groves
- Weldon Spring
- Wellington
- Wellston
- Wellsville
- Wentzville
- West Alton
- West Plains
- Weston
- Westphalia
- Westwood
- Wheatland
- Wheaton
- Wheeling
- Whiteman AFB
- Wilbur Park
- Wildwood
- Willard
- Williamsville
- Willow Springs
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Winfield
- Winona
- Winston
- Woods Heights
- Woodson Terrace
- Wright City
- Wyaconda
- Wyatt
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Official Symbols
A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Missouri along with the year they became official.
| Flower | Hawthorn (1923) |
| Bird | Bluebird (1927) |
| Aquatic Animal | Paddlefish (1997) |
| Fish | Channel Catfish (1997) |
| Song | “Missouri Waltz” (1949) |
| Fossil | Crinoid (1989) |
| Musical Instrument | Fiddle (1987) |
| Rock | Mozarkite (1967) |
| Mineral | Galena (1967) |
| Insect | Honeybee (1985) |
| Tree | Flowering Dogwood (1955) |
| Tree Nut | Eastern Black Walnut (1990) |
| Animal | Mule (1995) |
| Dance | Square Dance (1995) |
| Missouri Day | Third Wednesday In October (1969) |
Demographics
- Population Density
- 81.2 people per square mile
Geography and Weather
- Land Area
- 68,886 sq mi. (178,415 sq km)
- Lowest Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Average Elevation
- 800 ft (243.84 m)
- Highest Temperature Recorded
- 118°F (48°C) on July 14, 1954
- Lowest Temperature Recorded
- –40°F (–40°C) on February 13, 1905
