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Population
2000 - 5,595,211
Size:
Total
Area: 69,709 square miles (21st) , of which 68,898 square
miles are on land, making Missouri the 18th state in land
area. In water area it is 34th in size, having 811 square
miles
Income:
Median Income: $28,682
(2000)
Per capita Income: $27,206 (2000)
Location:
Missouri is bordered by the following states: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. The only other state to be bordered with the same number of states is Tennessee. No other state has more other states along its borders.
Missouri has 114 counties
Information:
The nickname of "the Show Me State" may have begun in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me."
At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea. Also, at the same world's fair, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.
The tallest man in documented medical history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from St. Louis. He was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, writer of Little House on the Prairie grew up in Missouri.
Missouri has also been known as the “Gateway to the West”
History:
Missouri was named after
a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning "town of the large
canoes"
Jefferson City, Missouri, the state's capital, was
named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
The most powerful earthquake to strike the United States
occurred in 1811, centered in New Madrid, Missouri. The quake shook
more than one million square miles, and was felt as far as 1,000
miles away
Harry S. Truman,
(1945-1953) our 33rd
US President, was born on 8
May 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. He spent much of his life in
Independence and was buried there upon his death.
The Truman
historical site
Geography:
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.
Longitude: 89° 6'W
to 95° 42'W
Latitude: 36°N to 40° 35'N
Width: 300 miles
Length:
240 miles
The geographic center of the state is at Miller, 20 miles southwest of Jefferson City at Longitude: 92° 37.9'W Latitude: 32° 48.9'N
Highest point: Taum Sauk
Mountain 1,772 feet (540 meters)
Lowest Point: Saint Francis
River 230 feet
Average Elevation: 800 feet above sea level
LINKS
Government:
Official Missouri State page
State Education Department
State of Missouri Kids page - lots of information for kids to use
Online tour of the Governor's Mansion
Government
Links page for Missouri
Great links page for all levels of
government in Missouri
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History
State
Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia
MO 65201-7298
Phone: 573-882-7083
Fax: 573-884-4950
Missouri
Historical Society
Lindell and DeBaliviere
Forest Park,
Missouri
Phone: 314-746-4599
All about Missouri History - historical information about Missouri
Information, Attract
The Battleship Missouri Memorial
Missouri State Parks and Historical Sites
Missouri
Botanical Garden
24-hour Information Line at 314-577-9400 (or
toll free at 800-642-8842).
Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box
299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0299
The Truman Presidential Library and Museum
Learn about the Pony Express which began in Missouri in 1860
Genealogy
US GenWeb Project page for the state of Missouri
Organizations & Groups
Find the weather for anyplace in the USA
This page was last updated 18 September 2006 at 11:35 am
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