Missouri was the 24 th state in the USA ; it became a state on August 10, 1821 .
State Abbreviation - MO
State Capital - Jefferson City
Largest City - Kansas City
Area - 69,709 square miles [Missouri is the 21st biggest state in the USA]
Population - 5,595,211 (as of 2000) [Missouri is the 16th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Missourians
Major Industries - farming (corn, soybeans), mining (zinc, lead), aircraft equipment, cars, beer
Presidential Birthplace - Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar (near Joplin) on May 8, 1884 (he was the 33rd US President, serving from 1945 to 1953).
Major Rivers - Mississippi River, Missouri River, Osage River
Major Lakes - Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock Lake, Clearwater Lake, Lake Wappapello
Highest Point - Taum Sauk Mountain- 1,772 feet (540 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Origin of the Name Missouri - Missouri was named for an Algonquian Indian word that means "river of the big canoes." State Nickname - The Show Me State
State Motto - "Salus populi suprema lex esto " - The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
State Song - Missouri Waltz
Dinosaur Fossils Found in Missouri - Parrosaurus, a small tyrannosaurid (perhaps Albertosaurus), hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs)
Moving Companies and Relocation Services in MO |
Ballwin , MO
Cape Girardeau , MO
Columbia , MO
Florissant
Independence |
Jefferson City , MO
Joplin , MO
Kansas City , MO
Lees Summit
Saint Charles |
Saint Joseph , MO
Saint Louis , MO
Springfield , MO |
Missouri Moving Companies by County |
Adair
Andrew
Atchison
Audrain
Barry
Barton
Bates
Benton
Bollinger
Boone
Buchanan
Butler
Caldwell
Callaway
Camden
Cape Girardeau
Carroll
Carter
Cass
Cedar
Chariton
Christian
Clark
Clay
Clinton
Cole
Cooper
Crawford
Dade
Dallas
Daviess
Dekalb
Dent
Douglas
Dunklin
Franklin
Gasconade
Gentry
Greene |
Grundy
Harrison
Henry
Hickory
Holt
Howard
Howell
Iron
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Knox
Laclede
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lewis
Lincoln
Linn
Livingston
Macon
Madison
Maries
Marion
McDonald
Mercer
Miller
Mississippi
Moniteau
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
New Madrid
Newton
Nodaway
Oregon
Osage
Ozark
Pemiscot |
Perry
Pettis
Phelps
Pike
Platte
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Ralls
Randolph
Ray
Reynolds
Ripley
Saint Charles
Saint Clair
Saint Francois
Saint Louis
Saint Louis (Saint Louis City)
Sainte Genevieve
Saline
Schuyler
Scotland
Scott
Shannon
Shelby
Stoddard
Stone
Sullivan
Taney
Texas
Vernon
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Worth
Wright |
