Maine Fast Facts

Date Admitted to the Union:

March 15, 1820 - Maine was the 23rd state.

Maine State Capital:

Augusta

State Nickname:

Pine Tree State

State Motto:

Dirigo.
Translation: I Direct

Maine State Bird:

Black-Capped Chickadee

Maine State Flower:

White Pine Cone and Tassel

Maine State Tree:

Eastern White Pine

Cities With Population Over 50,000:

• Portland

Ten Famous People From Maine :

• L.L. Bean, Entrepreneur
• Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War Union General Who Played a Key Part at the Battle of Gettysburg
• Patrick Dempsey, Actor
• Dorothea Dix, Activist on the Behalf of the Mentally Ill
• John Ford, Director
• Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President Under Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen King, Author
• William King, Politician Who Fought for Maine's Independence from Massachusetts
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Author
• Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin