Missouri Fast Facts

Date Admitted to the Union:

August 10, 1821 - Missouri was the 24th state.

Missouri State Capital:

Jefferson City

State Nickname:

The Show Me State

State Motto:

Salus populi suprema lex esto.
Translation: The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law

Missouri State Bird:

Bluebird

Missouri State Flower:

White hawthorn

Missouri State Tree:

Flowering dogwood

Cities With Population Over 100,000:

• Kansas City
• Saint Louis
• Springfield
• Independence

Ten Famous People From Missouri :

• Yogi Berra, Baseball Player
• Thomas Hart Benton, Painter
• Omar Bradley, World War II General
• George Washington Carver, Inventor
• Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Author and Humorist
• T. S. Eliot, Poet
• Edwin Hubble, Astronomer
• Jesse James, Outlaw
• John J. Pershing, World War I General
• Harry Truman, 33rd President