| State Trivia 4 |
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IOWA
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Capital: Des Moines
Joined the Union: December 28, 1846
29th State to join the union.
Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
Nickname(s): Hawkeye State
Flower: Wild Rose
Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
Song: Song of Iowa
Origin of Name: Believed to be from a Native American word meaning
"the beautiful land.
Unusual Town Names:
Diagonal
Gravity
Manly
What Cheer
KANSAS
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Capital: Topeka
Joined the Union: January 29, 1861
34th State to join the union.
Motto: Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)
Nickname(s): Sunflower State, Jayhawk State, Breadbasket of
America"
Flower: Sunflower
Bird: Western Meadowlark
Song: Home on the Range
Origin of Name: From a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind.
Unusual Town Names:
Admire
Beaver
Buttermilk
Cuba
Denmark
Gas
Holland
Hope
Jetmore
Plainville
Ransom
Rome
Zurich
KENTUCKY
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Capital: Frankfort
Joined the Union: June 1, 1792
15th State to join the union.
Motto: United We Stand, Divided We Fall"
Nickname(s): Bluegrass State
Flower: Goldenrod
Bird: Kentucky Cardinal
Song: My Old Kentucky Home
Origin of Name: From the Iroquoian word "Ken-tah-ten" meaning "land of
tomorrow.
Unusual Town Names:
Beaver Lick
Beefhide
Bug
Bugtussle
Busy
Butterfly
Combs
Crummies
Do Stop
Drip Rock
Dwarf
Eighty-eight
Hand Shoe
Hi Hat
Jinks
Jugville
Lick Fork
London
Monkey's Eyebrow
Mousie
Mud Lick
Oddville
Ogle
Ordinary
Oven Fork
Paint Lick
Paris
Possum Trot
Rabbit Hash
Soft Shell
Spring Lick
Typo
Uno
LOUISIANA
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Capital: Baton Rouge
Joined the Union: April 30, 1812
18th State to join the union.
Motto: Union, Justice, and Confidence"
Nickname(s): Pelican State, Sportsman's Paradise, Creole State, and
Sugar State"
Flower: Magnolia
Bird: Pelican
Song: Give Me Louisiana" and "You Are My Sunshine
Origin of Name: Named in honor of Louis XIV of France.
Unusual Town Names:
Belcher
Bunkie
Convent
Cut-Off
Dry Prong
Eros
Fort Necessity
Goodbee
Grosse Tete
Jigger
Metropolis
Mudville
Tickfaw
Uncle Sam
Waterproof
Zylks
MAINE
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Capital: Augusta
Joined the Union: March 15, 1820
23rd State to join the union.
Motto: Dirigo (I direct)
Nickname(s): Pine Tree State
Flower: White Pine cone and tassel
Bird: Chickadee
Song: State of Maine Song
Origin of Name: Originally the name was used to distinguish the
mainland from the offshore islands. Considered a compliment to
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I of England, who was said to have
owned the province of Mayne in France."
Unusual Town Names:
Bald Head
Bath
Beans Corner Bingo
Dickey
Robinhood
MARYLAND
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Capital: Annapolis
Joined the Union: April 28, 1788
7th State to join the union.
Motto: Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)"
Nickname(s): Free State, Old Line State"
Flower: Black-eyed Susan
Bird: Baltimore Oriole
Song: Maryland! My Maryland!
Origin of Name: In honor of Henrietta Maria (Queen of Charles I of
England).
Unusual Town Names:
Accident
Assawoman Bay
Boring
California
Cockeysville
Hollywood
Pomonkey
Secretary
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