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SOUTH DAKOTA
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Capital: Pierre
Joined the Union: November 2, 1889
40th State to join the union.
Motto: Under God the people rule
Nickname(s): Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State
Flower: American Pasqueflower
Bird: Ring-necked pheasant
Song: Hail! South Dakota
Origin of Name: From the Sioux tribe word, meaning "allies.
Unusual Town Names:
Bath
Epiphany
Faith
Farmer
Gayville
Green Grass
Hammer
Hitchcock
Ideal
Igloo
Java
Kidder
Lemmon
Oral
Parade
Peever
Porcupine
Potato Creek
Pringle
Pumpkin Center
Red Shirt
Tolstoy
Vienna
Wall
White
Wood
Yale
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TENNESSEE
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Capital: Nashville
Joined the Union: June 1, 1796
16th State to join the union.
Motto: Agriculture and Commerce
Nickname(s): Volunteer State
Flower: Iris
Bird: Mockingbird
Song: Tennessee Waltz
Origin of Name: Of Cherokee origin, the exact meaning is unknown."
Unuausal Town Names:
Blue Goose
Bugscuffle
Bugtussle
Bucksnort
Defeated
Difficult
Disco
Ducktown
Finger
Life
Nameless
Only
Paris
Smartt
Static
Sweet Lips
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TEXAS
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Capital: Austin
Joined the Union: December 29, 1845
28th State to join the union.
Motto: Friendship
Nickname(s): Lone Star State
Flower: Bluebonnet
Bird: Mockingbird
Song: Texas, Our Texas
Origin of Name: From a Native American word meaning "friends.
Unusual Town Names:
Bacon
Bean Station
Ben Hur
Black Jack
Canadian
China
Comfort
Converse
Cut -n- Shoot
Ding Dong
Dime Box
Earth
Echo
Energy
Flower Mound
Grapevine
Gun Barrel City
Happy
Hoop and Holler
Humble
Little Hope
London
Looneyville
Marathon
Muleshoe
Noodle
Oatmeal
Paint Rock
Paris
Pointblank
Quail
Smiley
Sour Lake
Spur
Sugar Land
Tarzan
Telegraph
Telephone
Trophy Club
Turkey
Uncertain
Valentine
Veribest
Waxahachie
West
Wink
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UTAH
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Capital: Salt Lake City
Joined the Union: January 4, 1896.
45th State to join the union.
Motto: Industry
Nickname(s): Beehive State
Flower: Sego Lily
Bird: California gull
Song: Utah, We Love Thee
Origin of Name: From the Ute tribe word meaning "people of the
mountains.
Unusual Town Names:
Eureka
Hurricane
Mexican Hat
Orangeville
Orderville
Paradise
Plain City
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VERMONT
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Capital: Montpelier
Joined the Union: March 4, 1791
14th State to join the union.
Motto: Vermont, Freedom and Unity"
Nickname(s): Green Mountain State
Flower: Red clover
Bird: Hermit Thrush
Song: Hail, Vermont
Origin of Name: From the French "vert mont", meaning "green mountain.
Unusual Town Names:
Bread Loaf
Mosquitoville
Notown
Moscow
Satans Kingdom
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