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Capital city of
Mississippi - Jackson
Info about Statehood - The
Date that Mississippi was admitted to the Union - December 10,
1817
Abbreviation - The
abbreviation for the state is as follows:
Abbreviation -
Miss.
Facts about Size - The area of
the State covers 48434 square miles
The Constitution -
Mississippi was the 20th State to be admitted to the Union
3 Largest Cities in
Mississippi - Jackson, Gulfport and Biloxi
State Motto - " Virtute et armis " the State Motto is translated as "
By Valor and Arms "
Facts about the State Nickname - The
Magnolia State which evolved from the vast number of magnolia
flowers and trees in the state.
Name of the State
Song is " Go Mis-sis-sip-pi " the words and music of the song are by
Houston Davis
Short History of
Mississippi - The first settlers in the region (1699) were
French, and the area became part of Louisiana. It passed to
the British (1763-1779) and then to the Spanish before being
ceded to the United States in 1783. The Mississippi Territory,
organized in 1798 and enlarged in 1804 and 1813, also included
the present state of Alabama.
Origin of the name - Named after In 1666 French explorers in the western
Great Lakes region recorded 'Messipi' as their rendering of
the Ojibwa name for the river they had come upon - misi-sipi
meaning “big river.”
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of the Symbols / Emblems of Mississippi
The following animal, bird, flower and tree are the
symbols / Emblems of the State of Mississippi:
Animal Symbol - Red Fox
Bird Symbol - Mockingbird
Flower Symbol - Magnolia (Magnolia
grandiflora)
Insect Emblem - Honeybee
Tree - Magnolia (Magnolia
grandiflora)
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