State of Missouri
Flag of Missouri Seal Nickname(s): The Show-Me State Motto(s): Salus populi suprema lex esto Before Statehood Known as The Missouri Territory
Official language(s)	English
Demonym	Missourian
Capital	Jefferson City
Largest city	Kansas City
Largest metro area	St Louis[1]
Area	Ranked 21st in the US
- Total	69,704 sq mi (180,533 km²)
- Width	240 miles (385 km)
- Length	300 miles (480 km)
- % water	1. The Flag of Missouri was designed and stitched in Jackson Missouri, by Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver (1885-1959 the wife of former State Senator The Missouri State Seal was adopted on January 11, 1822. Judge Robert William Wells, who was also a Congressman, designed the seal This is a list of US state nicknames, including officially adopted Nicknames and other traditional nicknames for individual states of the United States. Here is a list of state Mottos for the states of the United States of America. Salus populi suprema lex esto ( Latin "Let the good of the people be the supreme law" or "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law" is The Missouri Territory was a historic Organized territory in the United States. The United States does not have an Official language; however the majority of the population speaks English as a native language (about 82% English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Washington DC has been the capital of the United States since 1800 This is a list of the largest cities of US states by population Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced Greater St Louis is the common name of the St Louis-StCharles-Farmington MO-IL CSA or Metro St Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a complete list of the states of the United States and its major territories ordered by total area, land area, and water area The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand 17
- Latitude	36° N to 40° 37′ N
- Longitude	89° 6′ W to 95° 46′ W
Population	Ranked 18th in the US
- Total	5,878,415[2]
- Density	84. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology This is a list of states of the United States by population (with inhabited non-state jurisdictions included for comparison as of July 1, 2007, according to the This article is a list of the 50 US States ordered by Population density. 82/sq mi  31/km² (27th in the US)
- Median income	$32,705 (31st)
Elevation
- Highest point	Taum Sauk Mountain[3] 1,772 ft  (540 m)
- Mean	800 ft  (240 m)
- Lowest point	Saint Francis River[3] 230 ft  (70 m)
Admission to Union	August 10, 1821 (24th)
Governor	Matt Blunt (R)
Lieutenant Governor	Peter Kinder (R)
U.S. Senators	Kit Bond (R) Claire McCaskill (D)
Congressional Delegation	List
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5
Abbreviations	MO US-MO
Website	www.mo.gov

Missouri (pronounced /mɪˈzʊri/ or /mɪˈzʊrə/) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States^[4] bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Household income is a measure of current private income commonly used by the United States government and private institutions Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below --> Taum Sauk Mountain in the Saint Francois Mountains is the highest point in the U The Saint Francis River is a Tributary of the Mississippi River, about 470 mi (760 km long in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of U Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Matthew Roy "Matt" Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. This is a complete and current List of United States Lieutenant Governors. Peter D Kinder (born May 12, 1954 in Cape Girardeau Missouri) is an American politician from the State of Missouri. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is a former governor and current senior United States Senator of Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician currently the junior United States Senator from The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses These are tables of congressional delegations from Missouri to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. This is a list of United States of America States by time zone The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Daylight saving time ( DST The traditional abbreviations for US states and territories were widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U ISO 3166-2US is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to the United States of America. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Missouri is the 18th most populous state. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city. Missouri has 114 counties and one Independent city. St Louis City is separate from St An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity Missouri's capital is Jefferson City. The four largest urban areas are, in descending order, St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. Urban areas in the United States are defined by the US Census Bureau as contiguous Census block groups with a Population density of at least with any Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə is the fifth-largest city in the US state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. ^[5] Missouri was originally acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became defined as the Missouri Territory. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For the film see Louisiana Purchase (film. The Louisiana Purchase (French Vente de la Louisiane "Louisiana Sale" The Missouri Territory was a historic Organized territory in the United States. Part of the Missouri Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state in 1821.

Missouri mirrors the demographic, economic and political makeup of the nation with a mixture of urban and rural culture. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time It has long been considered a political bellwether state. The Missouri bellwether is a political phenomenon that notes that the state of Missouri has voted for the winner in every U ^[6] It has both Midwestern and Southern cultural influences, reflecting its history as a border state. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive It is also a transition between the eastern and western United States, as St. Louis is often called the "western-most eastern city" and Kansas City the "eastern-most western city. " Missouri's geography is highly varied. The northern part of the state lies in dissected till plains while the southern part lies in the Ozark Mountains, with the Missouri River dividing the two. The Dissected Till Plains are physiographic sections of the Central Lowlands province which in turn is part of the Interior Plains physiographic division of the United The confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers is located near St. Confluence, in Geography, describes the meeting of two or more Bodies of water. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Louis. ^[7]

Contents 1 Etymology and pronunciation 2 Geography 2.1 Topography 2.2 Climate 3 History 4 Demographics 4.1 Religion 5 Economy 6 Transportation 6.1 Air 6.2 Rail 6.3 Rivers 6.4 Roads 6.4.1 Interstate Freeways 6.4.2 United States Routes 7 Law and government 7.1 Framework 7.2 Status as a political bellwether 7.3 Laissez-faire alcohol and tobacco laws 8 Counties 9 Important cities and towns 10 Education 10.1 Missouri State Board of Education 10.2 Primary and secondary schools 10.3 Colleges and universities 11 Sports 11.1 Minor leagues 11.2 Former professional sports teams 12 Miscellaneous topics 13 See also 14 References 15 External links

Etymology and pronunciation

The state is named after the Missouri River which in turn is named after the Siouan Indian tribe whose Illinois name, ouemessourita (wimihsoorita^[8]), means "those who have dugout canoes". The Siouan (aka Siouan proper, Western Siouan) languages are a Native American Language family of North America, and the The Miami-Illinois language is a Native American language formerly spoken in the United States primarily in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana A canoe is a small narrow Boat, typically human-powered though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors ^[9] The etymology lies behind Bob Dyer's tribute, "River of the Big Canoes."

The pronunciation of the final syllable of "Missouri" is a matter of controversy, with significant numbers insisting on a relatively tense vowel (as in "meet") or lax ("mitt" or "mutt"). The most thorough study of the question was done by dialectologist Donald Max Lance. From a linguistic point of view, there is no correct pronunciation, but rather, there are simply patterns of variation, diachronic as well as synchronic, according to such divisions as geography, age, education, and/or rural vs. urban location.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Missouri

Missouri borders eight different states, as does its neighbor, Tennessee. Physiographic map of Missouri ( Legend)Courtesy USGS Missouri, a No state in the U. S. touches more than eight states. Missouri is bounded on the north by Iowa; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the south by Arkansas; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (the last across the Missouri River. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and ) The two largest Missouri rivers are the Mississippi, which defines the eastern boundary of the state, and the Missouri, which flows from west to east through the state, practically connecting the two largest cities, Kansas City and St. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Louis.

Although today the state is usually considered part of the Midwest,^[10][11] historically Missouri was sometimes considered a Southern state,^[12], chiefly because of the settlement of migrants from the South and its status as a slave state before the Civil War. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive The counties that made up "Little Dixie" were those along the Missouri River in the center of the state, settled by Southern migrants who held the greatest concentration of slaves. Little Dixie (Oklahoma Little Dixie is a 13- to 17-county region of Missouri found along the Missouri River, settled primarily by migrants from the hemp and tobacco

Residents of cities farther north and of the state's large metropolitan areas, including those where most of the state's population resides (Kansas City, St. Louis, and Columbia), typically consider themselves Midwestern. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə is the fifth-largest city in the US state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. In rural areas and cities farther south, such as (Cape Girardeau, Poplar Bluff, Springfield, and Sikeston), residents typically self-identify as more Southern. Poplar Bluff is a city in Butler County, Missouri, United States. Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U Sikeston (ˈsaɪkstən sīks'tən is a city in New Madrid and Scott counties in the U

Topography

North of the Missouri River lie the Northern Plains that stretch into Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. Here, gentle rolling hills remain behind from the glaciation that once extended from the north to the Missouri River. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. Missouri has many large river bluffs along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Meramec Rivers. The Ozark foothills begin around Rolla. The Ozark plateau begins around Springfield and extends into northwestern Arkansas, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma. Springfield in southwestern Missouri lies on the most northwestern part of the Ozark plateau. Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U Southern Missouri rises to the Ozark Mountains, a dissected plateau surrounding the Precambrian igneous St. Francois Mountains. A dissected plateau is a Plateau area that has been uplifted then severely eroded so that the relief is sharp The Precambrian ( Pre-Cambrian) is an informal name for the supereon comprising the eons of the Geologic timescale that came before the current Igneous rocks (etymology from Latin ignis, fire are rocks formed by solidification of cooled Magma (molten rock The Saint Francois Mountains, a range located in southeast Missouri, is an outcrop of Precambrian Igneous rock mountains rising over the Ozark

The southeastern part of the state is the Bootheel region, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain or Mississippi embayment. The Missouri Bootheel is the southeasternmost part of the state of Missouri and called the "Bootheel" due to the shape of its boundaries The Mississippi embayment is a physiographic feature in the south-central United States, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. It is in this part of the state as well as the South Central part that speech patterns are comparable to those of Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee. This region is the lowest, flattest, and wettest part of the state, and among the poorest, as the economy is mostly agricultural. ^[13] It is also the most fertile, with cotton and rice crops predominant. The Bootheel was the epicenter of the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811–1812.

Climate

Main article: Climate of Missouri

Missouri generally has a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dfa), with cold winters and hot and humid summers. Missouri generally has a Humid continental climate ( Koppen climate classification Dfa) with cool to cold winters and long hot summers The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist In the southern part of the state, particularly in the Bootheel, the climate borders on a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa). Located in the interior United States, Missouri often experiences extremes in temperatures. Without high mountains or oceans nearby to moderate temperature, its climate is alternately influenced by air from the cold Arctic and the hot and humid Gulf of Mexico.

Monthly Normal High and Low Temperatures For Various Missouri Cities
City	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Columbia	37/18	44/23	55/33	66/43	75/53	84/62	89/66	87/64	79/55	68/44	53/33	42/22
Kansas City	36/18	43/23	54/33	65/44	75/54	84/63	89/68	87/66	79/57	68/46	52/33	40/22
Springfield	42/22	48/26	58/35	68/44	76/53	85/62	90/67	90/66	81/57	71/46	56/35	46/26
St. Louis	38/21	44/26	55/36	67/46	76/57	85/66	90/71	88/69	80/60	68/48	54/37	42/26
[2]

See also: List of Missouri state parks

History

Main article: History of Missouri

See also: Missouri in the American Civil War

Missouri state insignia
Motto	Salus populi suprema lex esto (Latin, "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law")
Slogan	Show Me
Bird	Bluebird
Animal	Missouri Mule (1995)
Fish	Channel Catfish (1997)
Insect	Honey bee (1985)
Flower	Hawthorn (1923)
Tree	Flowering Dogwood (1955)
Song	"Missouri Waltz" (1949)
Quarter	Released in 2003
Dance	Square dance (1995)
Fossil	Crinoid (1989)
Dinosaur	Hypsibema missouriensis (2004) [3]
Gemstone	Aquamarine
Mineral	Galena (1967)
Rock	Mozarkite (1967)

Originally part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Missouri was admitted as a slave state in 1821 as part of the Missouri Compromise. For the film see Louisiana Purchase (film. The Louisiana Purchase (French Vente de la Louisiane "Louisiana Sale" The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving It earned the nickname "Gateway to the West" because it served as a departure point for settlers heading to the west. It was the starting point and the return destination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. River traffic and trade along the Mississippi was integral to the state's economy. To try to control flooding, by 1860 the state had completed construction of 140 miles (230 km) of levees on the Mississippi. ^[14]

The state was site of the epicenter of the New Madrid earthquake in 1811-12, possibly the most massive earthquake in the United States since the founding of the country. Casualties were light due to the sparse population.

Originally the state's western border was a straight line, defined as the meridian passing through the Kawsmouth,^[15] the point where the Kansas River enters the Missouri River. The Kansas River (also known as the Kaw) is a River in northeastern Kansas in the United States. The river has moved since this designation. This line is known as the Osage Boundary. ^[16] In 1835 the Platte Purchase was added to the northwest corner of the state after purchasing the land from the native tribes, making the Missouri River the border north of the Kansas River. The Platte Purchase in 1836 added to the state of Missouri, making up its northwest corner This addition made what was already the largest state in the Union at the time (about 66,500 square miles (172,000 km²) to Virginia's 65,000 square miles (which included West Virginia at the time) even larger. ^[17]

As many of the early settlers in western Missouri migrated from the Upper South, they brought along enslaved African Americans and a desire to continue their culture and the institution of slavery. They settled predominately in 17 counties along the Missouri River, in an area of flatlands that enabled plantation agriculture and became known as "Little Dixie". In the early 1830s, Mormon migrants from northern states and Canada began settling near Independence and areas just north of there. TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon Conflicts over slavery and religion arose between the 'old settlers' (mainly from the South) and the Mormons (mainly from the North and Canada). This is about the direction for other uses see North (disambiguation. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The 'Mormon War' erupted. By 1839 settlers expelled the Mormons from Missouri.

Conflicts over slavery exacerbated border tensions among the states and territories. In 1838-1839 a border dispute with Iowa over the so-called Honey Lands resulted in both states' calling up militias along the border. The Honey War was a bloodless Territorial dispute in 1839 between Iowa (then a part of Wisconsin Territory) and Missouri over its border After many incidents with Kansans crossing the western border for attacks (including setting a fire in the historic Westport area of Kansas City), a border war erupted between Missouri and Kansas. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American "

From the 1830s to the 1860s, Missouri's population almost doubled with every decade. Most of the newcomers were Americans, but many Irish and German immigrants arrived in the late 1840s and 1850s. Having fled famine, oppression and revolutionary upheaval, they were not sympathetic to slavery.

Most Missouri farmers practiced subsistence farming. The majority of those who held slaves had fewer than 5 each. Planters, defined by historians as those holding 20 or more slaves, were concentrated in the counties known as "Little Dixie", in the central part of the state along the Missouri River. The tensions over slavery had chiefly to do with the future of the state and nation. In 1860 enslaved African Americans made up less than 10% of the state's population of 1,182,012. ^[18]

After the secession of Southern states began, the Missouri legislature called for the election of a special convention on secession. The convention voted decisively to remain within the Union. Pro-Southern Governor Claiborne F. Jackson ordered the mobilization of several hundred members of the state militia who had gathered in a camp in St. Louis for training. Claiborne Fox Jackson ( April 4, 1806 December 6, 1862) was a lawyer soldier politician Alarmed at this action, Union General Nathaniel Lyon struck first, encircling the peaceful camp and forcing the state troops to surrender. Nathaniel Lyon ( July 14, 1818 &ndash August 10, 1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Lyon then directed his soldiers, largely non-English-speaking German immigrants, to march the prisoners through the streets, and opened fire on the largely hostile crowds of civilians who gathered around them. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Soldiers killed unarmed prisoners as well as men, women and children of St. Louis in the incident that became known as the "St. Louis Massacre. The Camp Jackson Affair was an incident of Civil unrest in the American Civil War on May 10, 1861, when Union military forces "

These events heightened Confederate support within the state. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Governor Jackson appointed Sterling Price, president of the convention on secession, as head of the new Missouri State Guard. Sterling Price ( September 20, 1809 September 29, 1867) was a lawyer politician and Militia General from the The Missouri State Guard (MSG was a state Militia organized in the state of Missouri during the early days of the American Civil War. In the face of General Lyon's rapid advance in the state, Jackson and Price were forced to flee the capital of Jefferson City on June 14, 1861. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In the town of Neosho, Missouri, Jackson called the state legislature into session. Neosho is a city in and the County seat of Newton County, Missouri, United States. They enacted a secession ordinance, recognized by the Confederacy on October 30, 1861. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

With the elected governor absent from his capital and the legislators largely dispersed, Union forces installed an unelected pro-Union provisional government with Hamilton Gamble as provisional governor. Hamilton Rowan Gamble ( November 26, 1798 January 31, 1864) was the Chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court who issued President Lincoln's Administration immediately recognized Gamble's government as the legal government. This decision provided both pro-Union militia forces for service within the state and volunteer regiments for the Union Army.

Fighting ensued between Union forces and a combined army of General Price's Missouri State Guard and Confederate troops from Arkansas and Texas under General Ben McCulloch. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Benjamin McCulloch (November 11 1811&ndashMarch 7 1862 was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, a U After winning victories at the battle of Wilson's Creek and the siege of Lexington, Missouri and suffering losses elsewhere, the Confederate forces had little choice but to retreat to Arkansas and later Marshall, Texas, in the face of a largely reinforced Union Army. Background At the beginning of the war Missouri declared that it would be an " Armed neutral " in the conflict and not send materials or men to Lexington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. Marshall is a city of the northeastern region of the US state of Texas.

Though regular Confederate troops staged some large-scale raids into Missouri, the fighting in the state for the next three years consisted chiefly of guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc "Citizen soldiers" such as Colonel William Quantrill, Frank and Jesse James, the Younger brothers, and William T. Anderson made use of quick, small unit tactics. William Clarke Quantrill ( July 31 1837 &ndash June 6 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Alexander Franklin James ( January 10, 1843 &ndash February 18, 1915) was an American Outlaw and older brother of Jesse Woodson James (September 5 1847—April 3 1882 was an American Outlaw in the border state of Missouri and the most famous member of the The James-Younger Gang was a legendary 19th century Gang of American Outlaws that included Jesse James. William T Anderson aka " Bloody Bill " (1839&ndashOctober 26 1864 was a pro- Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War Pioneered by the Missouri Partisan Rangers, such insurgencies also arose in other portions of the Confederacy occupied during the Civil War. Recently historians have assessed the James brothers' outlaw years as continuing guerrilla warfare after the official war was over.

In 1930, there was a diphtheria epidemic in the area around Springfield which killed approximately 100 people. Serum was rushed to the area stopping the epidemic.

In 1965, the Gateway Arch was constructed in St. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is located in St Louis Missouri near Louis in an effort to redevelop the area.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1810	19,783		—
1820	66,586		236. 6%
1830	140,455		110. 9%
1840	383,702		173. 2%
1850	682,044		77. 8%
1860	1,182,012		73. 3%
1870	1,721,295		45. 6%
1880	2,168,380		26%
1890	2,679,185		23. 6%
1900	3,106,665		16%
1910	3,293,335		6%
1920	3,404,055		3. 4%
1930	3,629,367		6. 6%
1940	3,784,664		4. 3%
1950	3,954,653		4. 5%
1960	4,319,813		9. 2%
1970	4,676,501		8. 3%
1980	4,916,686		5. 1%
1990	5,117,073		4. 1%
2000	5,595,211		9. 3%
Est. 2006	5,842,713		4. 4%

In 2006, Missouri had an estimated population of 5,842,713; an increase of 45,010 (0. 8 percent) from the prior year and an increase of 246,030 (4. 4 percent) since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase of 137,564 people since the last census (480,763 births less 343,199 deaths), and an increase of 88,088 people due to net migration into the state. Human migration denotes any movement by Humans from one locality to another sometimes over long distances or Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 50,450 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 37,638 people. American immigration ( emigration to the United States of America) refers to the movement of non-residents to the United States. Over half of Missourians (3,145,584 people, or 56. 2%) live within the state's two largest metropolitan areas–St. Louis and Kansas City. The state's population density is also closer to the national average than any other state. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume This article is a list of the 50 US States ordered by Population density.

The U. S. Census of 2000 found that the population center of the United States is in Phelps County, Missouri. The mean center of US population is determined by the United States Census Bureau after tabulating the results of each census Phelps County is a County located in the US state of Missouri, and according to the U The center of population of Missouri itself is located in Osage County, in the city of Westphalia [4]. In Demographics, the center of population of a region is the geographical point nearest to all the inhabitants of that region on average Osage County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. Westphalia is a city in Osage County, Missouri, United States.

As of 2004, the population included 194,000 foreign-born (3. 4 percent of the state population).

Demographics of Missouri (csv)
By race	White	Black	AIAN*	Asian	NHPI*
2000 (total population)	86. 90%	11. 76%	1. 08%	1. 37%	0. 12%
2000 (Hispanic only)	1. 96%	0. 12%	0. 07%	0. 03%	0. 01%
2005 (total population)	86. 54%	12. 04%	1. 03%	1. 61%	0. 13%
2005 (Hispanic only)	2. 49%	0. 14%	0. 07%	0. 03%	0. 01%
Growth 2000–05 (total population)	3. 23%	6. 15%	-0. 57%	21. 83%	10. 71%
Growth 2000–05 (non-Hispanic only)	2. 57%	5. 94%	-1. 34%	21. 81%	10. 99%
Growth 2000–05 (Hispanic only)	32. 07%	26. 42%	10. 52%	22. 82%	8. 09%
* AIAN is American Indian or Alaskan Native; NHPI is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

The five largest ancestry groups in Missouri are: German (23. German Americans ( German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of Ethnic German ancestry 5 percent), Irish (12. Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. 7 percent), American (10. 5 percent), English (9. 5 percent), French (3. French Americans or Franco-Americans are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of French descent 5 percent). "American" includes some of those reported as Native American or African American, but also European Americans whose ancestors have lived in the United States for a considerable time. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa

German Americans are an ancestry group present throughout Missouri. African Americans are a substantial part of the population in St. Louis, Kansas City, and in the southeastern bootheel and some parts of the Missouri River Valley, where plantation agriculture was once important. Missouri Creoles of French ancestry are concentrated in the Mississippi River Valley south of St. The Mississippi embayment is a physiographic feature in the south-central United States, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Louis. A relatively small number (40,000-50,000) of recent Bosniak immigrants lives mostly in the St. The Bosniaks or Bosniacs (Bošnjak pl Bošnjaci bɔ'ʃɲaːt͡si are a South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia" Louis area.

In 2004, 6. 6 percent of the state's population was reported as younger than 5 years old, 25. 5 percent younger than 18, and 13. 5 percent was 65 or older. Females were approximately 51. 4 percent of the population. 81. 3 percent of Missouri residents were high school graduates (more than the national average), and 21. 6 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. 3. 4 percent of Missourians were foreign-born, and 5. 1 percent reported speaking a language other than English at home.

In 2000, there were 2,194,594 households in Missouri, with 2. 48 people per household. The homeownership rate was 70. 3 percent, and the mean value of an owner-occupied dwelling was $89,900. The median household income for 1999 was $37,934, or $19,936 per capita. There were 11. 7 percent (637,891) Missourians living below the poverty line in 1999.

The mean commute time to work was 23. 8 minutes.

Religion

Of those Missourians who identify with a religion, three out of five are Protestants. There is also a moderate-sized Catholic community in some parts of the state; approximately one out of five Missourians are Catholic. Heavily Catholic areas include St. Louis and the Missouri Rhineland, particularly that south of the Missouri River. Missouri wineThe Missouri Rhineland is a geographical area of Missouri that extends from west of St ^[19]

The religious affiliations of the people of Missouri according to the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey:

• Christian – 77%
  • Protestant
    • Baptist – 22%
    • Methodist – 7%
    • Episcopal – 4%
    • Lutheran – 4%
    • Other Protestant – 12%
  • Roman Catholic – 19%
  • Latter-Day Saint – 1%*
  • Other or unspecified Christian – 8%
• Other religions – 2%
• Not religious – 15%
• No answer – 5%

According to www. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Roman Catholicism in the United States has grown dramatically over the country's history from being a tiny minority faith during the time of the Thirteen Colonies A Latter Adherents.com, a leading and respected worldwide website on religious statistical information, Roman Catholicism remains the leading single denomination in the state of Missouri, according to the most recent, certifiable, and accurate statistics. Adherentscom is a website that aims to collect and present information about Religion including "churches denominations religious bodies Faith groups

Several religious organizations have headquarters in Missouri, including the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, which has its headquarters in Kirkwood, as well as the United Pentecostal Church International in Hazelwood, both outside St. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS founded in 1847 in Missouri, is the eighth largest Protestant denomination in the United States and the second-largest Kirkwood is a city in St Louis County, Missouri, in the United States. The United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI is a multicultural Christian religious organization formed in 1945 by a merger of the Pentecostal Church Incorporated and Louis. Kansas City is the headquarters of the Church of the Nazarene. The Church of the Nazarene, often referred to as the Nazarene Church is an International evangelical Christian denomination that began in Independence, outside of Kansas City, is the headquarters for the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), and the Latter Day Saints group Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state A Latter The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, created from a schism with the Community of Christ (formerly This area and other parts of Missouri are also of significant religious and historical importance to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which maintains several sites/visitors centers, and whose members make up about 1 percent of Missouri's population. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Springfield is the headquarters of the Assemblies of God and the Baptist Bible Fellowship International. Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U The World Assemblies of God Fellowship, or Assemblies of God for short is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with over 283413 churches and outstations The Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI is a separatist Fundamentalist organization formed in 1950 by members who separated from the World Baptist Fellowship The General Association of General Baptists has its headquarters in Poplar Bluff. General Association of General Baptists - a group of Baptists holding the general atonement (that Christ died for all persons located mostly in the midwestern United States Poplar Bluff is a city in Butler County, Missouri, United States. The Pentecostal Church of God is headquartered in Joplin. The Pentecostal Church of God (PCG is a trinitarian Pentecostal Christian denomination Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U

Economy

The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Missouri's total state product in 2006 was $225. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides important economic statistics including the 9 billion. Per capita personal income in 2006 was $32,707, ranking 26^th in the nation. Major industries include aerospace, transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, printing/publishing, electrical equipment, light manufacturing, and beer. This article is about the field of research and industry for the corporation see The Aerospace Corporation Aerospace comprises the Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport. Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw Ingredients into Food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Electrical equipment includes any Machine powered by Electricity. Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea

The agriculture products of the state are beef, soybeans, pork, dairy products, hay, corn, poultry, sorghum, and eggs. Beef is the Culinary name for Meat from Bovines especially domestic Cattle (cows Pork' is the Culinary name for Meat from the domestic Pig ( Sus scrofa) often specifically the fresh meat but can be used as an all-inclusive Dairy products are generally defined as Foodstuffs produced from Milk. Hay is a generic term for grass or Legumes that have been cut dried and stored for use as animal feed, particularly for grazing animals like Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Poultry is the category of Domesticated Birds which some humans keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or kill for their Meat and/or An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals consisting of an Ovum surrounded by layers of Membranes and an outer casing which acts to nourish Missouri is ranked 6th in the nation for the production of hogs and 7th for cattle. Missouri is ranked in the top five states in the nation for production of soy beans. As of 2001, there were 108,000 farms, the second largest number in any state after Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Missouri actively promotes its rapidly growing wine industry. Missouri Wine refers to Wine made from grapes grown in the US

Missouri has vast quantities of limestone. Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 Other resources mined are lead, coal, Portland cement, and crushed stone. Characteristics Lead has a dull luster and is a dense, Ductile, very soft highly Portland cement is the most common type of Cement in general usage in many parts of the world as it is a basic ingredient of Concrete, mortar, Stucco In Geology, rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of Minerals and/or Mineraloids The Earth's outer solid layer the ‘ Lithosphere Missouri produces the most lead of all of the states. Most of the lead mines are in the central eastern portion of the state. The Lead Belt is a Lead mining district in the southeastern part of Missouri. Missouri also ranks first or near first in the production of lime. Lime is a general term for various naturally occurring Minerals and materials derived from them in which Carbonates Oxides and Hydroxides of

Tourism, services and wholesale/retail trade follow manufacturing in importance.

Personal income is taxed in 10 different earning brackets, ranging from 1. 5 percent to 6. 0 percent. Missouri's sales tax rate for most items is 4. A sales tax is a Consumption tax charged at the Point of purchase for certain goods and services 225 percent. Additional local levies may apply. More than 2,500 Missouri local governments rely on property taxes levied on real property (real estate) and personal property. Property tax, or millage tax, is an Ad valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being taxed Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom Personal property is a type of Property. In the Common law systems personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. Most personal property is exempt, except for motorized vehicles. Exempt real estate includes property owned by governments and property used as nonprofit cemeteries, exclusively for religious worship, for schools and colleges and for purely charitable purposes. There is no inheritance tax and limited Missouri estate tax related to federal estate tax collection. Estate tax and Death duty redirect here Inheritance tax, estate tax and death duty are the names given to various taxes which Estate tax and Death duty redirect here Inheritance tax, estate tax and death duty are the names given to various taxes which The estate tax in the United States is a Tax imposed on the transfer of the "taxable estate " of a deceased person whether such property is transferred

Missouri is the only state in the Union to have two Federal Reserve Banks: one in Kansas City (serving western Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, northern New Mexico, and Wyoming) and one in St. Louis (serving eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, western Kentucky, western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and all of Arkansas).

Transportation

Air

The state of Missouri has two major airport hubs: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and Kansas City International Airport. An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land Lambert-St Louis International Airport is the primary airport for St Kansas City International Airport, originally named Mid-Continent International Airport

Rail

Two of the nation's three busiest rail centers are located in Missouri. Kansas City is a major railroad hub for BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages The BNSF Railway headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the four remaining Transcontinental railroads and one of the largest railroad networks in This article is about the present railroad formed in 1990 For the former regional railroad in Virginia and North Carolina a small part of the new one see Norfolk Southern Kansas City Southern (, is the Parent company of many Railroads and railroad related companies Kansas City is the second largest freight rail center in the US. Like Kansas City, St. Louis is a major destination for train freight. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Amtrak passenger trains serve Kansas City, Jefferson City, St. Louis, Lee's Summit, Independence, Warrensburg, Hermann, Kirkwood, and Sedalia. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Lee's Summit is a city in Cass and Jackson Counties in the US Independence is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state Warrensburg is a city in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. Hermann is a city designated in 1842 as the County seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. Kirkwood is a city in St Louis County, Missouri, in the United States. Sedalia is the name of several places in the United States of America: Sedalia Colorado Sedalia Indiana Sedalia The only light rail/subway system in Missouri is the St. Louis MetroLink which connects the City of St. MetroLink is the Light rail transit system in the Greater St Louis area of Missouri and Illinois. Louis with suburbs in Illinois and St. Louis County. As of 2007 preliminary planning is being performed for a light rail system in the Kansas City area.

Springfield remains an operational hub for BNSF Railway. Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U

Rivers

The Mississippi River and Missouri River are commercially navigable over their entire lengths in Missouri. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to The Missouri was channelized through dredging and jettys and the Mississippi was given a series of locks to avoid rocks and deepen the river. St. Louis is a major destination for barge traffic on the Mississippi River.

Roads

Several highways, detailed below, traverse the state. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve

Following the passage of Amendment 3 in late 2004, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began its Smoother, Safer, Sooner road-building program with a goal of bringing 2,200 miles (3,500 km) of highways up to good condition by December 2007. In 2005 the number of traffic deaths in the state increased by 10 percent to 1,241.

Interstate Freeways

• Interstate 29, Interstate 229
• Interstate 35, Interstate 435 (Perimeter around Kansas City), Interstate 635
• Interstate 44
• Interstate 55, Interstate 155, Interstate 255 (the perimeter around the Illinois side of St. Louis)
• Interstate 57
• Interstate 64
• Interstate 70, Interstate 170, Interstate 270 (the perimeter around the Missouri side of St. Louis), Interstate 470, Interstate 670
• Interstate 72
• Interstate 49 (Proposed)
• Interstate 66 (Proposed)

United States Routes

North-south routes	East-west routes
U.S. Route 59 U.S. Route 159 U.S. Route 61 U.S. Route 63 U.S. Route 65 U.S. Route 67 U.S. Route 69 U.S. Route 169 U.S. Route 71 U.S. Route 275	U.S. Route 412 U.S. Route 24 U.S. Route 36 U.S. Route 40 U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 54 U.S. Route 56 U.S. Route 60 U.S. Route 160 U.S. Route 460 U.S. Route 62 U.S. Route 66 U.S. Route 166 U.S. Route 400

See also: List of Missouri state highways and Missouri Supplemental Route

Law and government

Framework

Main articles: Law and Government of Missouri and List of Missouri Governors

Missouri Government
Governor of Missouri	Matt Blunt (R)
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri:	Peter Kinder (R)
Missouri Attorney General:	Jay Nixon (D)
Missouri Secretary of State:	Robin Carnahan (D)
Missouri State Auditor:	Susan Montee (D)
Missouri State Treasurer:	Sarah Steelman (R)
Senior United States Senator:	Kit Bond (R)
Junior United States Senator:	Claire McCaskill (D)

The current Constitution of Missouri, the fourth constitution for the state, was adopted in 1945. Interstate 29, a major north-south Interstate Highway in the Midwestern United States begins in Missouri. Interstate 229 (abbreviated I-229) in the state of Missouri is an approximately 14 mile (22 See also Interstate 35 In the US state of Missouri, Interstate 35 runs north-northeast from Kansas City towards Des Interstate 435 (abbreviated I-435) is an Interstate Highway Beltway that encircles much of the Kansas City Missouri Metropolitan Area in the Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Interstate 635 (abbreviated I-635) is a connector highway between Interstate 35 in Overland Park Kansas and Interstate 29 in Interstate 44 runs northeast through the state of Missouri, from the Oklahoma state line near Joplin to Interstate 55. In the state of Missouri, Interstate 55 runs from the Poplar Street Bridge over the Mississippi River in St Interstate 155 (abbreviated I-155) is an east-west spur beginning in far southeast Missouri. Interstate 255 (I-255 is a Bypass route of Interstate 55 near St Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. Interstate 64 runs a short distance in the St Louis area of the U In the US state of Missouri, Interstate 70 is generally parallel to the Missouri River. Interstate 170 (abbreviated I-170) is the designation for an interstate route in the St Interstate 270 (abbreviated I-270) makes up a large portion of the outer belt Freeway in the St Interstate 470 (abbreviated I-470) is a 1672 mile connector highway between Independence Missouri and southeast Kansas City Missouri. Interstate 670 (abbreviated I-670) is a 281 mile (452 km connector highway between I-70 in Kansas City Kansas and I-70 in Kansas City Interstate 49 (I-49 is an intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana in the southern United States. The US Department of Transportation has had plans to extend Interstate 66 westward across the country to California. US Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas) US Highway 159 is a "child" route of US Highway 59. It currently runs for 85 miles (137 km from Nortonville Kansas at U US Route 61 is the official designation for a United States highway that runs from New Orleans Louisiana, to the city of Wyoming Minnesota. US Route 63 is a 1286 mile (2070 km long north-south United States highway primarily in the Midwestern United States. US Route 65 is a north-south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. US Route 67 is a 1560 mile (2511 km long north-south U US Route 69 is a north-south United States highway. When it was first created it was only long but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas US Route 169 is a spur of US Route 69. It currently runs for 966 Miles (1555 km) from the city of Virginia, Minnesota to US Route 71 is a north-south United States highway. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways Currently US Route 275 is a north-south United States highway. It is a branch of US 75, originally terminating at that route in Council Bluffs Iowa. US Route 412 is an east-west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982 US Route 24, a dual north-south/east-west route is one of the original United States highways of 1926 US Route 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1414 miles (2276 km from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville In the US state of Missouri, US-40 travels east-west across the center of the state parallel to I-70. In the US state of Missouri, US Route 50 is a major east-west route US Route 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1197 miles (1926 km from western Illinois to El Paso Texas US Route 56 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 640 miles in the Midwestern United States. For the US Route 60 in the 1925 plan see US Route 66. US Route 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2670 Miles US Route 160 is a 1465 mile (2358 km long east-west United States highway in the Midwestern United States. US Route 460 is a spur of US Route 60. It currently runs for 655 miles (1054 km from Norfolk Virginia at U US Route 62 runs from the US-Mexico border at El Paso Texas to Niagara Falls New York, near the United States-Canada border. US Route 66 in Missouri ran from downtown St Louis at the Mississippi River to the Kansas state line west of Joplin. US Route 166 is an 166 mile east-west United States highway. This route and US 266 are the only two remaining children of historic U US Route 400 is a mostly east-west US Highway, commissioned in 1994 State highways in Missouri were first designated in 1922 and Missouri's system was used (along with Wisconsin's) as a plan for the entire U A supplemental route is a state secondary road in Missouri, designated with letters The Government of the US state of Missouri is organized into the State government and local government (including county Governors Commandant of Louisiana Governor of the District of Louisiana On March 26 1804 an act of congress divided Louisiana into two territories Governors Commandant of Louisiana Governor of the District of Louisiana On March 26 1804 an act of congress divided Louisiana into two territories Matthew Roy "Matt" Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. Peter D Kinder (born May 12, 1954 in Cape Girardeau Missouri) is an American politician from the State of Missouri. The individuals listed below have all served in the position of Attorney General of Missouri. Jeremiah W "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American politician from Missouri and a member of the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The people below have all served as the Secretary of State for the U Robin Carnahan (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Susan Montee (born 1960 is the State Auditor of Missouri Montee a Democrat, won election in November 2006 and was sworn into her position on January 4 2007 The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The State Treasurer of Missouri is a statewide elected official responsible for serving as Missouri 's chief financial officer Sarah Steelman (b May 3 1958, Jefferson City Missouri, USA) is an American Politician from Missouri, The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is a former governor and current senior United States Senator of The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician currently the junior United States Senator from The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. It provides for three branches of government: the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. The legislative branch consists of two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate. These bodies comprise the Missouri General Assembly. The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U

The House of Representatives has 163 members who are apportioned based on the last decennial census. The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. The Senate consists of 34 members from districts of approximately equal populations. The judicial department comprises the Supreme Court of Missouri, which has seven judges, the Missouri Court of Appeals (an intermediate appellate court divided into three districts, sitting in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield), and 45 Circuit Courts which function as local trial courts. The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest Court in the state of Missouri. The Missouri Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level Appellate court for the state of Missouri. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U The executive branch is headed by the Governor of Missouri and includes five other state-wide elected offices. Governors Commandant of Louisiana Governor of the District of Louisiana On March 26 1804 an act of congress divided Louisiana into two territories

Status as a political bellwether

Main article: Missouri bellwether

One interesting fact about Missouri is its status as a bellwether of national politics. The Missouri bellwether is a political phenomenon that notes that the state of Missouri has voted for the winner in every U Missouri has a longer stretch of supporting the winning presidential candidate than any other state, having voted with the nation in every election since 1904 with the exception of Adlai Stevenson in 1956. This is about the mid-20th-century politician and diplomat for other American politicians so named see Adlai Stevenson (disambiguation. In 2004, George W. Bush won the state's 11 electoral votes by a margin of 7 percentage points with 53. 3 percent of the vote. Missouri has a notable urban-rural split, as Democrat John Kerry won only the independent city of St. Louis and three of the state's 114 counties: St. Louis County, Ste. Genevieve, and Jackson County (which contains most of Kansas City).

After the Civil War, Missouri was long a state that voted for the conservative Democratic party. Its most prominent Democratic statesman was U. S. President Harry S. Truman. As party membership and policies have changed, since the late 1970s, the state's voting has trended to Republican candidates, yet neither party is dominant. Democrats are now generally strongest among urban populations of Kansas City, St. Louis and Columbia, home of the University of Missouri. The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research Republicans are strongest in the southwestern areas near Springfield (home of Governor Matt Blunt) and Joplin, and southeastern areas near Poplar Bluff and Cape Girardeau (childhood home of Rush Limbaugh). Many of the rural areas have recently favored Republican candidates.

Missouri is a bellwether on hot-button issues such as same-sex marriage and embryonic stem cell research. Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same Embryonic stem cells (ES cells are Stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage Embryo known as a Blastocyst. In 2004, Missouri voters overwhelmingly (71%) passed an amendment to the Constitution of Missouri defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. More than 20 states have followed Missouri's lead and effected the same amendments. In 2006, a ballot initiative labeled "Amendment 2" regarding embryonic stem cell research drew widespread attention. This issue was a factor in the 2006 U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Jim Talent, who opposed embryonic stem cell research, and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill, who supported it. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives James Matthes "Jim" Talent (born October 18 1956 is an American politician and former Senator from Missouri. Claire Conner McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician currently the junior United States Senator from The measure narrowly passed by 51%-49%. Claire McCaskill also narrowly defeated Jim Talent for that Senate seat, a race which was considered crucial as to which political party would control the U. S. Senate.

Laissez-faire alcohol and tobacco laws

Main article: Alcohol laws of Missouri

Missouri has been known for its population's generally "stalwart, conservative, noncredulous" attitude toward regulatory regimes, which is one of the origins of the state's official nickname, the "Show-Me State. The alcohol laws of Missouri are among the most permissive in the United States; they are similar to those of Nevada and Louisiana. "^[20] As a result, and combined with the fact that Missouri is one of America's leading alcohol-producing states, regulation of alcohol and tobacco in Missouri is among the most laissez-faire in America. In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Laissez-faire ( pronunciation: French,; English,) is a French phrase literally meaning Let do (“allow to do”

With a large German immigrant population and the development of a brewing industry, Missouri always has had among the most permissive alcohol laws in the United States. This list of alcohol laws of the United States by state provides an overview of alcohol-related laws by state throughout the United States. It never enacted statewide prohibition. In the United States, the term Prohibition refers to the period from 1920 to 1933 during which the sale manufacture and transportation of alcohol for consumption Missouri voters rejected prohibition in three separate referenda in 1910, 1912, and 1918. Alcohol regulation did not begin in Missouri until 1934. Today, alcohol laws are controlled by the state government, and local jurisdictions are prohibited from going beyond those state laws. Missouri has no statewide open container law or prohibition on drinking in public, no alcohol-related blue laws, no local option, no precise locations for selling liquor by the package (thereby allowing even drug stores and gas stations to sell any kind of liquor), no differentiation of laws based on alcohol percentage, no prohibition on consumption by minors (as opposed to possession), and no prohibition on absinthe. In the United States, open container laws prohibit possessing and/or drinking from an open container of alcohol in certain areas A blue law is a type of law in the United States and Canada designed to enforce moral standards particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship Local Option is a term used to describe the freedom whereby local political jurisdictions typically counties or Municipalities, can decide by popular vote certain Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet Absinthe is traditionally a distilled, highly alcoholic (45%-75% ABV) beverage State law protects persons from arrest or criminal penalty for public intoxication and also expressly prohibits any jurisdiction from going dry. Public intoxication, also known as " drunk and disorderly conduct" (sometimes incorrectly as " drunken disorderly " is a Summary offence A dry county is a County in the United States whose Government forbids the sale of Alcoholic beverages Some prohibit off-premises sale some Missouri law also expressly allows parents and guardians to serve alcohol to their children. Along with the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Power & Light District in Kansas City is one of the few places in the United States where a state law explicitly allows persons over the age of 21 to possess and consume open containers of alcohol in the street, as long as the beverage is in a plastic cup. The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest and most famous neighborhood in the city of New Orleans Louisiana. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The Kansas City Power & Light District or Power & Light District is a shopping and entertainment district currently in Downtown Kansas City,

See also: List of smoking bans in Missouri

As for tobacco, Missouri has the second-lowest cigarette excise taxes in the United States (behind South Carolina), at 17 cents per pack, as of November 2007. The following is a list of Smoking bans in the United States. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. ^[21][22] The electorate voted in 2002 and 2006 to keep it that way. ^[23] Missouri has the third highest percentage of adult smokers of any U. S. state. ^[24] No statewide smoking ban ever has been seriously entertained before the Missouri General Assembly, and only 20% of Missourians support such a statewide ban in public places. Smoking bans are public policies including Criminal laws and Occupational safety and health Regulations which prohibit Tobacco smoking The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U ^[25] In 2007, Forbes named St. Louis as America's "best city for smokers. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly "^[21] Missouri state law allows bars and restaurants which seat less than 50 people, bowling alleys, and billiard parlors to decide their own smoking policies, without limitation,^[26]

Additionally, in Missouri, it is "an improper employment practice" for an employer to refuse to hire, to fire, or otherwise to disadvantage any person because that person lawfully uses alcohol and/or tobacco products when he or she is not at work. ^[27]

Counties

See also: List of counties in Missouri

Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city (St. Louis). Missouri has 114 counties and one Independent city. St Louis City is separate from St An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity

The largest county by size is Texas County (1,179 sq. Texas County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. miles) and Shannon County is second (1,004 sq. Shannon County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. miles). Worth County is the smallest (266 sq. Worth County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. miles). The independent city of St. Louis City has only 62 square miles (160 km²) of area. St. Louis City is the most densely populated area in Missouri.

The largest county by population (2000 U.S. Census) is St. Louis County (1,016,315 residents), with Jackson County the second (654,880 residents). The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. St Louis County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. Jackson County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. Worth County is the least populous, with 2,382 residents.

Important cities and towns

See also: List of cities in Missouri and List of towns and villages in Missouri

The seven largest cities in Missouri are Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Lee's Summit and Saint Joseph. In Missouri cities are classified into three types Class 3 Class 4 and those under constitutional charters In Missouri villages are municipalities which incorporated with a population under 500 Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U Independence is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə is the fifth-largest city in the US state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. Lee's Summit is a city in Cass and Jackson Counties in the US Saint Joseph (informally St Joe) is the largest city in Northwest Missouri, serving as the County seat for Buchanan County.

St. Louis is the principal city of the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, comprising seventeen counties and the independent city of St. Louis; eight of those counties lie in the state of Illinois. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. As of 2006, Greater St. Louis was the 16th largest urban area in the nation. Greater St Louis is the common name of the St Louis-StCharles-Farmington MO-IL CSA or Metro St Some of the major cities making up the St. Louis Metro area in Missouri include St. Charles, St. Peters, Florissant, Chesterfield, Creve Coeur, Maryland Heights, O'Fallon, Clayton, Ballwin, and University City. St Charles ( French: "Saint-Charles" Spanish: "San Carlos" is a city in and the county seat of St St Peters is a city in St Charles County Missouri See also Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and Florissant Colorado. Chesterfield is the largest city in west St Louis County, Missouri, United States. Creve Coeur, derived from French for "broken heart" ( Crève Cœur) is a city in west St Maryland Heights is a city in St Louis County, Missouri, United States. O'Fallon ( is a suburban city along Interstate 70 between Lake St Clayton is the county seat of St Louis County Missouri, part of the Greater St Ballwin is a city in St Louis County, Missouri, United States. University City is a city in St Louis County, Missouri, United States.

Kansas City is Missouri's largest city and the principal city of the fifteen-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, including six counties in the state of Kansas. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " As of 2004, it was the 27th largest metropolitan area in the nation. Some of the other major cities comprising the Kansas City metro area in Missouri include Independence, Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Raytown, Liberty, and Gladstone. Independence is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state Lee's Summit is a city in Cass and Jackson Counties in the US Blue Springs is a city in Jackson County, Missouri and is a satellite city of Kansas City Missouri. Raytown is a city in Jackson County, Missouri, United States, and is a suburb of Kansas City. Liberty is a city in Clay County Missouri and is a suburb of Kansas City Missouri. Gladstone is a city in Clay County, Missouri, founded in 1952 and is a Suburb of Kansas City Missouri.

Branson is a major tourist attraction in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri. Branson is a city in Stone and Taney counties in the US state of Missouri.

Branson	Cape Girardeau	Columbia	Jefferson City
Joplin	Kansas City	Saint Joseph	Saint Louis

Education

Main article: Education in Missouri

Missouri State Board of Education

The Missouri State Board of Education has general authority over all public education in the state of Missouri. Branson is a city in Stone and Taney counties in the US state of Missouri. Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə is the fifth-largest city in the US state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the U Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Saint Joseph (informally St Joe) is the largest city in Northwest Missouri, serving as the County seat for Buchanan County. Missouri State Board of Education The Missouri State Board of Education has general authority over all public education in the state of Missouri It is made up of eight citizens appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Missouri Senate.

Primary and secondary schools

See also: List of school districts in Missouri and List of high schools in Missouri

Education is compulsory from ages seven to sixteen in Missouri, commonly but not exclusively divided into three tiers of primary and secondary education: elementary school, middle school or junior high school and high school. Alphabetical listing A Adair County R-I School District (Adair County web site Adair County R-II School District (Adair and Knox Counties web This is a list of high schools in the state of Missouri. Adair County Adair County R-II High School, Brashear Primary education is the first stage of Compulsory education. Australia See also Education See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution The public schools system includes kindergarten to 12^th grade. District territories are often complex in structure. In some cases, elementary, middle and junior high schools of a single district feed into high schools in another district. High school athletics and competitions are governed by the Missouri State High School Activities Association or MSHSAA. The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA is the governing body for all high school activities throughout the state of Missouri.

Colleges and universities

See also: List of colleges and universities in Missouri

The University of Missouri System is Missouri's statewide public university system, the flagship institution and largest university in the state is the University of Missouri in Columbia. The following is a list of Colleges and universities in the U The University of Missouri System is a State university system providing centralized administration for four universities a health care system an extension program five The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research Columbia (kəˈlʌmbiə is the fifth-largest city in the US state of Missouri and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. The others in the system are University of Missouri–Kansas City, University of Missouri–St. Louis, and Missouri University of Science and Technology. The University of Missouri–Kansas City (often referred to as UMKC) is an institution of higher learning located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA The University of Missouri–St Louis ( UMSL, pronounced "uhm-suhl" is one of four universities in the University of Missouri System. Missouri University of Science and Technology (commonly Missouri S&T) is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla Missouri, and part of the University

Notable highly rated^[28] private institutions include Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University (also known as SLU) is a private co-educational Jesuit University in the United States of America located in

Lincoln University in Jefferson City is one of a number of historically black colleges and universities. Historically black colleges and universities ( HBCUs) are institutions of Higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention Founded in 1866, it was created by members of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Troops as "Lincoln Institute", to provide education to freedmen. The United States Colored Troops ( USCT) were regiments of the United States Army during the American Civil War that were composed of African-American It was created on a model of combining academics and labor. In 1921, the state officially recognized the growth of Lincoln's undergraduate and graduate programs by classifying it as a university. The institution changed its name to "Lincoln University of Missouri. " In 1954, the university began to accept applicants of all races.

To develop new teachers for needed public schools, in 1905 the state established a series of normal schools at colleges in each region of the state. normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers This was based on the widely admired German model of public education. Normal schools were for the training of teachers of students in primary/elementary schools. The initial network consisted of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University) in Springfield, Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University) in Kirksville, Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, and University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) in Warrensburg. Southeast Missouri State University is a public accredited University located in Cape Girardeau Missouri, not far from the banks of the Mississippi River Missouri State University is a State university located in Springfield, Missouri. Springfield is a city in Christian and Greene Counties in the U Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences University in Missouri and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Kirksville is the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States. Northwest Missouri State University is a state university in Maryville Missouri. Maryville is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg Missouri. Warrensburg is a city in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. Within several years, the normal school curriculum expanded to a full four years of academic subjects.

There are numerous junior colleges, trade schools, church universities and private universities in the state.

The state also funds a $2000, renewable merit-based scholarship, Bright Flight, given to the top 3 percent of Missouri High School graduates who attend a university in-state. Bright Flight is a Missouri merit-based scholarship in the amount of $2000 per annum to Missouri's qualifying graduating high school seniors who enroll in a Missouri accredited

The 19th c. border wars between Missouri and Kansas have continued as a sports rivalry between the University of Missouri and University of Kansas. The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City The rivalry is chiefly expressed through football games between the two colleges. It is the oldest college rivalry west of the Mississippi River and the second oldest in the nation. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Each year when the universities meet to play, the game is coined "Border Showdown. " An exchange occurs following the game where the winner gets to take a historic marching band drum, which has been passed back and forth for decades.

Sports

• Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals
• Football: St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs
• Hockey: St. Louis Blues
• Soccer: Kansas City Wizards
• Indoor Soccer: St. Louis Steamers and Kansas City Comets
• Arena Football: Kansas City Brigade and River City Rage (UIFL)
• Tennis: Kansas City Explorers, Springfield Lasers and St. Louis Aces
• Cycling: Tour of Missouri

Minor leagues

• Baseball:
  • Springfield Cardinals (Class AA, Texas League)
  • Mid-Missouri Mavericks (Independent, Frontier League)
  • River City Rascals (Independent, Frontier League)
  • Farmington Firebirds (Independent, KITTY League)
  • St. The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The St Louis Blues are a professional Ice hockey team based in St Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U The Kansas City Wizards are a professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that participates in Major League Soccer. The Major Indoor Soccer League was the top professional Indoor soccer league in the USA. Honors Division Titles 2005-2006 MISL Regular Season Retired numbers #30 Slobo Ilijevski #7 The name Kansas City Comets has been used by two different Indoor soccer teams This article is about the sport of Arena Football See Arena Football (video game for the EA Sports Video game of the same name The Kansas City Brigade is a team from the Arena Football League. World TeamTennis is a league of team Tennis in the United States. The Kansas City Explorers are a World TeamTennis team that play at the Barney Allis Plaza in downtown Kansas City Missouri, USA The Springfield Lasers are a World TeamTennis franchise The franchise was purchased and donated to the city of Springfield Missouri by the Cooper family in 1996 The St Louis Aces are a Professional Tennis team in the city of St Road bicycle racing is a popular Bicycle racing Sport held on roads (following the Geography of the area using Racing bicycles The Jerseys of the Tour of Missouri General Classification The current leader and overall winner by time after each stage and at the conclusion of the race is awarded the The Springfield Cardinals are a Minor league baseball team based in Springfield Missouri. The Texas League is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. History The Mid-Missouri franchise has had a checkered history in the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy Illinois, is a professional independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and The River City Rascals are a professional baseball team based in O'Fallon Missouri, in the United States. Joseph Blacksnakes (Independent, American Association)

Former professional sports teams

• National Football League:
  • St. Louis Cardinals (moved from Chicago in 1960; moved to Tempe, Arizona in 1988 and are now the Arizona Cardinals)
  • St. Louis All Stars (active in 1923 only)
  • Kansas City (NFL) (Blues/Cowboys) (active 1924-1926, folded)
  • St. Louis Gunners (independent team, joined the NFL for the last three weeks of the 1934 season and folded thereafter)
• Major League Baseball (American League):
  • St. Louis Browns (moved from Milwaukee in 1902; moved to Baltimore, Maryland after the 1953 season and are now the Baltimore Orioles)
  • Kansas City Athletics (moved from Philadelphia in 1955; moved to Oakland, California after the 1967 season and are now the Oakland Athletics
• National Basketball Association:
  • St. Louis Bombers (charter BAA franchise in 1946, joined the NBA when it formed in 1949; ceased operations in 1950)
  • St. Louis Hawks (moved from Milwaukee in 1955; moved to Atlanta in 1968 and are now the Atlanta Hawks)
  • Kansas City Kings (moved to Sacramento in 1985 and are now the Sacramento Kings)
• National Hockey League:
  • Kansas City Scouts (1974 expansion team, moved to Denver, Colorado in 1976 and became the Colorado Rockies, and would move again to Newark, New Jersey; now called the New Jersey Devils)
  • St. Louis Eagles (1934 relocation of the original Ottawa Senators, folded after the 1934-35 season)

Miscellaneous topics

• USS Missouri, a U.S. Navy Iowa class battleship, was named in honor of the state. This article refers to the modern American Association that started in 2006 The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Tempe (tɛmpiː Oidbaḍ in Pima) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a 2007 population of 174091 The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. St Louis All Stars was a professional football team that played in the National Football League during the 1923 season. Kansas City Missouri had a National Football League team prior to the Chiefs that operated under two different names The Blues in 1924 and The St Louis Gunners, an independent professional football team based in St The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. Franchise history The St Louis Bombers were originally part of the Basketball Association of America (BAA in 1946 The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional Basketball team based in Atlanta Georgia. The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional Basketball team based in Atlanta Georgia. The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The Kansas City Scouts was a professional Ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL from 1974–76 The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The Colorado Rockies were a professional Ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL that played in Denver Colorado from 1976 to Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. The New Jersey Devils are a professional Ice hockey team based in Newark New Jersey. The St Louis Eagles were a professional Ice hockey team a member of the National Hockey League (NHL that played during the 1934-35 NHL season in The Ottawa Senators (officially the Ottawa Hockey Club) were an amateur later professional senior men's Ice hockey team based in Ottawa from 1883 Construction See also Iowa class battleship, Armament of the Iowa class battleship Missouri was one of the ''Iowa''-class " History The Iowa -class battleships were shaped by the Battle of Jutland, by naval treaties signed by various countries during the 1920s and 1930s and by the A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were
• The phrase "I'm from Missouri" means I'm skeptical of the matter and not easily convinced. This is related to the state's motto of "Show Me," whose origin is popularly ascribed to an 1899 speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver, who declared that "I come from a country that raises corn and cotton, cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. Willard Duncan Vandiver (1854-1932 was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri. I'm from Missouri, and you have got to show me. " However, according to researchers, the phrase was in circulation earlier in the 1890s. ^[29] According to another story, the phrase was originally a reference to Missouri laborers being brought to Colorado to quell a miner's strike and requiring frequent instruction. ^[30]
• Missouri is known as "The Cave State" with over 6000 recorded caves (second to Kentucky). The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Perry County has both the largest number of caves and the single longest cave in the state. Perry County is a County located in the US state of Missouri. ^[31]

See also

• List of Missouri-related topics

References

External links

• Missouri Government
• State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia
• Missouri's African American History
• Missouri State Tourism Office
• USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Missouri
• U.S. Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census
  • Missouri QuickFacts. Geographic and demographic information.
  • Missouri - Race and Hispanic Origin: 1810 to 1990PDF (71. 1 KiB)
• Missouri State Facts
• List of searchable databases produced by Missouri state agencies hosted by the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable. A kibibyte (a contraction of ki lo bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, established by the International

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