List of Mississippi state symbols

The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi, as defined by state statutes in Title 1, Section 3 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and listed in the Mississippi Official & Statistical Register.^[1]^[2]

Insignia[]

Type	Symbol	Date
Flag	Flag of Mississippi	2021^[3]
Seal	Seal of Mississippi	2014^[4]
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Mississippi	2001^[5]
Motto	Virtute et armis (Latin for "By valor and arms")
Nicknames	The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State

Flora[]

Type	Symbol	Date	Image
Flower	Magnolia
Tree	Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Fauna[]

Type	Symbol	Date
Bird	Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)	1944^[6]
Butterfly	Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus)	1991^[7]
Fish	Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)	1974^[8]
Fossil	Prehistoric whales (Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii)	1981^[9]
Insect	Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)	1980^[10]
Land Mammals	White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)	1974^[11]^[2]
Land Mammals	Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)	1997^[2]
Marine mammal	Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	1974^[11]
Waterfowl	Wood duck (Aix sponsa)	1974^[12]
Reptile	American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)	1987^[13]
Shell	Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	1974

Other[]

Type	Symbol	Date
Dance	Square dance	1995^[14]
Soil	Natchez silt loam	2003^[15]
Song	"Go, Mississippi"	1962^[2]
Stone	Petrified wood	1976
Toy	Teddy bear	2003^[16]

References[]

^ "State of Mississippi Symbols". Mississippi.gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "State Symbols" (PDF). Blue Book. Mississippi Secretary of State. 2004. p. 34.
^ https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/03/politics/mississippi-new-state-flag-ballot-question/index.html
^ "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act". February 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
^ http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/276/government-of-mississippi-how-it-functions
^ "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.
^ State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Fossil whale: State Fossil of Mississippi (PDF), Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 1991, retrieved 2019-05-09
^ State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235.
^ "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.
^ Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3. p. 313
^ "§ 3-3-39. State dance", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20
^ "§ 3-3-45. State soil", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20
^ "§ 3-3-43. State toy", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20

[Official-1] "State of Mississippi Symbols". Mississippi.gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.

[BlueBook-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "State Symbols" (PDF). Blue Book. Mississippi Secretary of State. 2004. p. 34.

[3] ttps://www.cnn.com/2020/11/03/politics/mississippi-new-state-flag-ballot-question/index.html

[4] "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act". February 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.

[5] ttp://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/276/government-of-mississippi-how-it-functions

[6] "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.

[7] State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] Fossil whale: State Fossil of Mississippi (PDF), Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 1991, retrieved 2019-05-09

[10] State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.

[Shearer-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235.

[12] "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.

[13] Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3. p. 313

[14] "§ 3-3-39. State dance", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20

[15] "§ 3-3-45. State soil", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20

[16] "§ 3-3-43. State toy", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20

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