List of Missouri state symbols
The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.
State symbols[]
Type | Symbol | Adopted | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Amphibian | American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeiana |
2005[1][2] | ![]() |
Animal | Missouri mule | 1995[1][3] | ![]() |
Aquatic animal | Paddlefish Polyodon spathula |
1997[1][4] | ![]() |
Bird | Bluebird Sialia sialis |
1927[5] or 1929[1] | ![]() |
Dance | Square dance | 1995[1][6] | ![]() |
Dessert | Ice cream cone | 1904[1][7] | ![]() |
Dinosaur | Hypsibema missouriensis | 2004[1][8] | |
Endangered species | Hellbender salamander Cryptobranchus alleganiensis |
2019[9] | ![]() |
Exercise | Jumping jacks | 2014[9] | ![]() |
Fish | Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus |
1997[1][10] | ![]() |
Flower | Hawthorn (also known as "red haw" or "wild haw")[1] Crataegus punctata |
1923[11] | ![]() |
Football team | Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) | 2019[12] | |
Fossil | Crinoid Delocrinus missouriensis |
1989[1][13] | ![]() |
Fruit tree | Pawpaw tree Asimina triloba |
2019[9] | ![]() |
Game bird | Bobwhite Quail Colinus virginianus[14] |
2007[1] | ![]() |
Grape | Norton Vitis aestivalis |
2003[1][15] | ![]() |
Grass | Big bluestem Andropogon gerardi |
2007[1][16] | ![]() |
Historical dog | Old Drum | 2017[9] | |
Hockey team | St. Louis Blues (NHL) | 2019[17] | |
Holiday | Missouri Day (Third Wednesday in October) |
1915[18] | ![]() |
Horse | Missouri Fox Trotter Equus ferus caballus |
2002[1][19] | ![]() |
Insect | Honeybee Apis mellifera |
1985[1][20] | ![]() |
Invertebrate | Crayfish |
2007[1][21] | ![]() |
Mineral | Galena | 1967[1][22] | ![]() |
Motto | Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (Latin: "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.") |
1822[23] | ![]() |
Musical instrument | Fiddle | 1987[1][24] | ![]() |
Reptile | Three-toed box turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis |
2007[1][25] | ![]() |
Rock | Mozarkite | 1967[1][26] | ![]() |
Song | "Missouri Waltz" | 1949[1][27] | ![]() |
Tartan | "" | 2019[1][28] | ![]() |
Tree | Flowering dogwood Cornus florida |
1955[1][29] | ![]() |
Tree nut | Eastern black walnut Juglans nigra |
1990[1][30] | |
Wonder dog | Jim the Wonder Dog | 2017[9] |
See also[]
- State of Missouri
- List of Missouri-related topics
- Lists of United States state insignia
References[]
"State Symbols of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Chapter 10". Missouri Revised Statutes. August 28, 2012. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ "The State Amphibian". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Animal". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Aquatic Animal". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Missouri's American Folk Dance". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "The State Dessert". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Dinosaur". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ a b c d e "Chapter 10: State Emblems". Official Website for the Revised Statutes of Missouri. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "The State Fish". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Missouri's State Floral Emblem". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ https://www.senate.mo.gov/19info/pdf-bill/intro/SCR4.pdf
- ^ "The State Fossil". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Game Bird". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Grape". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Grass". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "10.225". revisor.mo.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "Missouri Day". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "The State Horse". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Insect". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Invertebrate". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Missouri's State Mineral". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The Great Seal of Missouri". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "Missouri's State Musical Instrument". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "The State Reptile". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Missouri's State Rock". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Missouri's State Song". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "Missouri's State Tartan". Missouri Revisor of Statutes. November 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Missouri's State Tree". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ "Missouri's State Tree Nut". Office of the Secretary of the State, Missouri. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
External links[]
Categories:
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- Symbols of Missouri