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Every thing you need to know about Missouri real estate.
Of course, Missouri is known as the Show Me State. I wonder what is it you are
looking for? What appeals to you? Is it the big city life,
the moderately paced city, or that very laidback country life
that Missouri is so well known for? What does your dream home
look like? What lifestyle do you yearn for? For sure, Missouri
has it all! Let’s take a tour of some of the fastest growing
cities in Missouri plus a few out of the way places!
First lets give you all those “Fun Facts” about the state
of Missouri in general:
- Nickname: Show Me State
- State Animal: Missouri Mule, adopted 1995
- State Aquatic animal: The paddlefish, adopted 1997
- State Bird: Bluebird, adopted 1927
- State Day: Missouri Day, the 3rd Wednesday in October,
adopted 1915
- State Fish: The Channel Catfish, adopted 1997
- State Flower: White Hawthorn Blossom, adopted 1923
- State Folk Dance: The Square Dance, adopted 1995
- State Fossil: Crinoid, adopted 1989
- State Insect: The Honeybee, adopted 1985
- State Mineral: Galena, adopted 1967
- State Musical Instrument: The Fiddle, adopted 1987
- State Rock: Mozarkite, adopted 1967
- State Song: "Missouri Waltz," adopted 1949
- State Tree: Flowering Dogwood, adopted 1955
- State Tree Nut: The Eastern Black Walnut, adopted 1990
- State Capital: Jefferson City
- Size: The 21st largest state, 69,709 square miles
- Statehood: the 24th State. Admitted Aug. 10, 1821
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