Portal:Missouri
The Missouri PortalMissouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ miz-OOR-ee) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. Humans have inhabited present-day Missouri for at least 12,000 years. The Mississippian culture, which emerged at least in the ninth century, built cities and mounds before declining in the 14th century. When European explorers arrived in the 17th century, they encountered the Osage and Missouria nations. The French incorporated the territory into Louisiana, founding Ste. Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764. After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South rushed into the new Missouri Territory. Missouri was admitted as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in the Boonslick area of Mid-Missouri. Soon after, a heavy settlement of Rhinelanders created the Missouri Rhineland, a German cultural region specializing in wine production. Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail and California Trail all began in Missouri. As a border state, Missouri's role in the American Civil War was complex, and it was subject to rival governments, raids, and guerilla warfare. After the war, both Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area became centers of industrialization and business. Today the state is divided into 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis. (Full article...)
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TheU.S. National Monument dedicated to a non-President and the first for an African-American. (from History of Missouri)
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The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
- Köppen climate types of Missouri (from
- Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from
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Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former
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- The Governor's Mansion is on the
- Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from
- The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near
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Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)The
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Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)Child shoe workers in
- Mark Twain's boyhood home in
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)The
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ARural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
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Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
- Missouri has five major sports teams: the
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)The
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Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)Missouri River near
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Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. censusLegend
Non-Hispanic White50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%90%+
Black or African American40–50%
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African American boy in aNew Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
- Köppen climate types of Missouri (from
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Kansas City Streetcar nearUnion Station (from Missouri)
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Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. censusLegend
Non-Hispanic White50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%90%+
Black or African American40–50%
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)The
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Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported bybateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
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The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
- Missouri State quarter featuring the
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Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)St. Louis-based
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Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
- A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from
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Christopher Bond became the youngest person elected Governor of Missouri in 1972 and was part of the rise of the Republican Party in the state. (from History of Missouri)
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Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
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Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
- The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near
- Brookings Hall at
- Ethnic origins in Missouri (from
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- Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from
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Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
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Daniel Boone with his sons Daniel Morgan Boone, Nathan Boone, and other family members, came to Spanish-controlled Missouri during the 1790s. (from History of Missouri)American pioneers such as
- General John J. Pershing, commander of the
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Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)The
- Meramec Caverns (from
- A physiographic map of Missouri (from
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African American boy in aNew Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
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Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
- Missouri has five major sports teams: the
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Kansas City Streetcar nearUnion Station (from Missouri)
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Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)The
- The Governor's Mansion is on the
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Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former
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Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)Child shoe workers in
- A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from
- Missouri population density map (from
- Brookings Hall at
- Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from
- Amtrak station in
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Therestrictive covenants in housing. (from History of Missouri)
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Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)Missouri River near
- Mark Twain's boyhood home in
Did you know -
- ... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
- ... that supporters of a 2020 ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material?
- ... that after his professional gridiron football career, Ed "Brick" Travis served as president of the Missouri Auto Dealers Association and as president of a local school board?
- ... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South?
- ... that Missouri's annual Snake Saturday parade originally began in a hotel parking lot with only four floats?
- ... that a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
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