Missouri "Show Me Missouri"

Jefferson City Real Estate
Kansas City Real Estate

Admitted to Union: August 10, 1821
Capital: Jefferson City
Nickname: Show Me State, Cave State, Lead State
Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto, translated "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law."
Total Area: 69,709 square miles
Total Land Area: 68,898 square miles
Total Water Area: 811 square miles
Length: 300 miles
Width: 240 miles
Highest Point: 1,772 feet (Taum Sauk Mountain)
Lowest Point: 230 feet (St. Francis River)
Mean Elevation: 800 feet
Highest Temp: 118 degrees on July 10, 1954 at Warsaw and Union
Lowest Temp: -40 degrees on January on February 13, 1905
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 90.5 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 19.4 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 5,595,211