Mississippi

Capitol: Jackson


Became the 20th state
to enter the union on
Dec. 10, 1817


State flower: magnolia bloom

State bird: mockingbird

State song: "Go, Mississippi"

State tree: magnolia

State motto: "Virtute et armis  (By valor and arms)"


Nickname: "Magnolia state"


Size in land area: 46,907 square miles

Mississippi City Guides

Hotels

• Batesville
• Biloxi 
• Brookhaven 
• Corinth 
• Greenville 
• Grenada 
• Gulfport 
• Hattiesburg 
• Holly Springs 
• Jackson 
• Laurel 
• Meridian 
• Moss Point 
• Natchez 
• New Albany 
• Ocean Springs 
• Oxford 
• Pascagoula 
• Philadelphia 
• Ridgeland 
• Starkville 
• Tupelo 
• Vicksburg 

 
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