titleUncategorised - StatesAdvisor.com - StatesAdvisor.com <subtitle type="text"></subtitle> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.statesadvisor.com"/> <id>https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/feed.html</id> <updated>2024-05-18T21:24:55+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://joomla.org" version="2.5">Joomla! - Open Source Content Management</generator> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/feed.html?type=atom"/> <entry> <title>US States Coats of Arms 2014-12-23T14:27:39+00:00 2014-12-23T14:27:39+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/us-states-coats-of-arms.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Several states in the United States have designated Coats of Arm's that represent the state, Coats of Arm's generally represent a family, organization, or country in the past they would be often found on shields or identifiers of the family or organization. Generally they have a shield, supporters to the side, and a crest on top but not all Coat of Arms have these characteristics.</p> <p>{gallery}US_Coat-Arms{/gallery}</p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Several states in the United States have designated Coats of Arm's that represent the state, Coats of Arm's generally represent a family, organization, or country in the past they would be often found on shields or identifiers of the family or organization. Generally they have a shield, supporters to the side, and a crest on top but not all Coat of Arms have these characteristics.</p> <p>{gallery}US_Coat-Arms{/gallery}</p></div> Flags of the United States of America 2014-12-23T13:34:13+00:00 2014-12-23T13:34:13+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/flags-of-the-united-states-of-america.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Each of the 50 States in the US have a unique flag that characterizes the state often with historical information, the state seal or other unique characteristic of the state.</p> <p>{gallery}US_Flags,salign=center{/gallery}</p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Each of the 50 States in the US have a unique flag that characterizes the state often with historical information, the state seal or other unique characteristic of the state.</p> <p>{gallery}US_Flags,salign=center{/gallery}</p></div> US State Abbreviations 2014-12-23T02:47:36+00:00 2014-12-23T02:47:36+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/us-state-abbreviations.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Each of the 50 States in the United States has an abbreviation that is used for various reason but mainly used for postal services.  Other uses of the state abbreviations are data collection, regulations in licensing such as boating, driving, hunting, fishing etc. </p> <p> 
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</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Abbreviation" /> Alabama ~ AL</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Abbreviation" /> Alaska ~ AK</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Abbreviation" /> Arizona ~ AZ</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Abbreviation" /> Arkansas ~ AR</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Abbreviation" /> California ~ CA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Abbreviation" /> Colorado ~ CO</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Abbreviation" /> Connecticut ~ CT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Abbreviation" /> Delaware ~ DE</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Abbreviation" /> Florida ~ FL</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Abbreviation" /> Georgia ~ GA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Abbreviation" /> Hawaii ~ HI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Abbreviation" /> Idaho ~ ID</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Abbreviation" /> Illinois ~ IL</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Abbreviation" /> Indiana ~ IN</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Abbreviation" /> Iowa ~ IA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Abbreviation" /> Kansas ~ KS</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Abbreviation" /> Kentucky ~ KT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Abbreviation" /> Louisiana ~ LA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Abbreviation" /> Maine ~ ME</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Abbreviation" /> Maryland ~ MD</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Abbreviation" /> Massachusetts ~ MA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Abbreviation" /> Michigan ~ MI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Abbreviation" /> Minnesota ~ MN</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Abbreviation" /> Mississippi ~ MS</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Abbreviation" /> Missouri ~ MO</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Abbreviation" /> Montana ~ MT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Abbreviation" /> Nebraska ~ NE</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Abbreviation" /> Nevada ~ NV</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Abbreviation" /> New Hampshire ~ NH</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Abbreviation" /> New Jersey ~ NJ</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Abbreviation" /> New Mexico ~ NM</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Abbreviation" /> New York ~ NY</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Abbreviation" /> North Carolina ~ NC</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Abbreviation" /> North Dakota ~ ND</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Abbreviation" /> Ohio ~ OH</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Abbreviation" /> Oklahoma ~ OK</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Abbreviation" /> Oregon ~ OR</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Abbreviation" /> Pennsylvania ~ PA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Abbreviation" /> Rhode Island ~ RI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Abbreviation" /> South Carolina ~ SC</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Abbreviation" /> South Dakota ~ SD</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Abbreviation" /> Tennessee ~ TN</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Abbreviation" /> Texas ~ TX</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Abbreviation" /> Utah ~ UT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Abbreviation" /> Vermont ~ VT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Abbreviation" /> Virginia ~ VA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Abbreviation" /> Washington ~ WA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Abbreviation" /> West Virginia ~ WV</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Abbreviation" /> Wisconsin ~ WI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Abbreviation" /> Wyoming ~ WY</p></div>
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title="Connecticut State Abbreviation" /> Connecticut ~ CT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Abbreviation" /> Delaware ~ DE</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Abbreviation" /> Florida ~ FL</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Abbreviation" /> Georgia ~ GA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Abbreviation" /> Hawaii ~ HI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Abbreviation" /> Idaho ~ ID</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Abbreviation" /> Illinois ~ IL</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Abbreviation" /> Indiana ~ IN</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Abbreviation" /> Iowa ~ IA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Abbreviation" /> Kansas ~ KS</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Abbreviation" /> Kentucky ~ KT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Abbreviation" /> Louisiana ~ LA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Abbreviation" /> Maine ~ ME</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Abbreviation" /> Maryland ~ MD</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Abbreviation" /> Massachusetts ~ MA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Abbreviation" /> Michigan ~ MI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Abbreviation" /> Minnesota ~ MN</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Abbreviation" /> Mississippi ~ MS</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Abbreviation" /> Missouri ~ MO</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Abbreviation" /> Montana ~ MT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Abbreviation" /> Nebraska ~ NE</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Abbreviation" /> Nevada ~ NV</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Abbreviation" /> New Hampshire ~ NH</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Abbreviation" /> New Jersey ~ NJ</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Abbreviation" /> New Mexico ~ NM</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Abbreviation" /> New York ~ NY</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Abbreviation" /> North Carolina ~ NC</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Abbreviation" /> North Dakota ~ ND</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Abbreviation" /> Ohio ~ OH</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Abbreviation" /> Oklahoma ~ OK</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Abbreviation" /> Oregon ~ OR</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Abbreviation" /> Pennsylvania ~ PA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Abbreviation" /> Rhode Island ~ RI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Abbreviation" /> South Carolina ~ SC</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Abbreviation" /> South Dakota ~ SD</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Abbreviation" /> Tennessee ~ TN</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Abbreviation" /> Texas ~ TX</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Abbreviation" /> Utah ~ UT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Abbreviation" /> Vermont ~ VT</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Abbreviation" /> Virginia ~ VA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Abbreviation" /> Washington ~ WA</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Abbreviation" /> West Virginia ~ WV</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Abbreviation" /> Wisconsin ~ WI</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Abbreviation" /> Wyoming ~ WY</p></div> Origins of US State Names 2014-12-22T17:23:45+00:00 2014-12-22T17:23:45+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/origins-of-us-state-names.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>The 50 states in the United States have taken there names from a wide range of languages and cultures throughout the world.  Of these names many are from indigenous words and some are named in honor of a King, Queen, or Duke from the old world. A few states meaning are entirely unknown and one may have even been a practical joke.</p> <p>To find the Origins of the each state's name simply use the Map and click on any state or scroll below to see an alphabetical list of US States.</p> <p>
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</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Origin of Name" /> Alabama ~ From Alabama River by early European explorers and named "Alibamu" after the local Indian tribe</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Origin of Name" /> Alaska ~ Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Origin of Name" /> Arizona ~ Uncertain. Perhaps from the O'odham Indian word for “little spring”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Origin of Name" /> Arkansas ~ From the Quapaw Indians</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Origin of Name" /> California ~ From a book, Las Sergas de Esplandián by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Origin of Name" /> Colorado ~ From the Spanish, “ruddy” or “red”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Origin of Name" /> Connecticut ~ From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Origin of Name" /> Delaware ~ From Delaware River and Bay; named in turn for Sir Thomas West, Baron De La Warr</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Origin of Name" /> Florida ~ From the Spanish Pascua Florida, meaning “feast of flowers”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Origin of Name" /> Georgia ~ In honor of George II of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Origin of Name" /> Hawaii ~ Uncertain. The islands may have been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. Or they may have been named after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional home of the Polynesians.</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Origin of Name" /> Idaho ~ An invented name which the meaning is unknown. (Practical Joke Possibly)</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Origin of Name" /> Illinois ~ Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Origin of Name" /> Indiana ~ Meaning “land of Indians”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Origin of Name" /> Iowa ~ From the Iowa River which was named after the Ioway Indian tribe</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Origin of Name" /> Kansas ~ From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Origin of Name" /> Kentucky ~ From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Origin of Name" /> Louisiana ~ In honor of Louis XIV of France</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Origin of Name" /> Maine ~ First used to distinguish the mainland from the offshore islands. It has been considered a compliment to Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. She was said to have owned the province of Mayne in France.</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Origin of Name" /> Maryland ~ In honor of Henrietta Maria (queen of Charles I of England)</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Origin of Name" /> Massachusetts ~ From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Origin of Name" /> Michigan ~ From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Origin of Name" /> Minnesota ~ From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Origin of Name" /> Mississippi ~ From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Origin of Name" /> Missouri ~ Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Origin of Name" /> Montana ~ From the Spanish word meaning “mountain.”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Origin of Name" /> Nebraska ~ From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Origin of Name" /> Nevada ~ Spanish Translation: “snowcapped”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Origin of Name" /> New Hampshire ~ From the English county of Hampshire</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Origin of Name" /> New Jersey ~ From the Channel Isle of Jersey</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Origin of Name" /> New Mexico ~ From Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Origin of Name" /> New York ~ In honor of the Duke of York</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Origin of Name" /> North Carolina ~ In honor of Charles I of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Origin of Name" /> North Dakota ~ From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Origin of Name" /> Ohio ~ From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Origin of Name" /> Oklahoma ~ From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Origin of Name" /> Oregon ~ Unknown. However, it is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer.</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Origin of Name" /> Pennsylvania ~ In honor of Adm. Sir William Penn, father of William Penn. It means “Penn's Woodland.”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Origin of Name" /> Rhode Island ~ From the Greek Island of Rhodes</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Origin of Name" /> South Carolina ~ In honor of Charles I of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Origin of Name" /> South Dakota ~ From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Origin of Name" /> Tennessee ~ Of Cherokee origin; the meaning is unknown</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Origin of Name" /> Texas ~ From an Indian word meaning “friends”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Origin of Name" /> Utah ~ From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Origin of Name" /> Vermont ~ From the French “vert mont,” meaning “green mountain”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Origin of Name" /> Virginia ~ In honor of Elizabeth “Virgin Queen” of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Origin of Name" /> Washington ~ In honor of George Washington</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Origin of Name" /> West Virginia ~ In honor of Elizabeth, “Virgin Queen” of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Origin of Name" /> Wisconsin ~ French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Origin of Name" /> Wyoming ~ From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”</p></div>
 <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>The 50 states in the United States have taken there names from a wide range of languages and cultures throughout the world.  Of these names many are from indigenous words and some are named in honor of a King, Queen, or Duke from the old world. A few states meaning are entirely unknown and one may have even been a practical joke.</p> <p>To find the Origins of the each state's name simply use the Map and click on any state or scroll below to see an alphabetical list of US States.</p> <p>
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</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Origin of Name" /> Alabama ~ From Alabama River by early European explorers and named "Alibamu" after the local Indian tribe</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Origin of Name" /> Alaska ~ Corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Origin of Name" /> Arizona ~ Uncertain. Perhaps from the O'odham Indian word for “little spring”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Origin of Name" /> Arkansas ~ From the Quapaw Indians</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Origin of Name" /> California ~ From a book, Las Sergas de Esplandián by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Origin of Name" /> Colorado ~ From the Spanish, “ruddy” or “red”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Origin of Name" /> Connecticut ~ From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning “beside the long tidal river”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Origin of Name" /> Delaware ~ From Delaware River and Bay; named in turn for Sir Thomas West, Baron De La Warr</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Origin of Name" /> Florida ~ From the Spanish Pascua Florida, meaning “feast of flowers”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Origin of Name" /> Georgia ~ In honor of George II of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Origin of Name" /> Hawaii ~ Uncertain. The islands may have been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. Or they may have been named after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional home of the Polynesians.</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Origin of Name" /> Idaho ~ An invented name which the meaning is unknown. (Practical Joke Possibly)</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Origin of Name" /> Illinois ~ Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Origin of Name" /> Indiana ~ Meaning “land of Indians”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Origin of Name" /> Iowa ~ From the Iowa River which was named after the Ioway Indian tribe</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Origin of Name" /> Kansas ~ From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Origin of Name" /> Kentucky ~ From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Origin of Name" /> Louisiana ~ In honor of Louis XIV of France</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Origin of Name" /> Maine ~ First used to distinguish the mainland from the offshore islands. It has been considered a compliment to Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England. She was said to have owned the province of Mayne in France.</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Origin of Name" /> Maryland ~ In honor of Henrietta Maria (queen of Charles I of England)</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Origin of Name" /> Massachusetts ~ From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Origin of Name" /> Michigan ~ From Indian word “Michigana” meaning “great or large lake”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Origin of Name" /> Minnesota ~ From a Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Origin of Name" /> Mississippi ~ From an Indian word meaning “Father of Waters”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Origin of Name" /> Missouri ~ Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Origin of Name" /> Montana ~ From the Spanish word meaning “mountain.”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Origin of Name" /> Nebraska ~ From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Origin of Name" /> Nevada ~ Spanish Translation: “snowcapped”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Origin of Name" /> New Hampshire ~ From the English county of Hampshire</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Origin of Name" /> New Jersey ~ From the Channel Isle of Jersey</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Origin of Name" /> New Mexico ~ From Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Origin of Name" /> New York ~ In honor of the Duke of York</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Origin of Name" /> North Carolina ~ In honor of Charles I of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Origin of Name" /> North Dakota ~ From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Origin of Name" /> Ohio ~ From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Origin of Name" /> Oklahoma ~ From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Origin of Name" /> Oregon ~ Unknown. However, it is generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer.</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Origin of Name" /> Pennsylvania ~ In honor of Adm. Sir William Penn, father of William Penn. It means “Penn's Woodland.”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Origin of Name" /> Rhode Island ~ From the Greek Island of Rhodes</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Origin of Name" /> South Carolina ~ In honor of Charles I of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Origin of Name" /> South Dakota ~ From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Origin of Name" /> Tennessee ~ Of Cherokee origin; the meaning is unknown</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Origin of Name" /> Texas ~ From an Indian word meaning “friends”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Origin of Name" /> Utah ~ From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Origin of Name" /> Vermont ~ From the French “vert mont,” meaning “green mountain”</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Origin of Name" /> Virginia ~ In honor of Elizabeth “Virgin Queen” of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Origin of Name" /> Washington ~ In honor of George Washington</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Origin of Name" /> West Virginia ~ In honor of Elizabeth, “Virgin Queen” of England</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Origin of Name" /> Wisconsin ~ French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed</p> <p><br /><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Origin of Name" /> Wyoming ~ From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”</p></div> US States Bats 2014-11-24T20:50:05+00:00 2014-11-24T20:50:05+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/us-states-bats.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Currently only three states have state bats, Virginia, Texas, and Oklahoma with Texas's and Oklahoma's bat being the same species the Mexican Free Tailed Bat.  In 2007 North Carolina was close to recognizing the <span class="mw-redirect">Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat as their state bat but the North Carolina State Senate failed to act on the bill that passed the House in NC.<br /></span></p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Bats/Tadarida_brasiliensis.jpg" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Bat ~Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)" /> <img src="images/State_Bats/Tadarida_brasiliensis.jpg" border="0" alt="Texas State Bat ~Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)" /> <img src="images/State_Bats/Big-eared-townsend.jpg" border="0" alt="Viginia State Bat ~Virginia Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Currently only three states have state bats, Virginia, Texas, and Oklahoma with Texas's and Oklahoma's bat being the same species the Mexican Free Tailed Bat.  In 2007 North Carolina was close to recognizing the <span class="mw-redirect">Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat as their state bat but the North Carolina State Senate failed to act on the bill that passed the House in NC.<br /></span></p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Bats/Tadarida_brasiliensis.jpg" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Bat ~Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)" /> <img src="images/State_Bats/Tadarida_brasiliensis.jpg" border="0" alt="Texas State Bat ~Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)" /> <img src="images/State_Bats/Big-eared-townsend.jpg" border="0" alt="Viginia State Bat ~Virginia Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> State Fish in the United States 2014-11-24T20:25:07+00:00 2014-11-24T20:25:07+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/state-fish-in-the-united-states.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>In the United States most but not all US States have declared state fish that represent their state.  These fish generally are a sporting fish that is sought after by fisherman or may be in large numbers in the state.  In some instances such as Hawaii, the H<span class="mw-redirect">umuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa also known as a reef triggerfish is such a beautiful fish it represents the beauty of the islands of Hawaii.  The only states without state fish currently are Ohio, Kansas, and Arkansas.<br /></span></p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Alabama Freshwater State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Tarpon.jpg" border="0" alt="Alabama Saltwater State Fish" title="Tarpon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/King_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt="Alaska State Fish" title="King Salmon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/apache_trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Arizona State Fish" title="Apache Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Golden_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="California Freshwater State Fish" title="Golden Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Garibaldi.jpg" border="0" alt="California Saltwater State Fish" title="Garibaldi" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Greenback_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Colorado State Fish" title="Greenback Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/American_Shad.jpg" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Fish" title="American shad" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Sea_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Delaware State Fish" title="Weakfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Florida Freshwater State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Florida_Sailfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Florida Saltwater State Fish" title="Atlantic Sailfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Georgia State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Triggerfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Fish" title="Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (Reef Triggerfish)" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cutthroat_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Idaho State Fish" title="Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Bluegill.jpg" border="0" alt="Illinois State Fish" title="Bluegill" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Indiana State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Iowa State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Spotted_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Fish" title="Kentucky Spotted Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/White_Crappie.jpg" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Fish" title="White Crappie" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Atlantic_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt="Maine State Fish" title="Atlantic Salmon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Maryland State Fish" title="Rockfish (Striped Bass)" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cod.jpg" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Fish" title="Cod" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Michigan State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Walleye.jpg" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Fish" title="Walleye" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Missouri State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Paddlefish.jpg" border="0" alt="Missouri (Other) State Fish" title="Paddlefish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cutthroat_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Montana State Fish" title="Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Lahontan_cutthroat_trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Nevada State Fish" title="Lahontan Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="New Hampshire Freshwater State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="New Hampshire Saltwater State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Rio_Grand_cutthroat.jpg" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Fish" title="Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="New York Freshwater State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="New York Saltwater State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Channel_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="North Carolina Saltwater State Fish" title="Channel Bass (Redfish)" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="North Carolina Freshwater State Fish" title="Southern Appalachian Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Northern_Pike.jpg" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Fish" title="Northern Pike" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/White_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Fish" title="White Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/King_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt="Oregon State Fish" title="Chinook Salmon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Walleye.jpg" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Fish" title="Walleye" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Tennessee (Other) State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/guadalupebass.gif" border="0" alt="Texas State Fish" title="Guadalupe Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Bonneville_cutthroat.jpg" border="0" alt="Utah State Fish" title="Bonneville Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Vermont State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Walleye.jpg" border="0" alt="Vermont (Other) State Fish" title="Walleye" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Virginia Freshwater State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Virginia Saltwater State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Steelhead.jpg" border="0" alt="Washington State Fish" title="Steelhead Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Fish" title="West Virginia Golden Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Muskellunge.jpg" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Fish" title="Muskellunge" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cutthroat_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Fish" title="Cutthroat Trout" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>In the United States most but not all US States have declared state fish that represent their state.  These fish generally are a sporting fish that is sought after by fisherman or may be in large numbers in the state.  In some instances such as Hawaii, the H<span class="mw-redirect">umuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa also known as a reef triggerfish is such a beautiful fish it represents the beauty of the islands of Hawaii.  The only states without state fish currently are Ohio, Kansas, and Arkansas.<br /></span></p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Alabama Freshwater State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Tarpon.jpg" border="0" alt="Alabama Saltwater State Fish" title="Tarpon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/King_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt="Alaska State Fish" title="King Salmon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/apache_trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Arizona State Fish" title="Apache Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Golden_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="California Freshwater State Fish" title="Golden Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Garibaldi.jpg" border="0" alt="California Saltwater State Fish" title="Garibaldi" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Greenback_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Colorado State Fish" title="Greenback Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/American_Shad.jpg" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Fish" title="American shad" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Sea_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Delaware State Fish" title="Weakfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Florida Freshwater State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Florida_Sailfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Florida Saltwater State Fish" title="Atlantic Sailfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Georgia State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Triggerfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Fish" title="Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (Reef Triggerfish)" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cutthroat_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Idaho State Fish" title="Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Bluegill.jpg" border="0" alt="Illinois State Fish" title="Bluegill" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Indiana State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Iowa State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Spotted_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Fish" title="Kentucky Spotted Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/White_Crappie.jpg" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Fish" title="White Crappie" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Atlantic_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt="Maine State Fish" title="Atlantic Salmon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Maryland State Fish" title="Rockfish (Striped Bass)" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cod.jpg" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Fish" title="Cod" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Michigan State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Walleye.jpg" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Fish" title="Walleye" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Missouri State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Paddlefish.jpg" border="0" alt="Missouri (Other) State Fish" title="Paddlefish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cutthroat_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Montana State Fish" title="Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Lahontan_cutthroat_trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Nevada State Fish" title="Lahontan Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="New Hampshire Freshwater State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="New Hampshire Saltwater State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Rio_Grand_cutthroat.jpg" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Fish" title="Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="New York Freshwater State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="New York Saltwater State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Channel_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="North Carolina Saltwater State Fish" title="Channel Bass (Redfish)" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="North Carolina Freshwater State Fish" title="Southern Appalachian Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Northern_Pike.jpg" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Fish" title="Northern Pike" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/White_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Fish" title="White Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/King_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt="Oregon State Fish" title="Chinook Salmon" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Walleye.jpg" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Fish" title="Walleye" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Largemouth_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Fish" title="Largemouth Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/channel_catfish.jpg" border="0" alt="Tennessee (Other) State Fish" title="Channel Catfish" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/guadalupebass.gif" border="0" alt="Texas State Fish" title="Guadalupe Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Bonneville_cutthroat.jpg" border="0" alt="Utah State Fish" title="Bonneville Cutthroat Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Vermont State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Walleye.jpg" border="0" alt="Vermont (Other) State Fish" title="Walleye" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Virginia Freshwater State Fish" title="Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Striped_Bass.jpg" border="0" alt="Virginia Saltwater State Fish" title="Striped Bass" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Steelhead.jpg" border="0" alt="Washington State Fish" title="Steelhead Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Brook_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Fish" title="West Virginia Golden Brook Trout" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Muskellunge.jpg" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Fish" title="Muskellunge" /> <img src="images/State_Fish/Cutthroat_Trout.jpg" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Fish" title="Cutthroat Trout" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> State Crustaceans in the United States 2014-11-24T18:14:00+00:00 2014-11-24T18:14:00+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/state-crustaceans-in-the-united-states.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Currently only three US states have nominated crustaceans as state symbols in the United States.  Louisiana has declared the Crayfish it's state crustacean, Maryland the Blue Crab, and Oregon's is the Dungeness Crab.  These crustaceans are a major part of the economy and culture in these three states which leads to them becoming state symbols.</p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Crustaceans/Procambarus_clarkii.jpg" border="0" alt="Louisianna State Crustacean ~Crawfish (Procambarus clarkii) " /> <img src="images/State_Crustaceans/Callinectes_sapidus.jpg" border="0" alt="Maryland State Crustacean ~Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)" /> <img src="images/State_Crustaceans/metacarcinus_magister.jpg" border="0" alt="Oregon State Crustacean ~Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>Currently only three US states have nominated crustaceans as state symbols in the United States.  Louisiana has declared the Crayfish it's state crustacean, Maryland the Blue Crab, and Oregon's is the Dungeness Crab.  These crustaceans are a major part of the economy and culture in these three states which leads to them becoming state symbols.</p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Crustaceans/Procambarus_clarkii.jpg" border="0" alt="Louisianna State Crustacean ~Crawfish (Procambarus clarkii) " /> <img src="images/State_Crustaceans/Callinectes_sapidus.jpg" border="0" alt="Maryland State Crustacean ~Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)" /> <img src="images/State_Crustaceans/metacarcinus_magister.jpg" border="0" alt="Oregon State Crustacean ~Dungeness Crab (Metacarcinus magister)" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> US States Amphibians 2014-11-24T16:22:32+00:00 2014-11-24T16:22:32+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/us-states-amphibians.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>In the United States some US States have designated Amphibians as state symbols.  Not all 50 states have State Amphibians.  Generally states that designate Amphibians as a state symbol do so out of tradition or the state legislature has done so due to the amphibian being special to their state.</p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Phaeognathus_hubrichti.jpg" border="0" alt="Alabama State Amphibian - Red Hills Salamander ~Phaeognathus hubrichti" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Hyla_eximia.jpg" border="0" alt="Arizona State Amphibian - Arizona Tree Frog ~Hyla eximia" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_mavortium.jpg" border="0" alt="Colorado State Amphibian - Western Tiger Salamander ~Ambystoma mavortium" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Hyla_cinerea.jpg" border="0" alt="Georgia State Amphibian - American Green Tree Frog ~Hyla cinerea " /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_tigrinum.jpg" border="0" alt="Illinois State Amphibian - Eastern Tiger Salamander ~Ambystoma tigrinum" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_catesbeiana.jpg" border="0" alt="Iowa State Amphibian - North American Bullfrog ~Rana catesbeiana" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_mavortium.jpg" border="0" alt="Kansas State Amphibian - Barred Tiger Salamander ~Ambystoma mavortium" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Hyla_cinerea.jpg" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Amphibian - American Green Tree Frog ~Hyla cinerea" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_pipiens.jpg" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Amphibian - Northern Leopard Frog ~Rana pipiens" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_catesbeiana.jpg" border="0" alt="Missouri State Amphibian - North American Bullfrog ~Rana catesbeiana" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Notophthalmus_viridescens.jpg" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Amphibian - Red-spotted Newt ~Notophthalmus viridescens" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Spea_multiplicata.jpg" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Amphibian - New Mexico Spadefoot Toad ~Spea multiplicata" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Lithobates_sylvaticus.jpg" border="0" alt="New York State Amphibian - Wood Frog ~Lithobates sylvaticus" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_maculatum.jpg" border="0" alt="Ohio State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander ~Ambystoma maculatum" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_catesbeiana.jpg" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Amphibian - North American Bullfrog ~Rana catesbeiana" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_maculatum.jpg" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander ~Ambystoma maculatum" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Gyrinophilus_palleucus.jpg" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Amphibian - Tennessee Cave Salamander ~Gyrinophilus palleucus" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Bufo_speciosus.jpg" border="0" alt="Texas State Amphibian - Texas Toad ~Bufo speciosus" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_pipien.jpg" border="0" alt="Vermont State Amphibian - Northern Leopard Frog ~Rana pipiens" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Pseudacris_regilla.jpg" border="0" alt="Washington State Amphibian - Pacific Tree Frog ~Pseudacris regilla" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>In the United States some US States have designated Amphibians as state symbols.  Not all 50 states have State Amphibians.  Generally states that designate Amphibians as a state symbol do so out of tradition or the state legislature has done so due to the amphibian being special to their state.</p> <p><br /> {ppgallery} <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Phaeognathus_hubrichti.jpg" border="0" alt="Alabama State Amphibian - Red Hills Salamander ~Phaeognathus hubrichti" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Hyla_eximia.jpg" border="0" alt="Arizona State Amphibian - Arizona Tree Frog ~Hyla eximia" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_mavortium.jpg" border="0" alt="Colorado State Amphibian - Western Tiger Salamander ~Ambystoma mavortium" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Hyla_cinerea.jpg" border="0" alt="Georgia State Amphibian - American Green Tree Frog ~Hyla cinerea " /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_tigrinum.jpg" border="0" alt="Illinois State Amphibian - Eastern Tiger Salamander ~Ambystoma tigrinum" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_catesbeiana.jpg" border="0" alt="Iowa State Amphibian - North American Bullfrog ~Rana catesbeiana" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_mavortium.jpg" border="0" alt="Kansas State Amphibian - Barred Tiger Salamander ~Ambystoma mavortium" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Hyla_cinerea.jpg" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Amphibian - American Green Tree Frog ~Hyla cinerea" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_pipiens.jpg" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Amphibian - Northern Leopard Frog ~Rana pipiens" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_catesbeiana.jpg" border="0" alt="Missouri State Amphibian - North American Bullfrog ~Rana catesbeiana" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Notophthalmus_viridescens.jpg" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Amphibian - Red-spotted Newt ~Notophthalmus viridescens" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Spea_multiplicata.jpg" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Amphibian - New Mexico Spadefoot Toad ~Spea multiplicata" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Lithobates_sylvaticus.jpg" border="0" alt="New York State Amphibian - Wood Frog ~Lithobates sylvaticus" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_maculatum.jpg" border="0" alt="Ohio State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander ~Ambystoma maculatum" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_catesbeiana.jpg" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Amphibian - North American Bullfrog ~Rana catesbeiana" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Ambystoma_maculatum.jpg" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander ~Ambystoma maculatum" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Gyrinophilus_palleucus.jpg" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Amphibian - Tennessee Cave Salamander ~Gyrinophilus palleucus" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Bufo_speciosus.jpg" border="0" alt="Texas State Amphibian - Texas Toad ~Bufo speciosus" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Rana_pipien.jpg" border="0" alt="Vermont State Amphibian - Northern Leopard Frog ~Rana pipiens" /> <img src="images/State_Amphibians/Pseudacris_regilla.jpg" border="0" alt="Washington State Amphibian - Pacific Tree Frog ~Pseudacris regilla" /> {/ppgallery}</p></div> US States Mottos 2014-11-24T13:57:25+00:00 2014-11-24T13:57:25+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/us-states-mottos.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>In the United States all 50 states have a state motto, some of the states motto's have been officially declared into state legislature approved by the states congress.  States have motto's which describe the states motivation or general intent of the particular state.  Many states have their state's motto in a different language such as Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Hawaiian, Greek, and Chinook Jargon.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Motto" /> Alabama ~ <strong>Audemus jura nostra defendere</strong>~We dare defend our rights</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Motto" /> Alaska ~ <strong>North to the future</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Motto" /> Arizona ~ <strong>Ditat Deus</strong>~God enriches</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Motto" /> Arkansas ~ <strong>Regnat populus</strong>~The people rule</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Motto" /> California ~ <strong>Eureka (Εὕρηκα)</strong>~I have found it</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Motto" /> Colorado ~ <strong>Nil sine numine</strong>~Nothing without providence</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Motto" /> Connecticut ~ <strong>Qui transtulit sustinet</strong>~He who transplanted sustains</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Motto" /> Delaware ~ <strong>Liberty and Independence</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Motto" /> Florida ~ <strong>In God We Trust</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Motto" /> Georgia ~ <strong>Wisdom, Justice, Moderation</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Motto" /> Hawaii ~ <strong>Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono</strong>~The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Motto" /> Idaho ~ <strong>Esto perpetua</strong>~Let it be perpetual</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Motto" /> Illinois ~ <strong>State sovereignty, national union</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Motto" /> Indiana ~ <strong>The Crossroads of America</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Motto" /> Iowa ~ <strong>Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Motto" /> Kansas ~ <strong>Ad astra per aspera</strong>~To the stars through difficulties</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Motto" /> Kentucky ~ <strong>Deo gratiam habeamus</strong>~Let us be grateful to God</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Motto" /> Louisiana ~ <strong>Union, justice, confidence</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Motto" /> Maine ~ <strong>Dirigo</strong>~I lead</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Motto" /> Maryland ~ <strong>Fatti maschii, parole femine</strong>~Manly deeds, womanly words</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Motto" /> Massachusetts ~ <strong>Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem</strong>~By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Motto" /> Michigan ~ <strong>Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice</strong>~If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Motto" /> Minnesota ~ <strong>L'étoile du Nord</strong>~The star of the North</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Motto" /> Mississippi ~ <strong>Virtute et armis</strong>~By valor and arms</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Motto" /> Missouri ~ <strong>Salus populi suprema lex esto</strong>~Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Motto" /> Montana ~ <strong>Oro y plata</strong>~Gold and silver</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Motto" /> Nebraska ~ <strong>Equality before the law</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Motto" /> Nevada ~ <strong>All For Our Country</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Motto" /> New Hampshire ~ <strong>Live Free or Die</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Motto" /> New Jersey ~ <strong>Liberty and prosperity</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Motto" /> New Mexico ~ <strong>Crescit eundo</strong>~It grows as it goes</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Motto" /> New York ~ <strong>Excelsior</strong>~Ever upward</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Motto" /> North Carolina ~ <strong>Esse quam videri</strong>~To be, rather than to seem</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Motto" /> North Dakota ~ <strong>Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit</strong>~One sows for the benefit of another age</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Motto" /> Ohio ~ <strong>With God, all things are possible</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Motto" /> Oklahoma ~ <strong>Labor omnia vincit</strong>~Labor conquers all things</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Motto" /> Oregon ~ <strong>Alis volat propriis</strong>~She flies with her own wings</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Motto" /> Pennsylvania ~ <strong>Virtue, liberty, and independence</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Motto" /> Rhode Island ~ <strong>Hope</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Motto" /> South Carolina ~ <strong>Dum spiro spero Animis opibusque parati</strong>~While I breathe, I hope Ready in soul and resource</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Motto" /> South Dakota ~ <strong>Under God the people rule</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Motto" /> Tennessee ~ <strong>Agriculture and Commerce</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Motto" /> Texas ~ <strong>Friendship</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Motto" /> Utah ~ <strong>Industry</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Motto" /> Vermont ~ <strong>Freedom and Unity</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Motto" /> Virginia ~ <strong>Sic semper tyrannis</strong>~Thus always to tyrants</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Motto" /> Washington ~ <strong>Al-ki</strong>~By and by</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Motto" /> West Virginia ~ <strong>Montani semper liberi</strong>~Mountaineers are always free</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Motto" /> Wisconsin ~ <strong>Forward</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Motto" /> Wyoming ~ <strong>Equal Rights</strong></p></div> <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>In the United States all 50 states have a state motto, some of the states motto's have been officially declared into state legislature approved by the states congress.  States have motto's which describe the states motivation or general intent of the particular state.  Many states have their state's motto in a different language such as Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Hawaiian, Greek, and Chinook Jargon.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Motto" /> Alabama ~ <strong>Audemus jura nostra defendere</strong>~We dare defend our rights</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Motto" /> Alaska ~ <strong>North to the future</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Motto" /> Arizona ~ <strong>Ditat Deus</strong>~God enriches</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Motto" /> Arkansas ~ <strong>Regnat populus</strong>~The people rule</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Motto" /> California ~ <strong>Eureka (Εὕρηκα)</strong>~I have found it</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Motto" /> Colorado ~ <strong>Nil sine numine</strong>~Nothing without providence</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Motto" /> Connecticut ~ <strong>Qui transtulit sustinet</strong>~He who transplanted sustains</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Motto" /> Delaware ~ <strong>Liberty and Independence</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Motto" /> Florida ~ <strong>In God We Trust</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Motto" /> Georgia ~ <strong>Wisdom, Justice, Moderation</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Motto" /> Hawaii ~ <strong>Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono</strong>~The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Motto" /> Idaho ~ <strong>Esto perpetua</strong>~Let it be perpetual</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Motto" /> Illinois ~ <strong>State sovereignty, national union</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Motto" /> Indiana ~ <strong>The Crossroads of America</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Motto" /> Iowa ~ <strong>Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Motto" /> Kansas ~ <strong>Ad astra per aspera</strong>~To the stars through difficulties</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Motto" /> Kentucky ~ <strong>Deo gratiam habeamus</strong>~Let us be grateful to God</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Motto" /> Louisiana ~ <strong>Union, justice, confidence</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Motto" /> Maine ~ <strong>Dirigo</strong>~I lead</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Motto" /> Maryland ~ <strong>Fatti maschii, parole femine</strong>~Manly deeds, womanly words</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Motto" /> Massachusetts ~ <strong>Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem</strong>~By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Motto" /> Michigan ~ <strong>Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice</strong>~If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Motto" /> Minnesota ~ <strong>L'étoile du Nord</strong>~The star of the North</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Motto" /> Mississippi ~ <strong>Virtute et armis</strong>~By valor and arms</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Motto" /> Missouri ~ <strong>Salus populi suprema lex esto</strong>~Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Motto" /> Montana ~ <strong>Oro y plata</strong>~Gold and silver</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Motto" /> Nebraska ~ <strong>Equality before the law</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Motto" /> Nevada ~ <strong>All For Our Country</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Motto" /> New Hampshire ~ <strong>Live Free or Die</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Motto" /> New Jersey ~ <strong>Liberty and prosperity</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Motto" /> New Mexico ~ <strong>Crescit eundo</strong>~It grows as it goes</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Motto" /> New York ~ <strong>Excelsior</strong>~Ever upward</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Motto" /> North Carolina ~ <strong>Esse quam videri</strong>~To be, rather than to seem</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Motto" /> North Dakota ~ <strong>Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit</strong>~One sows for the benefit of another age</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Motto" /> Ohio ~ <strong>With God, all things are possible</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Motto" /> Oklahoma ~ <strong>Labor omnia vincit</strong>~Labor conquers all things</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Motto" /> Oregon ~ <strong>Alis volat propriis</strong>~She flies with her own wings</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Motto" /> Pennsylvania ~ <strong>Virtue, liberty, and independence</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Motto" /> Rhode Island ~ <strong>Hope</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Motto" /> South Carolina ~ <strong>Dum spiro spero Animis opibusque parati</strong>~While I breathe, I hope Ready in soul and resource</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Motto" /> South Dakota ~ <strong>Under God the people rule</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Motto" /> Tennessee ~ <strong>Agriculture and Commerce</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Motto" /> Texas ~ <strong>Friendship</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Motto" /> Utah ~ <strong>Industry</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Motto" /> Vermont ~ <strong>Freedom and Unity</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Motto" /> Virginia ~ <strong>Sic semper tyrannis</strong>~Thus always to tyrants</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Motto" /> Washington ~ <strong>Al-ki</strong>~By and by</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Motto" /> West Virginia ~ <strong>Montani semper liberi</strong>~Mountaineers are always free</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Motto" /> Wisconsin ~ <strong>Forward</strong></p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Motto" /> Wyoming ~ <strong>Equal Rights</strong></p></div> US States Nicknames 2014-11-24T03:38:57+00:00 2014-11-24T03:38:57+00:00 https://www.statesadvisor.com/uncategorised/us-states-nicknames.html StatesAdvisor.com info@statesadvisor.com <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>The States in the U.S. have long since adopted Nicknames for themselves and many have change throughout time, the following list is the current Nicknames for the 50 States in the United States.  Many of these nicknames you can find throughout the state but a common place to see them is on the states license plate.</p> <p>Use the map below and 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</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Nickname" /> Alabama ~ Yellowhammer State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Nickname" /> Alaska ~ “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun”</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Nickname" /> Arizona ~ Grand Canyon State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Nickname" /> Arkansas ~ The Natural State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Nickname" /> California ~ Golden State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Nickname" /> Colorado ~ Centennial State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Nickname" /> Connecticut ~ Constitution State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Nickname" /> Delaware ~ Diamond State; First State; Small Wonder</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Nickname" /> Florida ~ Sunshine State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Nickname" /> Georgia ~ Peach State, Empire State of the South</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Nickname" /> Hawaii ~ Aloha State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Nickname" /> Idaho ~ Gem State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Nickname" /> Illinois ~ Prairie State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Nickname" /> Indiana ~ Hoosier State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Nickname" /> Iowa ~ Hawkeye State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Nickname" /> Kansas ~ Sunflower State; Jayhawk State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Nickname" /> Kentucky ~ Bluegrass State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Nickname" /> Louisiana ~ Pelican State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Nickname" /> Maine ~ Pine Tree State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Nickname" /> Maryland ~ Free State; Old Line State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Nickname" /> Massachusetts ~ Bay State; Old Colony State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Nickname" /> Michigan ~ Wolverine State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Nickname" /> Minnesota ~ North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Nickname" /> Mississippi ~ Magnolia State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Nickname" /> Missouri ~ Show-me State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Nickname" /> Montana ~ Treasure State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Nickname" /> Nebraska ~ Cornhusker State; Beef State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Nickname" /> Nevada ~ Sagebrush State; Silver State; Battle Born State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Nickname" /> New Hampshire ~ Granite State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Nickname" /> New Jersey ~ Garden State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Nickname" /> New Mexico ~ Land of Enchantment</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Nickname" /> New York ~ Empire State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Nickname" /> North Carolina ~ Tar Heel State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Nickname" /> North Dakota ~ Sioux State; Flickertail State; Peace Garden State; Rough Rider State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Nickname" /> Ohio ~ Buckeye State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Nickname" /> Oklahoma ~ Sooner State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Nickname" /> Oregon ~ Beaver State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Nickname" /> Pennsylvania ~ Keystone State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Nickname" /> Rhode Island ~ The Ocean State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Nickname" /> South Carolina ~ Palmetto State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Nickname" /> South Dakota ~ Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Nickname" /> Tennessee ~ Volunteer State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Nickname" /> Texas ~ Lone Star State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Nickname" /> Utah ~ Beehive State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Nickname" /> Vermont ~ Green Mountain State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Nickname" /> Virginia ~ The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Nickname" /> Washington ~ Evergreen State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Nickname" /> West Virginia ~ Mountain State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Nickname" /> Wisconsin ~ Badger State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Nickname" /> Wyoming ~ Equality State</p></div>
 <div class="K2FeedIntroText"><p>The States in the U.S. have long since adopted Nicknames for themselves and many have change throughout time, the following list is the current Nicknames for the 50 States in the United States.  Many of these nicknames you can find throughout the state but a common place to see them is on the states license plate.</p> <p>Use the map below and click on any state to find it's State Nickname or use the Alphabetical states list below to find US State Nicknames.</p> <p> </p> <p>
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</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alabama.png" border="0" alt="Alabama State Info" title="Alabama State Nickname" /> Alabama ~ Yellowhammer State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Alaska.png" border="0" alt="Alaska State Info" title="Alaska State Nickname" /> Alaska ~ “The Last Frontier” or “Land of the Midnight Sun”</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arizona.png" border="0" alt="Arizona State Info" title="Arizona State Nickname" /> Arizona ~ Grand Canyon State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Arkansas.png" border="0" alt="Arkansas State Info" title="Arkansas State Nickname" /> Arkansas ~ The Natural State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_California.png" border="0" alt="California State Info" title="California State Nickname" /> California ~ Golden State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Colorado.png" border="0" alt="Colorado State Info" title="Colorado State Nickname" /> Colorado ~ Centennial State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Connecticut.png" border="0" alt="Connecticut State Info" title="Connecticut State Nickname" /> Connecticut ~ Constitution State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Delaware.png" border="0" alt="Delaware State Info" title="Delaware State Nickname" /> Delaware ~ Diamond State; First State; Small Wonder</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Florida.png" border="0" alt="Florida State Info" title="Florida State Nickname" /> Florida ~ Sunshine State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Georgia.png" border="0" alt="Georgia State Info" title="Georgia State Nickname" /> Georgia ~ Peach State, Empire State of the South</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Hawaii.png" border="0" alt="Hawaii State Info" title="Hawaii State Nickname" /> Hawaii ~ Aloha State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Idaho.png" border="0" alt="Idaho State Info" title="Idaho State Nickname" /> Idaho ~ Gem State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Illinois.png" border="0" alt="Illinois State Info" title="Illinois State Nickname" /> Illinois ~ Prairie State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Indiana.png" border="0" alt="Indiana State Info" title="Indiana State Nickname" /> Indiana ~ Hoosier State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Iowa.png" border="0" alt="Iowa State Info" title="Iowa State Nickname" /> Iowa ~ Hawkeye State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kansas.png" border="0" alt="Kansas State Info" title="Kansas State Nickname" /> Kansas ~ Sunflower State; Jayhawk State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Kentucky.png" border="0" alt="Kentucky State Info" title="Kentucky State Nickname" /> Kentucky ~ Bluegrass State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Louisiana.png" border="0" alt="Louisiana State Info" title="Louisiana State Nickname" /> Louisiana ~ Pelican State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maine.png" border="0" alt="Maine State Info" title="Maine State Nickname" /> Maine ~ Pine Tree State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Maryland.png" border="0" alt="Maryland State Info" title="Maryland State Nickname" /> Maryland ~ Free State; Old Line State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Massachusetts.png" border="0" alt="Massachusetts State Info" title="Massachusetts State Nickname" /> Massachusetts ~ Bay State; Old Colony State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Michigan.png" border="0" alt="Michigan State Info" title="Michigan State Nickname" /> Michigan ~ Wolverine State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Minnesota.png" border="0" alt="Minnesota State Info" title="Minnesota State Nickname" /> Minnesota ~ North Star State; Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Mississippi.png" border="0" alt="Mississippi State Info" title="Mississippi State Nickname" /> Mississippi ~ Magnolia State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Missouri.png" border="0" alt="Missouri State Info" title="Missouri State Nickname" /> Missouri ~ Show-me State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Montana.png" border="0" alt="Montana State Info" title="Montana State Nickname" /> Montana ~ Treasure State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nebraska.png" border="0" alt="Nebraska State Info" title="Nebraska State Nickname" /> Nebraska ~ Cornhusker State; Beef State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Nevada.png" border="0" alt="Nevada State Info" title="Nevada State Nickname" /> Nevada ~ Sagebrush State; Silver State; Battle Born State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Hampshire.png" border="0" alt="New Hampshire State Info" title="New Hampshire State Nickname" /> New Hampshire ~ Granite State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Jersey.png" border="0" alt="New Jersey State Info" title="New Jersey State Nickname" /> New Jersey ~ Garden State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_Mexico.png" border="0" alt="New Mexico State Info" title="New Mexico State Nickname" /> New Mexico ~ Land of Enchantment</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_New_York.png" border="0" alt="New York State Info" title="New York State Nickname" /> New York ~ Empire State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="North Carolina State Info" title="North Carolina State Nickname" /> North Carolina ~ Tar Heel State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_North_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="North Dakota State Info" title="North Dakota State Nickname" /> North Dakota ~ Sioux State; Flickertail State; Peace Garden State; Rough Rider State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Ohio.png" border="0" alt="Ohio State Info" title="Ohio State Nickname" /> Ohio ~ Buckeye State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oklahoma.png" border="0" alt="Oklahoma State Info" title="Oklahoma State Nickname" /> Oklahoma ~ Sooner State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Oregon.png" border="0" alt="Oregon State Info" title="Oregon State Nickname" /> Oregon ~ Beaver State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Pennsylvania.png" border="0" alt="Pennsylvania State Info" title="Pennsylvania State Nickname" /> Pennsylvania ~ Keystone State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Rhode_Island.png" border="0" alt="Rhode Island State Info" title="Rhode Island State Nickname" /> Rhode Island ~ The Ocean State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Carolina.png" border="0" alt="South Carolina State Info" title="South Carolina State Nickname" /> South Carolina ~ Palmetto State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_South_Dakota.png" border="0" alt="South Dakota State Info" title="South Dakota State Nickname" /> South Dakota ~ Mount Rushmore State; Coyote State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Tennessee.png" border="0" alt="Tennessee State Info" title="Tennessee State Nickname" /> Tennessee ~ Volunteer State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Texas.png" border="0" alt="Texas State Info" title="Texas State Nickname" /> Texas ~ Lone Star State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Utah.png" border="0" alt="Utah State Info" title="Utah State Nickname" /> Utah ~ Beehive State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Vermont.png" border="0" alt="Vermont State Info" title="Vermont State Nickname" /> Vermont ~ Green Mountain State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="Virginia State Info" title="Virginia State Nickname" /> Virginia ~ The Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Washington.png" border="0" alt="Washington State Info" title="Washington State Nickname" /> Washington ~ Evergreen State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_West_Virginia.png" border="0" alt="West Virginia State Info" title="West Virginia State Nickname" /> West Virginia ~ Mountain State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wisconsin.png" border="0" alt="Wisconsin State Info" title="Wisconsin State Nickname" /> Wisconsin ~ Badger State</p> <p><img src="images/Flags_Small/Flag_of_Wyoming.png" border="0" alt="Wyoming State Info" title="Wyoming State Nickname" /> Wyoming ~ Equality State</p></div>