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| Lincoln
/ Nebraska
State Statistics |
| Nebraska State Flag |
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| NEBRASKA
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| LINCOLN |
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| AREA |
(land) 76,872 sq miles (water) 480 sq miles (TOTAL) 77,352 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
Lincoln |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: May 30, 1854 , Entered Union (rank): March 1, 1867 (37),
Present constitution adopted: Oct. 12, 1875 (extensively amended 1919–20)
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| LOCATION
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40.816N, 096.688W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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(average) 2,586 feet |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
A 5,426 ft. rise in the far southwestern corner of the state
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| LOWEST
POINT |
Missouri River, 840 feet, 38th |
| COUNTIES |
105 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
in Custer |
| STATE FOSSIL
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mammoth (1967) |
| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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prairie agate (1967) |
| STATE GEMSTONE
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blue agate (1967) |
| STATE FLAG
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The flag of Nebraska was officially adopted in 1925. It features the 1867 state seal. That seal is representative of Nebraska's agricultural and industrial industries. |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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In 1866 the first constitution of Nebraska stated, "There shall be a seal of the state, which shall be kept by the governor and used by him officially, and shall be called the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska." After statehood had been achieved in March of 1867 then Governor Butler called a special session of the legislature to pass such laws as the Governor thought necessary for starting the state government. In this special session a bill was introduced that required the Secretary of State to procure a seal "...to be designated and known as the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska." The bill went on to specify, "The eastern part of the circle to be represented by a steamboat ascending the Missouri River, the mechanic arts to be represented by a smith with a hammer and anvil, in the foreground, agriculture to be represented by a settlers cabin, sheaves of wheat, and stalks of growing corn, in the background a train of cars heading towards the Rocky Mountains, and on the extreme west, the Rocky Mountains to be plainly in view, around the top of the circle, to be in capital letters, the motto: "Equality Before the Law,"
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| STATE SLOGAN
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"The Good Life" |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Equality before the law |
| STATE SONG
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Beautiful Nebraska |
| STATE TREE
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Cottonwood |
| STATE BIRD
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Western Meadowlark |
| STATE ANIMAL
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whitetail deer (1981) |
| STATE FISH
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channel catfish (1997) |
| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Cornhusker State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Goldenrod |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas |
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