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Missouri (/mɪˈzʊəri/ miz-OOR-ee) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center and into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City.

Humans have inhabited present-day Missouri for at least 12,000 years. The Mississippian culture, which emerged at least in the ninth century, built cities and mounds before declining in the 14th century. When European explorers arrived in the 17th century, they encountered the Osage and Missouria nations. The French incorporated the territory into Louisiana, founding Ste. Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764. After a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired Missouri as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South rushed into the new Missouri Territory. Missouri was admitted as a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in the Boonslick area of Mid-Missouri. Soon after, a heavy settlement of Rhinelanders created the Missouri Rhineland, a German cultural region specializing in wine production.

Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail and California Trail all began in Missouri. As a border state, Missouri's role in the American Civil War was complex, and it was subject to rival governments, raids, and guerilla warfare. After the war, both Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area became centers of industrialization and business. Today the state is divided into 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis. (Full article...)

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There are 114 counties and one independent city in the U.S. State of Missouri. Following the Louisiana Purchase and the admittance of Louisiana into the United States in 1812, five counties were formed out of the Missouri Territory at the first general assembly: Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, and Ste. Genevieve. Most subsequent counties were apportioned from these five original counties. Six more counties were added through the 1836 Platte Purchase, the acquired lands of which formed the northwest tip of the state and consisted of Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway, and Platte counties.

In Missouri, the county level of government comes between those of the city and the state. Its primary responsibilities include maintaining roads, providing security, prosecuting criminals, and collecting taxes. Elected officials at this level include a sheriff, prosecuting attorney, and assessor. (Full article...)

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The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements, and in 1803, Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Statehood for Missouri came following the Missouri Compromise in 1820 that allowed slavery. Settlement was rapid after 1820, aided by a network of rivers navigable by steamboats, centered in the City of St. Louis. It attracted European immigrants, especially Germans; the business community had a large Yankee element as well. The Civil War saw numerous small battles and control by the Union. After the war, its economy diversified, and railroads centered in Kansas City, opened up new farmlands in the west.

Progressive Era reforms In the early 20th century sought to modernize state and local government and minimize political corruption. During the 20th century, Missouri's economy diversified further, and it developed a balanced agricultural and economic sector. By the 21st century manufacturing was fading, as service industries grew, especially in medicine, education, and tourism. Agriculture would still remain profitable economic sector, as farms grew larger due to mechanization. (Full article...)

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Image 1Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 2A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 3The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 4The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)
Image 5Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 6Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 7General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 8Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 9Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 10African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 11The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)
Image 12Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)

Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Black or African American

40–50%

(from Missouri)

Image 14The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 15The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 16Ethnic origins in Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 17The historic Gem Theatre, located in Kansas City's renowned 18th and Vine Jazz District (from Missouri)
Image 18Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Missouri)
Image 19The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 20Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 21Map of early Missouri settlements and trading posts (from History of Missouri)
Image 22Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 23The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near Interstate 44 in Missouri as it approaches Springfield. (from Missouri)
Image 24Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 25Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 26General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, was raised in Laclede, Missouri. (from Missouri)
Image 27The Mississippi River at Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 28Union Station in St. Louis was the world's largest and busiest train station when it opened in 1894. (from Missouri)
Image 29Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 30A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 31The Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)
Image 32The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)
Image 33Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 34A mural honoring the Kansas City Chiefs on the wall of the Westport Alehouse in Kansas City, MO. (from Missouri)
Image 35Kansas City Streetcar near Union Station (from Missouri)
Image 36African American boy in a sharecropper shack, New Madrid County, 1938. (from Missouri)
Image 37The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (from Missouri)
Image 38Köppen climate types of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 39Map of counties in Missouri by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    40–50%
(from Missouri)
Image 40St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch pioneered the use of refrigerator cars to market beer nationally. (from History of Missouri)
Image 41The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City services the western portion of Missouri, as well as all of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and northern New Mexico. (from Missouri)
Image 42A physiographic map of Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 43Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 44Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 45Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 46Busch Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals play. (from Missouri)
Image 47Amtrak station in Kirkwood (from Missouri)
Image 48Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 49Child shoe workers in Kirksville, Missouri, 1910 (from Missouri)
Image 50Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 51Missouri has five major sports teams: the Royals and Cardinals of MLB, St. Louis City SC of MLS, the Chiefs of the NFL, and the Blues of the NHL. (from Missouri)
Image 52Brookings Hall at Washington University in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 53Missouri State quarter featuring the Lewis and Clark Expedition (from Missouri)
Image 54Fur Traders Descending the Missouri by Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham (from Missouri)
Image 55The population center for the United States has been in Missouri since 1980. As of 2020, it is near Interstate 44 in Missouri as it approaches Springfield. (from Missouri)
Image 56Price's Raid in the Western Theater, 1864 (from History of Missouri)
Image 57Forrest Smith, elected Governor of Missouri in 1948, was the first governor chosen under the 1945 state Constitution. (from History of Missouri)
Image 58The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 59Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 60The Gateway Arch in St. Louis (from Missouri)
Image 61The Shelley House in St. Louis was the focus of a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that prohibited restrictive covenants in housing. (from History of Missouri)
Image 62Price's Raid in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, 1864 (from Missouri)
Image 63Meramec Caverns (from Missouri)
Image 64The Lake of the Ozarks is one of several man-made lakes in Missouri, created by the damming of several rivers and tributaries. The lake has a surface area of 54,000 acres and 1,150 miles of shoreline and has become a popular tourist destination. (from Missouri)
Image 65Missouri population density map (from Missouri)
Image 66Christopher Bond became the youngest person elected Governor of Missouri in 1972 and was part of the rise of the Republican Party in the state. (from History of Missouri)
Image 67Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri (from Missouri)
Image 68Missouri has five major sports teams: the Royals and Cardinals of MLB, St. Louis City SC of MLS, the Chiefs of the NFL, and the Blues of the NHL. (from Missouri)
Image 69American pioneers such as Daniel Boone with his sons Daniel Morgan Boone, Nathan Boone, and other family members, came to Spanish-controlled Missouri during the 1790s. (from History of Missouri)
Image 70The George Washington Carver National Monument near Diamond, Missouri was the first U.S. National Monument dedicated to a non-President and the first for an African-American. (from History of Missouri)
Image 71Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal (from Missouri)
Image 72Map of Southwest Missouri Railroad Company c 1907 (from Missouri)
Image 73Jesse Hall on the University of Missouri campus (from Missouri)
Image 74The states and territories of the United States as a result of Missouri's admission as a state on August 10, 1821. The remainder of the former Missouri Territory became unorganized territory. (from Missouri)
Image 75The Governor's Mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places. (from Missouri)
Image 76A Rural Electrification Administration lineman at work in Hayti, Missouri in 1942. (from History of Missouri)
Image 77Most Missourians traveled longer distances by water, and large cargo was transported by bateaux (shown above). (from History of Missouri)
Image 78The Bell Mountain Wilderness of southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest (from Missouri)

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... that supporters of a 2020 ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in Missouri did not use the words "Medicaid expansion" to describe their proposal in some campaign material?
... that a Missouri TV station blew up its call letters – literally?
... that despite Missourians voting for Henry Clay, Missouri representative John Scott voted for John Quincy Adams?
... that the steamboat carrying the 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion back from its military service sank in the Red River of the South?
... that after his professional gridiron football career, Ed "Brick" Travis served as president of the Missouri Auto Dealers Association and as president of a local school board?
... that a group of Boy Scouts provided first aid to victims of the 2022 Missouri train derailment before first responders arrived?

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