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4 days ago · Missouri is a constituent state of the U.S. It is bordered by Iowa to the north; Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee to the east; Arkansas to the south; and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west. The state’s major cities are Kansas City in the west and St. Louis in the east. Its capital is Jefferson City.
Oct 3, 2024 · Kansas City, city, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, western Missouri, U.S. Located on the Missouri River at the confluence with the Kansas River, the city is contiguous with Kansas City, Kansas, forming part of a large urban complex that also includes Leavenworth, Olathe, Overland Park, Prairie.
Sep 25, 2024 · St. Louis, city, adjacent to but independent of St. Louis county, east-central Missouri, U.S. It lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River (bridged there at several points) opposite East St. Louis, Illinois, just south of the confluence of the Missouri River.
Missouri, American battleship, scene of the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, that formally ended World War II. The USS Missouri, one of four Iowa-class battleships that were completed during the war, numbered among the largest warships afloat, being 887 feet (270 metres) long and displacing.
This is a list of the cities that are state capitals in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. The list also provides the most recent U.S. census population for each city as well as an estimated population.
Article History. Missouri River, longest tributary of the Mississippi River and second longest river in North America. It is formed by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers in the Rocky Mountains area of southwestern Montana (Gallatin county), U.S., about 4,000 feet (1,200 metres) above sea level.
Sep 13, 2024 · On March 3, 1820, the decisive votes in the House admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and made free soil all western territories north of Missouri’s southern border. When the Missouri constitutional convention empowered the state legislature to exclude free blacks and mulattoes, however, a new crisis was ...
6 days ago · The most prominent ancient society was the Mississippian culture, known for its effigy and burial mounds at Cahokia, the largest prehistoric city in what is now the United States. The native peoples of Missouri generally are grouped into two broad categories known as the Northeast Indian and the Plains Indian cultures. The Northeast ...
This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. (See also city and urban planning.)
Jefferson City, capital of Missouri, U.S., and seat of Cole county, on the Missouri River, near the geographic centre of the state. The site for the state capital was selected in 1821.
