| Date Admitted: | 1846 |
| State Capital: | Des Moines |
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| Admitted to U.S.: | Twenty-ninth state |
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| Flag Adopted: | 1921 |
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| Area: | 56,276 square miles |
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| Highest Point: | Ocheyeden Mound - 1,670 feet (509 m) above sea level |
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| Lowest Point: | Where the Mississippi River and Des Moines River meet; 480 feet (146 m) above sea level |
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| State Motto: | "Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain" |
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| Nickname: | The Hawkeye State |
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| State Song: | "The Song of Iowa" |
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| State Flower: | Wild Rose |
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| State Tree: | White and Red Oak |
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| State Bird: | Eastern Goldfinch |
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| State Rock: | Geode |
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| State Fossil: | Crinoid |
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| State Rock: | Geode |
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| State Soil: | Tama |
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| State Seal: |  |
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