Quickly accessible, concise information about each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia!
Colorado
Welcome to Colorado and a brief overview of The Centennial State.
Colorado, a Rocky Mountain State, is located in the western part of the 48 "conterminous" states. It is bordered on the north by Wyoming and a part of Nebraska. On the south Nebraska is bordered by New Mexico and Oklahoma. On the east is a part of Nebraska and Kansas. On the west, Colorado is bordered by Utah.
The southwestern corner of Colorado touches the southeastern corner of Utah, the northeastern corner of
Arizona, and the northwestern corner of New Mexico at "Four Corners". Four Corners is
the only place in the United States where four states come together at one place. One can place each of their hands and
feet in a different state at the same time. The Four Corners Monument is administered by the Navajo Nation Parks and
Recreation Department. It was originally surveyed and established by United States Government Surveyors and Astronomers
in 1868 with the survey of Colorado's southern boundary. In 1878, New Mexico's western boundary and Utah's eastern boundary
were surveyed. In 1901, the northern boundary of Arizona was surveyed and, in 1912, a marker was placed where the four
states intersect. A bronze disk embedded in granite was added to the Monument in 1992. The disk depicts the boundaries of
each state radiating from the center with each of the state's official seals resting within the state's boundary.
- Statehood: August 1, 1876 (38th state)
- Abbreviation: Colo. (traditional), CO (postal)
- Capital: Denver.
- Size: 104,091 square miles, includes inland water (8th)
- Coastline: None.
- Latin motto: Nil Sine Numine (Nothing Without Providence)
- State bird: Lark bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys, Stejneger) adopted 1931.
- State flower: White and lavender columbine (Aquilegia caerules) adopted 1899.
- State song: "Where the Columbines Grow", by A.J. Fynn, adopted 1915.
- State tree: Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens) adopted 1939.
Home Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
