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Nebraska
Welcome to Nebraska and a brief overview of The Cornhusker State.
The Midwestern State of Nebraska is located in the center of the 48 "conterminous" states. It's bordered on the north by South Dakota and on the south by Colorado and Kansas. Montana is bordered on the east by Iowa and Missouri and on the west by Wyoming and Colorado.
- Statehood: March 1, 1867 (37th state)
- Abbreviation: Nebr. or Neb. (traditional), NE (postal)
- Capital: Lincoln.
- Size: 77,355 square miles, includes inland water (15th)
- Coastline: None.
- Motto: Equality Before the Law.
- State bird: Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) adopted 1929.
- State flower: Golden Rod (Solidago serotina) adopted 1895.
- State songs:
- "Beautiful Nebraska", words by Jim Fras and Guy Gage Miller, music by Jim Fras, adopted 1967.
- "A Place Like Nebraska", words and music by Sol Kutler, adopted 1997.
- State tree: Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) adopted 1972.
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