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The grave of President Herbert Hoover in West Branch. The grave site is on a hill overlooking Hoover Presidential Library and Birthsite. |
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Website : www.iowa.gov |
Capital
: Des
Moines |
Highest
point : Hawkeye
point, 1670 feet |
Area : 56,276 square miles,
26th largest state. |
Population : 2,926,324
(2000 census) |
Motto
:
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain. |
Admitted to
Union : December 28, 1846 |
State
Song : "Song of Iowa " |
State Bird : Eastern Goldfinch |
State Flower : Wild Rose
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State Tree : Oak
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