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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
SR 91 at Georgia state line 63.454 102.119 SR 2: SR 94 at Georgia state line SR 94 at Georgia state line 15.539 25.008 SR 3: SR 520 in Merritt Island: Kennedy Space Center: 9.755 15.699 SR 4: US 29 in Century: US 90 in Milligan: 43.705 70.336 SR 5: Fleming Street in Key West: US 17 / SR 25 at Georgia state line 533.486 858.562 mostly carries US ...
Haines City – The Heart of Florida [30] Hialeah – City of Progress [31] Jacksonville. Jax [32] Where Florida Begins [33] Bold New City of the South [34] River City [35] Murder Capital of Florida [36] Cracksonville; Key West. Conch Republic [37] Southernmost City In The Continental United States [38] Lakeland. Swan City [39] Largo. Dime City ...
An enlargeable map of the state of Florida. Names Common name: Florida. Pronunciation: / ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ Official name: State of Florida; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: FL; ISO 3166-2 code: US-FL; Internet second-level domain: .fl.us; Nicknames Sunshine State (currently used on license plates) Others include: Alligator ...
Arkansas: Natural State. After the Arkansas state park system successfully coined the Natural State in its 1980s effort to increase tourism, legislation made Arkansas' nickname official in 1995.
Every section of U.S. Highway and Interstate Highway has a State Road number assigned to it, usually unsigned (for example, Interstate 4 is also unsigned SR 400). In addition to some named toll roads (for example, 91 and 821 , which make up Florida's Turnpike ) some minor State Roads are also unsigned (like SR 913 and SR 5054 ).
New York: The Empire State. The nickname "Empire State" is believed to have origins dating back to a letter written by George Washington in 1785, where he praised New York's resilience and ...
Location of the state of Florida in the United States of America. The state of Florida has numerous symbols defined by state statutes. The majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950; only the two oldest symbols—the state flower (chosen in 1909), and the state bird (chosen in 1927), and the state nickname (chosen in 1970)—are not listed in the 2010 Florida Statutes. [1]