Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cuba – Mural City [9] Hannibal. America's Hometown [10] The Bluff City [11] Independence – Where the Trails Start and the Buck Stops [12] Jefferson City. City of Thomas Jefferson [13] J.C. Jeff; Kansas City. BBQ Capital of the World [14] City of Fountains [15] Cowtown [14] Jazz Capital of the World [14] K.C. (inspiring the nickname of Casey ...
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [ 2 ]
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.
It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area is the 20th-largest in the United States. [12] The land that became St. Louis had been occupied by Native American cultures for thousands of years before European settlement.
St. Louis, largest metropolitan area Kansas City, second largest metropolitan area Following are the metropolitan or metropolitan statistical areas of Missouri with population statistics: [ 1 ] Rank
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, [1] is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri.It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census, [8] ranking as the 16th most populous city in the state. [9]
The boom prompted a name change to Kansas City in 1889, and the city limits to be extended south and east. Westport became part of Kansas City on December 2, 1897. In 1900, Kansas City was the 22nd largest city in the country, with a population of 163,752 residents. [20]
Jefferson City is the capital city of Missouri, while the state's five largest cities are Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia, and Independence. [149] St. Louis is the principal city of the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, composed of 17 counties and the independent city of St. Louis; eight of its counties are in Illinois.