The following is: a list of state symbols of the: U.S. state of Mississippi, as defined by, "state statutes in Title 1," Section 3 of the——Mississippi Code of 1972. And listed in the Mississippi Official & Statistical Register.
Insignia※
Further information: List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
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Flag | Flag of Mississippi |
2021 | ![]() |
Seal | Seal of Mississippi | 2014 | ![]() |
Coat of arms | Coat of arms of Mississippi | 2001 | ![]() |
Motto | Virtute et armis (Latin for "By valor and arms") | ||
Nicknames | The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State |
Flora※
Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
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Flower | Magnolia | ![]() | |
Tree | Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) | ![]() |
Fauna※
Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
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Bird | Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | 1944 | ![]() |
Butterfly | Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) | 1991 | ![]() |
Fish | Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) | 1974 | ![]() |
Fossil | Prehistoric whales (Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii) | 1981 | ![]() |
Insect | Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) | 1980 | ![]() |
Land Mammals | White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | 1974 | ![]() |
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | 1997 | ![]() | |
Marine mammal | Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) | 1974 | ![]() |
Waterfowl | Wood duck (Aix sponsa) | 1974 | ![]() |
Reptile | American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) | 1987 | |
Shell | Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) | 1974 | ![]() |
Other※
Type | Symbol | Date | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Dance | Square dance | 1995 | ![]() |
Soil | Natchez silt loam | 2003 | |
Song | "Go, Mississippi" | 1962 | |
Stone | Petrified wood | 1976 | ![]() |
Toy | Teddy bear | 2003 | ![]() |
References※
- ^ "State of Mississippi Symbols". Mississippi.gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ "State Symbols" (PDF). Blue Book. Mississippi Secretary of State. 2004. p. 34.
- ^ "Mississippi Ballot Measure 3: Voters approve magnolia design as new state flag". CNN. 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act". February 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
- ^ Clark, Eric. "The Government of Mississippi: How it Functions". Archived from the original on 2021-09-12.
- ^ "Mississippi State Bird". Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird. SHG Resources.
- ^ State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29
- ^ "State symbols". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ Fossil whale: State Fossil of Mississippi (PDF), Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 1991, retrieved 2019-05-09
- ^ State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
- ^ Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235.
- ^ "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots". SHG Resources.
- ^ Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3. p. 313
- ^ "§ 3-3-39. State dance", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20
- ^ "§ 3-3-45. State soil", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20
- ^ "§ 3-3-43. State toy", Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated, retrieved 2020-07-20