Maryland
Facts
- State
Abbreviation - MD
- State
Capital - Annapolis
- Largest
City - Baltimore
- Governor
- The Honorable Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. (Elected November
2002)
- Lt.
Governor - The Honorable Michael S. Steele (Elected November
2002)
- Area
- 12,407 square miles [Maryland is the 42nd biggest state
in the USA]
- Population
- 5,296,486 (as of 2000) [Maryland is the 19th most populous
state in the USA]
- Major
Industries - farming (corn, soybeans, tobacco, poultry and
dairy products), mining (coal), steel
- products,
communications equipment, fishing (crabs and oysters), government
services
- Major
Rivers - Potomac River, Patapsco River, Patuxent River,
Susquehanna River
- Major
Lakes - Lake Oakland, Deep Creek Lake, Prettyboy Reservoir,
Loch Raven Reservoir
- Highest
Point - Backbone Mountain - 3,360 feet (1,024 m) above sea
level
- Bordering
States - Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
[and Washington, District of Columbia]
- Bordering
Bodies of Water - Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean
- Origin
of the Name Maryland - Maryland was named to honor the Queen
consort Henrietta Maria (1609
- 1669),
the wife of Britain's King Charles I
- State
Nickname - Old Line State
- State
Motto - "Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine" Manly Deeds,
Womanly Words
- State
Song - Maryland, My Maryland
- Dinosaur
Fossils Found in Maryland - Astrodon, Pleurocoelus, Priconodon
- State
Bird – Baltimore OrioleState Bird
- State
Reptile – Diamondback Terrapin
- State
Fish – Rockfish (Striped bass)
- State
Crustacean – Maryland Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)
- State
Insect – Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas
phaeton)
- State
Dinosaur – Astrodon johnstoni A plant-eating dinosaur
known only from its fossilized teeth. Astrodon
was found in 1858 by Philip Tyson.
- State
Fossil Shell – Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae A Miocene
gastropod
- State
Dog – Chesapeake Bay Retriever
- State
Flower – Black-eye susan
- State
Tree – White Oak (Quercus alba)
- State
Boat – Skipjack (A sailing boat used to dredge for
oysters on the floor of Chesapeake Bay)
- State
Beverage – Milk
- State
Folk Dance – Square Dance
- State
Sport – Jousting
- Vice
Presidents From Maryland - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew,
FMR Baltimore County Executive & Governor
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