STATE BIRD: Chickadee STATE FLOWER: White pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobus,
linnaeus)
adopted by Legislature in 1895
COUNTIES
State Flower: White pine cone & tassel State Bird: Chickadee State Tree: Eastern White Pine
Maine is called the Pine Tree State
State Motto: Dirigo (I direct)
Maine was at one time part of Massachusetts. It
became its own state on March 15th, 1820, becoming the 23rd state
admitted to the United States of America, although its northern borders
were not finalized until 1842.
State Capitol:
Augusta
Population of Maine in 2000: 1,274,923
Counties: 16
Land Area: 33,215 square miles
Length of Coastline: 3,500 miles
Lakes and Ponds: 6,000
Forest: 17 million acres
Persons per Square Mile: 41.3
Largest City: Portland
State Capitol: Augusta
Statehood: Became the 23rd State on March 15, 1820
PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE I UPLOAD
MAINE'S DATA.
~Sharon W.
Walter Van
Tilburg Clark writer, East Oreland Cyrus Curtis publisher, Portland Dorothea Dix civil rights reformer, Hampden Dustin Farnum actor, Hampton Beach John Ford film director, Cape Elizabeth Melville Fuller jurist, Augusta Marsden Hartley painter, Lewiston Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet, Portland Sarah Orne Jewett author, South Berwick Stephen King writer, Portland Linda Lavin actress, Portland Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor, Sangerville Edna St. Vincent Millay poet, Rockland Marston Morse mathematician, Waterville Frank Munsey publisher, Mercer Walter Piston composer, Rockland George Palmer Putnam publisher, Brunswick Kenneth Roberts historical author, Kennebunk Edwin Arlington Robinson poet, Head Tide Margaret Chase Smith politician, Skowhegan Percy Lebaron Spencer inventor, Howland Francis & Freelan Stanley inventors, Kingfield John Hay Whitney publisher, Ellsworth
State symbols State berry: Wild Blueberry State bird: Black-capped Chickadee State cat: Maine Coon State fish: Land-locked salmon State flower: White Pinecone and Tassel State fossil: Pertica Quadrifaria State gemstone: Tourmaline State herb: Wintergreen State insect: European honey bee State mammal: Moose State animal: Moose State beverage: Moxie State soil: Chesuncook soil series State song: State of Maine Song State tree: Eastern White Pine
State vessel: Arctic exploration schooner Bowdoin State motto: Dirigo ("I lead" or "I direct")
