Statehood:
April 28,1788 (7th State)
State song: "Maryland! My
Maryland
!" (1939)
State bird: Baltimore oriole (1947)
State tree: white oak (1941)
State flower: black-eyed susan (1918)
State Boat: skipjack (1985);
State Crustacean:
Maryland
blue crab (1989);
State Dinosaur: Astrodon johnstoni (1998);
State Dog: Chesapeake Bay retriever (1964);
State Beverage: milk (1998);
State Fish: rockfish (1965);
State Folk dance: square dance (1994);
State Fossil shell: ecphora gardnerae gardnerae (Wilson) (1994);
State Insect:
Baltimore
checkerspot butterfly (1973);
State Reptile: Diamondback terrapin (1994);
State Sport: jousting (1962);
State Team sport: lacrosse (2004)
State Nickname:
Old Line
State
State Motto: "Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine" Manly Deeds, Womanly
Words
Highest Point: The highest point in
Maryland
is Hoye-Crest on
Backbone Mountain
at 3,360 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point: The lowest point in
Maryland
is sea level at the
Atlantic Ocean
.
Largest cities: Baltimore, 635,815;
Frederick, 57,907; Gaithersburg, 57,698; Rockville, 57,402; Bowie, 53,878; Hagerstown,
38,326; Annapolis, 36,300; Salisbury, 26,295; College Park, 25,171; Greenbelt, 22,242:
Famous Marylanders Spiro T. Agnew vice president, Baltimore
Benjamin Banneker mathematician, astronomer, Oella/Ellicott City
John Barth writer, Cambridge
Eubie Blake musician, Baltimore
John Wilkes Booth actor, Lincoln assassin, Harford County
Francis X. Bushman actor, Baltimore
James M. Cain writer, Annapolis
Samuel Chase jurist, Sumerset Cty
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