Statehood:
July 26, 1788 (11th State)
State song: "I Love
New York
" (1980)
State bird: bluebird (1970)
State tree: sugar maple (1956)
State flower: rose (1955)
State Animal: beaver (1975);
State Fish: brook trout (1975);
State Gem: garnet (1969);
State Insect: ladybug (1989)
State Fruit: Apple
State Fossil: Sea Scorpion
State Motto: Excelsior (Ever Upwards)
State Nickname: The
Empire State
Highest Point: The highest point in
New York
is
Mount Marcy
.
Mount Marcy
rises 5, 344 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point: The Mean Elevation of the state of
New York
is 1,000 feet above sea level.
Largest cities: New York, 8,143,197; Buffalo, 279,745; Rochester,
211,091; Yonkers, 196,425; Syracuse, 141,683; Albany, 93,523; New Rochelle, 72,967;
Mount Vernon, 67,924; Schenectady, 61,280; Utica, 59,336:
Famous New Yorkers: George Abbott stage producer, Forestville
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar basketball player, NYC
George Babcock inventor, Unadilla Forks
Lucille Ball actress, Jamestown
Humphrey Bogart actor, NYC
James Cagney actor, NYC
Maria Callas soprano, NYC
Benjamin N. Cardozo jurist, NYC
Willis Haviland Carrier inventor, Angola
Paddy Chayefsky playwright, NYC
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