NORTH CENTRAL STATES
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Capital: Springfield
Population: 11,403,602
Square miles: 55,645
Interesting imformation: In 1673, fur traders were the first Europeans in Illinois, followed by Jolliet and Marquette and Robert La Salle. Robert La -Salle built a fort near present day Peoria.
Capital: Indianapolis
Population: 5,554,159
Square miles: 35,932
Interesting information:Indiana's citizens are called Hoosiers,because that is the state's nickname.Indiana entered the Union on December 11,1816. It's the 19th state.
Capital: Des Moines
Population: 2,776,755
Square miles: 55,965
Interesting information: Iowa was once a United States Indian Territory in the year of 1803,through the Louisana Purchase. In the mid-19th century Indian tribes was forced to move onto Kansas.
Capital: Topeka
Population: 2,477,574
Square miles: 81,778
Interesting information: In 1541, Coronado marched through the Kansas area, French exploers came next. This was tooken by the U.S. in the Lousiana Purchase. Kansas was called Bleeding Kansas,be- cause it was so much violence in the North and South.
Capital: Lansing
Population: 9,295,297
Square miles: 587,110
Interesting information: Michigan is named Fort Lake Michigan which the Chippewa a called Michigan, meaning " great lake" or "large lake" "The state nickname is "Wolverine," although no wild wolves live in Michigan. French fur traders probably brought wolverine pelts to Michigan to trade with Indians.
Name: Minnesota
Capital: St.Paul
Population: 4,375,099
Square miles: 79,617
Interesting information: Minnesota has 22,000 rivers, ponds, and wetlands than any other state in America, except Texas and Alaska, thanks to the glaciers left behind from the snowy winters.
Name: Missouri
Capital: Jefferson City
Population: 5,117,073
Square miles: 68,898
Interesting information: Near St.Louis,explorers Meriwther Lewis and William Clark begin their journey to the Pacific Ocean . Long ago, the Ozarks were a region of volcanic peaks. As volcanism sudsided, the land sank and was flooded by shallow seas into whichsebiments washed from surrounding highlands. The sediment slowly brcme bedrock, and eventually the sea bottom was pushed upward to become dry land.
Name: Nebraska
Capital: Lincoln
Population: 1,578,385
Square miles: 76,644
Interesting information: The name Nebraska comes from as Oto Indian word "flat water." The state is named after the Oto word for this river, because the river, its valley. It tributaries have been central to the state's- and the nation's- growth and development.
Name: North Dakota
Capital: Bismark
Population: 638,800
Square miles: 70,665
Interesting information: The world's biggest buffalo has a huge statue that stands on a hill overlooking Jamestown, ND.
Name: Ohio
Capital: Columbus
Population: 10,847115
Square miles: 41,004
Interesting information: State date: motto : with god all things are possible Flower : Scarlet Carnation . Bird : Cardinal Tree : Buckeye .Song :beautiful Ohio . Entered the union in March1, 1803.
Name: South Dakota
Capital: Pierre
Population: 696,004
Square miles: 75,952
Interesting information: In 1804 and 1806, Lewis and Clark passed through the area . Gold was discovered ,1874, on the Great Sioux Reservation; mines rushed in.
Name: Wisconsin
Capital: Madison
Population: 4,891,769
Square miles: 54,426
Interesting information: In 1634,Jean Nicolet, a french explorer. landed on the Green Bay Shore. In 1783, Wisconsin became part of the United State. In 1836,Congress created the Wisconsin Territory. In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state on May 29th to join the United States.