List of Mississippi state symbols

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The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi , as defined by state statutes in Title 1, Section 3 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and listed in the Mississippi Official & Statistical Register . [1] [2]

Insignia [ edit ]

Further information: List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
Type Symbol Date Image
Flag Flag of Mississippi
2021 [3]
Seal Seal of Mississippi 2014 [4] Seal of Mississippi
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Mississippi 2001 [5] Coat of arms of Mississippi
Motto Virtute et armis (Latin for "By valor and arms")
Nicknames The Magnolia State, The Hospitality State

Flora [ edit ]

Type Symbol Date Image
Flower Magnolia
Tree Southern magnolia ( Magnolia grandiflora )

Fauna [ edit ]

Type Symbol Date Image
Bird Northern mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ) 1944 [6]
Butterfly Spicebush swallowtail ( Papilio troilus ) 1991 [7]
Fish Largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides ) 1974 [8]
Fossil Prehistoric whales ( Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii ) 1981 [9]
Insect Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) 1980 [10]
Land Mammals White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) 1974 [11] [2]
Red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) 1997 [2]
Marine mammal Bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) 1974 [11]
Waterfowl Wood duck ( Aix sponsa ) 1974 [12]
Reptile American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) 1987 [13]
Shell Eastern oyster ( Crassostrea virginica ) 1974

Other [ edit ]

Type Symbol Date Image
Dance Square dance 1995 [14]
Soil Natchez silt loam 2003 [15]
Song " Go, Mississippi " 1962 [2]
Stone Petrified wood 1976
Toy Teddy bear 2003 [16]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "State of Mississippi Symbols" . Mississippi.gov. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010 . Retrieved November 18, 2010 .
  2. ^ a b c d "State Symbols" (PDF) . Blue Book . Mississippi Secretary of State . 2004. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Mississippi Ballot Measure 3: Voters approve magnolia design as new state flag" . CNN . 4 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act" . February 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Clark, Eric. "The Government of Mississippi: How it Functions" . Archived from the original on 2021-09-12.
  6. ^ "Mississippi State Bird" . Mississippi State Bird: Mockingbird . SHG Resources.
  7. ^ State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2008-03-29
  8. ^ "State symbols" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-10 . Retrieved 2008-05-09 .
  9. ^ Fossil whale: State Fossil of Mississippi (PDF) , Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 1991 , retrieved 2019-05-09
  10. ^ State Symbols Archived 2009-11-04 at the Wayback Machine , p. 4. Office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi.
  11. ^ a b Shearer, Benjamin F. & Barbara S. Shearer. State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 235.
  12. ^ "Mississippi State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots" . SHG Resources.
  13. ^ Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN   0-313-28862-3 . p. 313
  14. ^ "§ 3-3-39. State dance" , Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated , retrieved 2020-07-20
  15. ^ "§ 3-3-45. State soil" , Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated , retrieved 2020-07-20
  16. ^ "§ 3-3-43. State toy" , Mississippi Code 1972 Annotated , retrieved 2020-07-20
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