Missouri State Highway 34 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at the Illinois state line on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau where it is multiplexed with Missouri State Highway 74. Its western terminus is at Missouri State Highway 21 about ten miles northeast of Van Buren. The road continues into Illinois as Illinois State Highway 146. Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th) - Land 143,968 km² - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Cape Girardeau is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. ... Missouri State Highway 21 is a highway in eastern Missouri. ... Van Buren is a town located in Carter County, Missouri. ...
Cape Girardeau is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. ... Jackson is a city located in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. ... Marble Hill is a city located in Bollinger County, Missouri. ... Piedmont is a city located in Wayne County, Missouri. ...
MISSOURI, one of the West North Central states, bounded on the N by Iowa; on the E by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the S by Arkansas; and on the W by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
Missouri is divided into 114 counties; the city of St. Louis is independent of surrounding St. Louis Co. Counties are typically administered by a county court (or commission) of three elected commissioners.
Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state on Aug. 10, 1821, under the terms of the Missouri Compromise.