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Maryland was the 7th state
in the USA; it
became a state on April 28,1788.
State Abbreviation - MD
State Capital - Annapolis
Largest City - Baltimore
Area - 12,407 square miles [Maryland is the
42nd biggest
state in the USA]
Population -
5,296,486
(as of 2000) [Maryland is the 19th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - farming (corn, soybeans,
tobacco, poultry and dairy products), mining (coal), steel products,
communications equipment, fishing (crabs and oysters), government services
Major Rivers - Potomac River, Patapsco
River, Patuxent River, Susquehanna River
Major Lakes - Lake Oakland, Deep Creek Lake,
Prettyboy Reservoir, Loch Raven Reservoir
Highest Point - Backbone Mountain - 3,360
feet (1,024 m) above sea level
Bordering States -
Delaware,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia,
West
Virginia [and
Washington, District of Columbia]
Bordering Bodies of Water - Chesapeake Bay,
Atlantic Ocean
Origin of the Name Maryland - Maryland was
named to honor the
Queen consort Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), the wife of Britain's King
Charles I
State Nickname - Old Line State
State Motto - "Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine"
Manly Deeds, Womanly Words
State Song - Maryland, My Maryland
Dinosaur Fossils Found in Maryland -
Astrodon,
Pleurocoelus, Priconodon
Maryland State Symbols and Emblems:
| State Flag
 The state flag of
Maryland was officially adopted in 1904. It is the only US state flag based
on British heraldry (the coats of arms of noble families). The flag's design
was based on the coat of arms adopted by George Calvert, the first Lord
Baltimore. The alternating yellow and black are from Lord Calvert's family
shield; the red and white design is either from Calvert's maternal family,
the Crosslands, or his wife's family, the Mynnes. |
Animal Symbols:
| State Bird
Baltimore oriole |
State Reptile
Diamondback Terrapin
(Malaclemys terrapin) |
State Fish
Rockfish (Striped Bass)
(Morone saxatilis) |
State Crustacean
Maryland Blue Crab
(Callinectes sapidus) |
| State Insect
Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
(Euphydryas phaeton) |
State Dinosaur
Astrodon johnstoni
A plant-eating dinosaur known only from its fossilized teeth. Astrodon was
found in 1858 by Philip Tyson. |
State Fossil Shell
Ecphora gardnerae gardnerae
A Miocene gastropod |
State Dog
Chesapeake Bay retriever |
Plant Symbols:
| State Flower
Black-eyed susan
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State Tree Species
White oak
(Quercus alba)
The
Wye oak (a huge, 460-year-old white oak is the official state tree) |
Earth Symbols:
| State Soil
Maryland Sassafras (unofficial) |
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