Iowa - School-Age
Iowa
29th State (December 28, 1846), midwest U.S.
State Abbreviation: IA
Capital: Des Moines
Origin of name: Named for the Iowa River, which was named for the Iowa, or Ioway, Indians.
Motto: "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain"
Nickname: Hawkeye State (From either the name of a character in the novel Last of the Mohicans or is a tribute to the Native American tribal leader, Chief Black Hawk.), Corn State
Iowa State Symbols
Iowa: State Seal
Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
Rock: Geode
Song: Song of Iowa
Tree: Oak
