Delaware 1/1787

popular name: First State or Diamond State

etymology: This version of the name of Lord De La Warr, a governor of Virginia, was first used to
name the Delaware River and later adopted by the Europeans to rename the local
Indians, originally called the Lenni-Lenape.

capital: Dover

motto: Liberty and Independence

flower: Peach Blossom

tree: American Holly

bird: Blue Hen Chicken

Florida 27/1845

popular name: Sunshine State

etymology: Ponce de Leon named this region "feast of flowers" on Easter Sunday, 1513.

capital: Tallahassee

motto: In God We Trust

flower: Orange blossom

tree: Sabal Palmetto Palm

bird: Mockingbird

Georgia 4/1788

popular name: Empire State of the South or Peach State

etymology: Named for King George II of England, who granted James Oglethorpe a charter to
found the colony of Georgia in 1732.

capital: Atlanta

motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation

flower: Cherokee Rose

tree: Live Oak

bird: Brown Thrasher

Maryland 7/1788

popular name: Old Line State or Free State

etymology: Named for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I of England.

capital: Annapolis

motto: Manly Deeds, Womenly Words

flower: Black-eyed Susan

tree: White Oak

bird: Baltimore Oriole

North Carolina 12/1789

popular name: Tar Heel State or Old North State

etymology: From the Latin name Carolus, after Charles I. Carolana was
divided into North and South Carolina in 1710.

capital: Raleigh

motto: To be Rather Than to Seem

flower: Dogwood

tree: Pine

bird: Cardinal

South Carolina 8/1788

popular name: Palmetto State

etymology: (See North Carolina)

capital: Columbia

motto: Prepared in Mind and Resources or While I Breathe, I Hope

flower: Carolina Jessamine

tree: Palmetto

bird: Carolina Wren

Virginia 10/1788

popular name: Old Dominion or Mother of Presidents

etymology: Named for the Virgin Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth I,
by Sir Walter Raleigh, who first visited its shores in 1584.

capital: Richmond

motto: Thus Always to Tyrants

flower: American Dogwood

tree: American Dogwood

bird: Cardinal

West Virginia 35/1863

popular name: Mountain State

etymology: Named when this area refused to secede from the Union in 1863.

capital: Charleston

motto: Mountaineers are Always Free

flower: Rhododendron

tree: Sugar Maple

bird: Cardinal