MO American plate atlas

Missouri

The Show-Me State

Meet the plate, people, places, and stories behind one of the road-trip game’s fifty-one essential finds.

Missouri license plate
The Missouri plate in the game

Capital

Jefferson City

State bird

Eastern bluebird

Joined the Union

August 10, 1821

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A quick trip through time

The Missouri story

Missouri served as a gateway to western trails and river commerce. St. Louis, Kansas City, farming regions, the Ozarks, and Civil War border-state history give it several distinct identities.

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Bumper-sized history

About the plate

Missouri plates have featured bicentennial motifs, rivers, state outlines, and the Show-Me State nickname.