Idaho
Became a state: July 3, 1890 (43rd state)
Area: 83,642 sq mi (ranked 14th in size)
Population: 1,293,953 (ranked 39th in population)
Capital: Boise
Largest City: Boise (population 201,287)
Bordering States: Idaho is an invented word! Mining lobbyist George M. Willing presented the name "Idaho" to congress for a new territory around Pike's Peak, claiming it was a Shoshone Indian word meaning "Gem of the Mountains." By the time the deception was discovered, the name "Idaho" was already in common use.
State Nickname: Gem State
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
State Flower: Syringa
State Tree: Western White Pine
State Gemstone: Idaho Star Garnet
Trivia: Bruneau Dunes State Park contains North America's tallest single structured sand dune. It stands 470 feet high above small lakes in the high desert south of Mountain Home.
Abbreviation: ID
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