Missouri
is one of the Midwestern states of the United States.
Missouri is bordered by Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, across
the Mississippi R. (E), Arkansas (S), Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska (W) and Iowa
(N).
Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of the
large canoes", is a U.S. state in the United States with Jefferson City as its
capital.
The state's nickname is the Show-Me State
The U.S. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is MO.
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers are the two large rivers
which flow through this state. Two great rivers, the Mississippi and the
Missouri, have had a great influence on the development of Missouri.
The Mississippi tied the region to the South, particularly to New Orleans. The Missouri
crosses the state from west to east and enters the Mississippi near St. Louis.
Missouri is in the Central Time Zone in the United
States of America (USA). US Central Standard Time (CST) is 6 hours behind Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT-6).
Does
Missouri observe Daylight Saving Time?
Like most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving
Time (DST) is observed in
Missouri, where the
time is shifted forward by 1 hour to CDT; which is 5 hours behind
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5).
After the Summer months the time in
Missouri is shifted
back by 1 hour to US Central Standard Time (CST) or (GMT-6)
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Missouri
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Missouri
is one of the Midwestern states of the United States. 