List of Wisconsin state symbols

Location of the state of Wisconsin in the United States of America

This is a list of the state symbols of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Insignia

Type	Symbol	Year
Flag	The flag of Wisconsin	1863
Motto	"Forward"	1851
Nicknames	Badger State, America's Dairyland^[1]
Seal	The Seal of Wisconsin	1881

Species

Type	Symbol	Year
Animal	Badger Taxidea taxus	1957
Bird	American robin Turdus migratorius	1949
Domestic animal	Dairy cow Bos taurus	1971
Dog	American Water Spaniel	1985
Fish	Muskellunge Esox masquinongy	1955
Flower	Wood violet Viola sororia	1909
Fruit	Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon	2003
Grain	Corn Zea mays	1989
Insect	Western honey bee Apis mellifera	1977
Tree	Sugar maple Acer saccharum	1949
Wildlife animal	White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus	1957

Geology

Type	Symbol	Year
Fossil	Trilobite Calymene celebra	1985
Mineral	Galena	1971
Rock	Granite	1971
Soil	Antigo (soil)	1983

Culture

Type	Symbol	Year
Ballad	"Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams"	2001
Beverage	Milk	1987
Dance	Polka	1993
Pastry	Kringle^[2]	2013
Slogan	America's Dairyland^[3]	1940
Song	"On, Wisconsin!"	1959
Symbol of peace	Mourning dove Zenaidura macroura carolinensis	1971
Tartan	Wisconsin tartan^[4]^[5]	2007
Waltz	"The Wisconsin Waltz"	2001

References

Barish, Lawrence S. (ed.). "Chapter 11: Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2009–2010 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. ISBN 978-0-9752820-3-8. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

↑ Dornfeld, Margaret; Hantula, Richard (2010). Wisconsin: It's my state!. Marshall Cavendish. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-60870-062-2.
↑ "Kringle becomes Wisconsin state pastry" July 1, 2013, accessed July 6, 2014.
↑ "Wisconsin State Symbols". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
↑ http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/symbols/tartan.htm
↑ http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=4765

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U.S. state symbols by state

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State of Wisconsin

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Regions	Apostle Islands Central Plain Central Wisconsin Chippewa Valley Door Peninsula Driftless Area Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Fox River Valley Great River Road Lake Superior Lowland Northern Highland Western Upland

Major metropolitan areas (pop. over 500,000)	Chicago metropolitan area Madison metropolitan area Milwaukee metropolitan area Twin Cities metropolitan area

Largest cities (pop. over 50,000)	Appleton Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Waukesha West Allis

Smaller cities (pop. 15,000 to 50,000)	Beaver Dam Beloit Brookfield Cudahy De Pere Fitchburg Fond du Lac Franklin Greenfield Hudson Kaukauna Manitowoc Marshfield Menasha Menomonie Mequon Middleton Muskego Neenah New Berlin Oak Creek Oconomowoc Onalaska River Falls Sheboygan South Milwaukee Stevens Point Sun Prairie Superior Watertown Wausau Wauwatosa West Bend Wisconsin Rapids

Largest villages (pop. over 15,000)	Allouez Ashwaubenon Caledonia Germantown Howard Menomonee Falls Mount Pleasant Pleasant Prairie

Counties	Adams Ashland Barron Bayfield Brown Buffalo Burnett Calumet Chippewa Clark Columbia Crawford Dane Dodge Door Douglas Dunn Eau Claire Florence Fond du Lac Forest Grant Green Green Lake Iowa Iron Jackson Jefferson Juneau Kenosha Kewaunee La Crosse Lafayette Langlade Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Marinette Marquette Menominee Milwaukee Monroe Oconto Oneida Outagamie Ozaukee Pepin Pierce Polk Portage Price Racine Richland Rock Rusk Sauk Sawyer Shawano Sheboygan St. Croix Taylor Trempealeau Vernon Vilas Walworth Washburn Washington Waukesha Waupaca Waushara Winnebago Wood

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