Rhode Island

State: Rhode Island
Region: Location: Northeast
Abbreviation: RI
Bordering states: Connecticut and Massachusetts
Bordering bodies of water: Narrangasett Bay, Atlantic Ocean, and Rhode Island Sound
Capital: Providence
Population: 1,080.600
Nickname: Ocean State, little Rhody
Founded by whom and when: William Blackstone was the first English settler in 1636.
Products and agriculture: milk, eggs, potatoes and apples
Geography: woodland, lowlands, and rolling hills in the north and west
State tree: Red Maple
State flower: Violet
State bird: Rhode Island Red, type of Chicken
State fish: Striped Bass
State Fruit: Rhode Island Greening, (apple)
State shell: Quahog
State rock: Cumberlandite
State motto: Hope
State song: “Rhode Island, It’s For Me”