Indiana Custom License Plates and Frames

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th
on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region of North America.
Indiana is the 38th most extensive and the 15th most populous of the 50 United States. Indiana is the least
extensive state in the continental US west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its capital and largest city is
Indianapolis, the second largest of any state capital and largest state capital east of the Mississippi River.
Before it became a
territory, varying cultures of indigenous peoples and historic Native Americans inhabited Indiana for thousands
of years. Angel Mounds State Historic Site, one of the best preserved ancient earthwork mound sites in the
United States, can be found in Southwestern Indiana near Evansville.
Residents of Indiana are
known as Hoosiers. The derivation of the term is disputed, but one hypothesis has "Hoosier" originating from a
frontier greeting, a corruption of "Who's here?" The state's name means "Land of the Indians," or simply "Indian
Land." This name dates back to at least the 1760s but was first applied to the region by the United States
Congress when the Indiana Territory was incorporated in 1800, separating it from the Northwest
Territory.
Today, Indiana has a
diverse economy with a gross state product of $214 billion in 2005. Indiana has several metropolitan areas with
populations greater than 100,000 and a number of smaller industrial cities and towns. Indiana is home to several
major sports teams and athletic events including the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, the NBA's Indiana Pacers, the
WNBA’s Indiana Fever, and the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 motorsports races. The state also has several
NCAA Division I athletic programs, notably the Purdue Boilermakers, Indiana Hoosiers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish,
and Butler Bulldogs.


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