It is bordered by three states on the west: Nebraska in the far northwest, Kansas for most of the west side, and Oklahoma in the far southwest. Further, on the north, it is bordered by Iowa On the east side, it is bordered by two states: Illinois for the most part with just a tiny part of the southeast rubbing corners with Kentucky. On the south, it is bordered by two states: most of the southern border is in contact with Arkansas with just a very small portion bordering with Tennessee. So, in total, Missouri shares borders with eight states.
As a bit of trivia, Missouri and Tennessee share the honor of touching the most states.
Missouri is bordered by eight different states. Missouri is bordered by Iowa to the north; Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee across the Mississippi River to the east; Arkansas to the south; and Nebraska across the Missouri River, Oklahoma, and Kansas to the west.
Clarification: Missouri, Tennessee and Texas are the only U.S. states that each border eight other states, but Missouri and Tennessee are the only ones that each border eight other U.S. states (Texas borders four U.S. states and four Mexican states).
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Missouri and Tennessee.
Iowa borders the entire northern edge of Missouri.
On the west, Illinois is bordered by Iowa and Missouri.
Tennessee is bordered on the west by Missouri and Arkansas.
Tennessee and Missouri are both bordered by eight states.
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
Missouri bordered by Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma Tennessee bordered by North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Akansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware…
West Virginia is bordered by the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.Confederate Arkansas bordered Missouri, Tennessee bordered Kentucky and a small part of Missouri, and West Virginia is bordered by Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia.West Virginia is bordered by Maryland to the northeast.
In 1863, Kentucky bordered Confederate State Tennessee, as did a small part of Missouri. Missouri had a large border with Confederate Arkansas and Maryland had a small border with Confederate Virginia. West Virginia of course bordered Virginia as well.
All states are bordered by less than six states except these 13 states:-- Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wyoming (bordered by 6 states)-- Colorado, Kentucky and Utah (bordered by 7 states).-- Tennessee and Missouri (bordered by 8 states)
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