Historic territories on United States soil
United States 1792–1795; In 1792 the state of Kentucky was formed from the western areas of Virginia .
United States in 1817 after gaining Louisiana Territory
United States 1868–1876. In 1876 Colorado was incorporated as a state
United States 1889. In 1889 Washington was incorporated as a state
United States 1898–1907; The Territory of Hawaii was formed in 1900 and Oklahoma was incorporated as a state in 1907 .
As historic territories on the floor of the United States those areas are designated by the United States throughout its history by the purchase of land ( Louisiana Purchase , Florida purchase , Alaska purchase , Gadsden Purchase ), war (against Mexico ) or a partition treaty ( Oregon Compromise ) and now belong to individual states.
The territories were gradually incorporated into the Union in the form of individual states . The boundaries of the territories do not always coincide with the states later formed from them. Often limit corrections were made. Also, the states that bear the name of an earlier territory often only include a part of the original (example Oregon Territory and State of Oregon ).
List of territories
- Northwest Territory (1789-1803), later Ohio and Indiana Territories
- Southwest Territory (1790–1796), later Tennessee
- Mississippi Territory (1798–1817), later Mississippi and Alabama
- Indiana Territory (1800–1816), later Indiana , Illinois , Wisconsin , Michigan and Minnesota
- Orleans Territory (1804–1812), later Louisiana
- Michigan Territory (1805–1837), later Michigan , Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa , South Dakota and North Dakota
- Louisiana Territory (1805-1812), renamed Missouri Territory (1812-1821)
- Illinois Territory (1809-1818), later Illinois , Michigan , Minnesota and Wisconsin
- Alabama Territory (1817–1819), later Alabama
- Arkansas Territory (1819–1836), later Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Florida Territory (1822-1845), later Florida
- Wisconsin Territory (1836–1848), later Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa , North Dakota and South Dakota
- Iowa Territory (1838–1846), later Iowa , Minnesota , South Dakota and North Dakota
- Oregon Territory (1848-1859), later Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Montana and Wyoming
- Minnesota Territory (1849-1858), later Minnesota , Wisconsin , North Dakota and South Dakota
- New Mexico Territory (1850–1912), later New Mexico , Arizona , Nevada and Colorado
- Utah Territory (1850–1896), later Utah , Nevada , Colorado and Wyoming
- Washington Territory (1853–1889), later Washington , Idaho , Montana and Colorado
- Kansas Territory (1854–1861), later Kansas and Colorado
- Nebraska Territory (1854–1867), later Nebraska , Colorado , Montana , South Dakota and North Dakota
- Jefferson Territory (1859–1861), later Colorado and Wyoming , but not formally recognized
- Colorado Territory (1861–1876), later Colorado
- Nevada Territory (1861–1864), later Nevada
- Dakota Territory (1861–1889), later North Dakota and South Dakota
- Arizona Territory (1863–1912), later Arizona and New Mexico
- Idaho Territory (1863–1890), later Idaho , Wyoming and Montana
- Montana Territory (1864–1889), later Montana
- Wyoming Territory (1868–1890), later Wyoming
- Oklahoma Territory (1890–1907), previously partly Indian Territory , later Oklahoma
- Territory of Hawaii (1898–1959), later Hawaii
- Alaska Territory (1912–1959), later Alaska
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- During the American Civil War there was (at least nominally) the Arizona Territory (1861-1865) belonging to the southern states , which divided Arizona and New Mexico along an east-west line (instead of today's north-south line).
- Of the current 50 US states , 31 were previously part of one or more territories. The following states were never part of a territory: the Thirteen Colonies , Kentucky and West Virginia (both split off from Virginia ), Maine (split off from Massachusetts ), California (formed as a state from the areas ceded by Mexico ), Vermont and Texas (both had formed as independent republics and later joined the Union).
See also
Web links
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