Dakota Territory
The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.
| Territory of Dakota | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organized incorporated territory of the United States | |||||||||||||||||
| 1861–1889 | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital |
| ||||||||||||||||
| • Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Created from Nebraska and unorganized territories | March 2, 1861 | ||||||||||||||||
• Idaho Territory split off | March 4, 1863 | ||||||||||||||||
• Land received from Idaho Territory | May 28, 1864 | ||||||||||||||||
• Wyoming Territory split off | July 25, 1868 | ||||||||||||||||
• North Dakota and South Dakota statehood | November 2, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.