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An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Treaty of Paris in 1789
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Anglo-American Convention of 1818
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Compromise of 1850
The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Nevada.
Contents
Outline
- Historical territorial claims of
Spain in the present
State of Nevada:
- Nueva California, 1768–1804
- Gran Cuenca, 1776–1821
-
Alta California, 1804–1821
- Adams–Onis Treaty of 1819
- Historical international territory in the present
State of Nevada:
- Oregon Country, 1818–1846
- Historical territorial claims of
Mexico in the present
State of Nevada:
- Gran Cuenca, 1821–1848
-
Alta California, 1821–1848
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
- Historical
political divisions of the United States in the present
State of Nevada:
- Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850
- State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
- Territory of Utah, 1850–1896
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Territory of Nevada, 1861–1864
- Nevada Organic Act, March 2, 1861 [1]
- Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862
- Nevada Enabling Act, March 21, 1864 [2]
-
State of Nevada since 1864
- Nevada Statehood, October 31, 1864 [3]
- Another 53 miles of western Utah Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, May 5, 1866
- Northwestern corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, January 18, 1867
See also
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Territorial evolution of Arizona -
Territorial evolution of California -
Territorial evolution of Idaho -
Territorial evolution of Oregon -
Territorial evolution of Utah
References
- ^ Thirty-sixth United States Congress (March 2, 1861). "An Act to organize the Territory of Nevada" ( cgi-bin). Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ Thirty-eighth United States Congress (March 21, 1864). "An Act to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States" ( cgi-bin). Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ^ Abraham Lincoln (October 31, 1864). "By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation Admitting the State of Nevada to the Union". Retrieved June 4, 2009.
