Territorial evolution of Arizona

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Constitution of the United States came into force on March 4, 1789.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Córdoba was signed on August 24, 1821.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed State of Deseret on July 2, 1849.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Confederate Territory of Arizona on February 24, 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Arizona on June 19, 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the annexation of northwestern Arizona on January 18, 1867.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Arizona to the Union on February 14, 1912.
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.

The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Arizona.

Timeline

  • Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Arizona:
    • Nueva Vizcaya, 1562–1821
    • Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598–1821
    • Sonora y Sinaloa, 1732–1821
      • Treaty of Córdoba of 1821
  • Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Arizona:
  • Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Arizona:
    • Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850
      • Compromise of 1850
    • State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
    • Territory of New Mexico, 1850–1912
    • American Civil War, 1861–1865
      • Arizona Territory (CSA), 1861–1865
    • Territory of Arizona, 1863–1912[1]
      • North-western corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, 1867
    • State of Arizona since February 14, 1912
    • Mexican Boundary Exchanges: In 1927 under the Banco Convention of 1905, the U.S. acquired two bancos from Mexico at the Colorado River border with Arizona. Farmers Banco, covering 583.4 acres (2.361 km2), a part of the Cocopah Indian Reservation at 32°37′27″N 114°46′45″W / 32.62417°N 114.77917°W / 32.62417; -114.77917, was ceded to the U.S. with controversy.[2] Fain Banco (259 acres (1.05 km2)) at 32°31′32″N 114°47′28″W / 32.52556°N 114.79111°W / 32.52556; -114.79111 also became U.S. soil.

See also

California Territorial evolution of California
Colorado List of territorial claims and designations in Colorado
Nevada Territorial evolution of Nevada
New Mexico Territorial evolution of New Mexico
Utah Territorial evolution of Utah

References

  1. ^ Thirty-seventh United States Congress (February 24, 1863). "An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Arizona, and for other Purposes". Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Decisions of the Department of the Interior in cases relating to the public lands: 1927–1954. United States. Department of the Interior. Washington. For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 25, 337. hdl:2027/mdp.39015084910804.
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