Utah Territory

Territory of Utah
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1850–1896
Flag[1] Territorial coat of arms (1876)
The Utah Territory upon its creation, with modern state boundaries shown for reference
Capital	Fillmore (1851–1856) Salt Lake City
Government
• Type	Organized incorporated territory
Governor
• 1851–58	Brigham Young
• 1858–61	Alfred Cumming
• 1875–80	George W. Emery
• 1880–86	Eli Houston Murray
• 1886–89	Caleb Walton West
• 1889-1893	Arthur Lloyd Thomas
• 1893–96	Caleb Walton West
Legislature	Utah Territorial Assembly
History
• State of Deseret	1849
• Utah Organic Act	9 September 1850
• Colorado Territory formed	February 28, 1861
• Nevada Territory formed	March 2, 1861
• Wyoming Territory formed	July 25, 1868
• Statehood	4 January 1896
Preceded by Succeeded by Alta California Santa Fe de Nuevo México Utah Nevada Territory Wyoming Territory Nevada Colorado Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850,^[2] until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah,^[3] the 45th state. At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day State of Utah, most of the current state of Nevada save for a portion of Southern Nevada (including the metro area of the city of Las Vegas), much of modern western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming.