Mississippi Territory

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Territory of Mississippi
Organized incorporated territory of United States
Flag Seal
Capital	Natchez
• Type	Organized incorporated territory
History
• Mississippi Organic Act passed	April 7, 1798
• Georgia recognizes its present borders	1802
• Georgia cession added to Mississippi Territory	1804
• Mobile District annexed	1812
• Alabama Territory created	August 15, 1817
• Statehood	December 10, 1817
Preceded by Succeeded by Yazoo lands West Florida Republic of West Florida Choctaw Mississippi Territory of Alabama

The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act signed into law by President John Adams on April 7, 1798.^[1] It was dissolved on December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. The eastern half was redesignated as the Alabama Territory; it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819. The Chattahoochee River played a significant role in the definition of the territory's borders. The population increased in the early 1800s from settlement, with cotton being an important cash crop.