Utah Territory

Territory of Utah
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1850–1896
Territorial coat of arms (1876) of Utah Territory
Territorial coat of arms (1876)

The Utah Territory upon its creation, with modern state boundaries shown for reference
Capital
Government
 • TypeOrganized incorporated territory
Governor 
• 1851–58
Brigham Young
• 1858–61
Alfred Cumming
• 1875–80
George W. Emery
• 1880–86
Eli Houston Murray
• 1886–89, 1893–96
Caleb Walton West
LegislatureUtah Territorial Assembly
History 
1849
• Utah Organic Act
September 9 1850
• Colorado Territory formed
February 28, 1861
• Nevada Territory formed
March 2, 1861
• Wyoming Territory formed
July 25, 1868
• Statehood
January 4 1896
Preceded by
Succeeded by
State of Deseret
Utah

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 present-day state of Nevada save for Southern Nevada (including Las Vegas), much of present-day western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming.

  1. ^ "FlagTerritorial.jpg". pioneer.utah.gov. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Stat. 453
  3. ^ "Utah". World Statesmen. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

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