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The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Nevada.

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
    • Anglo-American Convention of 1818
• 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
    • Compromise of 1850
  • State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
  • Territory of Utah, 1850–1896
  • Nataqua Territory (extralegal), 1856-1861
  • Territory of Nevada, 1861–1864
    • Nevada Organic Act, March 2, 1861
    • Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862
    • Nevada Enabling Act, March 21, 1864
  • State of Nevada since 1864
    • Nevada Statehood, October 31, 1864
    • 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

• Historical outline of Nevada
• History of Nevada
• Territorial evolution of the United States

Territorial evolution of Arizona

Territorial evolution of California

Territorial evolution of Idaho

Territorial evolution of Oregon

Territorial evolution of Utah

References

1. Thirty-sixth United States Congress (March 2, 1861). "An Act to organize the Territory of Nevada" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 5, 2009.
2. 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.
3. 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.

External links

• State of Nevada website
• Nevada History

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