Iowa Territory

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Iowa Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from 1838 to 1846 that encompassed present-day Iowa and parts of surrounding states before Iowa achieved statehood.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admittedSuccessorEntity Iowa ⓘ
admittedSuccessorEntityDate 1846-12-28 ⓘ
borderedBy Illinois ⓘ
Indian Territory ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Wisconsin Territory ⓘ
capital Burlington, Iowa ⓘ
Iowa City, Iowa ⓘ
category 1846 disestablishments in the United States ⓘ
Former territories of the United States ⓘ
Pre-statehood history of Iowa ⓘ
States and territories established in 1838 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Act of the United States Congress ⓘ
createdFrom Wisconsin Territory ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
demographics primarily Euro-American settlers and Native American nations ⓘ
endTime 1846-12-28 ⓘ
flag Flag of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States flag
followed Wisconsin Territory ⓘ
followedBy State of Iowa ⓘ
linked to: Iowa
governmentType Territorial government of the United States ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Burlington, Iowa ⓘ
Iowa City ⓘ
linked to: Iowa City, Iowa
historyOfTopic History of Iowa ⓘ
History of the Midwestern United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus incorporated territory ⓘ
legislature Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iowa ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
namedAfter Iowa River ⓘ
organizedStatus organized territory ⓘ
partOf American frontier ⓘ
United States territorial expansion ⓘ
predecessorEntity Michigan Territory (for some earlier lands via Wisconsin Territory) ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Territory
startTime 1838-07-04 ⓘ
subdivisionOf United States federal government ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Makataimeshekiakiak → placeOfDeath → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Davis County, Iowa Territory → locatedIn → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1830) → regionAffected → Iowa Territory region ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Prairie du Chien
linked to: Iowa Territory
Michigan Territory → followedBy → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Michigan Territory → dissolvedInto → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Missouri Territory → followedBy → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Wisconsin Territory → followed → Territory of Iowa ⓘ
linked to: Iowa Territory
Wisconsin Territory → followedBy → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Bloomfield, Iowa Territory → partOfHistoricalEntity → Iowa Territory (1838–1846) ⓘ
linked to: Iowa Territory
Burlington, Iowa → formerCapitalOf → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → workLocation → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → associatedWith → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Keokuk → placeAssociated → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Louisa Massey → regionAssociatedWith → Iowa Territory ⓘ
George Wallace Jones → livedIn → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Ansel Briggs → livedIn → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Robert Lucas → livedIn → Iowa Territory ⓘ
George Davenport → residence → Iowa Territory ⓘ
George Davenport → associatedWith → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Minnesota Territory → borderedBy → Iowa Territory (later State of Iowa) ⓘ
linked to: Iowa Territory
Commerce, Illinois → locatedNear → Iowa Territory (across the Mississippi River) ⓘ
linked to: Iowa Territory
Credit Mobilier scandal → mainLocation → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Augustus C. Dodge → represented → Iowa Territory ⓘ
Chief Wapello → placeOfActivity → Iowa Territory ⓘ
History of Iowa → focusesOn → Iowa Territory ⓘ