No Man's Land

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No Man's Land was an unorganized and sparsely populated region in the late 19th century United States that later became the Oklahoma Panhandle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
No Man's Land canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territorial entity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cimarron Territory ⓘ
linked to: Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
Public Land Strip ⓘ
areaApproxSqKm 14500 ⓘ
borders Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
Missouri Compromise ⓘ
demographics few Native American inhabitants ⓘ
primarily Anglo-American settlers ⓘ
some Hispanic settlers ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
historicalNameOf Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
historicalReputation haven for outlaws ⓘ
lawless frontier area ⓘ
incorporatedBy Oklahoma Organic Act ⓘ
incorporatedInto Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
incorporationYear 1890 ⓘ
knownFor cattle ranching ⓘ
lack of formal law enforcement ⓘ
open range grazing ⓘ
laterBecame Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
legalStatus not part of any U.S. state or organized territory for several decades ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 267 ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
notableRiver Beaver River ⓘ
Cimarron River ⓘ
nowPartOf Oklahoma ⓘ
partOf Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
preIncorporationLaw federal law applied imperfectly ⓘ
presentDayCounties Beaver County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Cimarron County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas County, Oklahoma ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities dryland farming ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
reasonForUnorganizedStatus not assigned to any state or territory after Texas boundary settlement ⓘ
regionType panhandle ⓘ
status unorganized territory ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
widthApproxKm 56 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Oklahoma Panhandle → historicallyPartOf → No Man's Land ⓘ
Public Land Strip → alsoKnownAs → No Man's Land ⓘ