Public Land Strip

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The Public Land Strip, later known as the Oklahoma Panhandle, was a narrow, unassigned U.S. territory in the 19th century that existed between Texas and Kansas before being incorporated into the state of Oklahoma.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Public Land Strip canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territorial entity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
unorganized territory of the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs No Man's Land ⓘ
Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
borderedBy Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
governingAuthority federal government of the United States ⓘ
hasPart Beaver County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Cimarron County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas County, Oklahoma ⓘ
historicalUse open range and cattle trails ⓘ
settlement by homesteaders before formal organization ⓘ
incorporatedInto State of Oklahoma ⓘ
incorporationDate 1907 ⓘ
laterKnownAs Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
latitudeRange between 36°30′N and 37°N ⓘ
legalContext result of the Missouri Compromise line at 36°30′N ⓘ
lengthApprox about 170 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
nowPartOf Oklahoma ⓘ
partOf Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
predecessor part of lands claimed by the Republic of Texas ⓘ
reasonForExistence created by boundary adjustments involving Texas and surrounding territories ⓘ
shape narrow strip of land ⓘ
status unassigned U.S. territory ⓘ
unorganized territory ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
widthRangeApprox 34 to 37 miles ⓘ

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 → Public Land Strip ⓘ
No Man's Land → alsoKnownAs → Public Land Strip ⓘ