Territory of Colorado

E431267

former territory organized incorporated territory of the United States

The Territory of Colorado was a 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States that preceded the state of Colorado, encompassing much of the central Rocky Mountain region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Colorado Territory	30
Colorado (historical)	1
Territory of Colorado canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4337404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Territory of Colorado
Context triple: [The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, setIn, Territory of Colorado]

A. New Mexico Territory
New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
B. Dakota Territory
Dakota Territory was a 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States that once encompassed the areas that later became North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of neighboring states.
C. Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States in the late 19th century that preceded the state of Wyoming and encompassed parts of the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
D. Nebraska Territory
Nebraska Territory was a mid-19th-century U.S. organized incorporated territory that once encompassed much of the northern Great Plains before being gradually reduced to form the state of Nebraska and parts of several other states.
E. Kansas Territory
Kansas Territory was a mid-19th-century U.S. territorial region that became a focal point of violent conflict over slavery’s expansion before eventually entering the Union as the state of Kansas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Territory of Colorado
Target entity description: The Territory of Colorado was a 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States that preceded the state of Colorado, encompassing much of the central Rocky Mountain region.

A. New Mexico Territory
New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
B. Dakota Territory
Dakota Territory was a 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States that once encompassed the areas that later became North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of neighboring states.
C. Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States in the late 19th century that preceded the state of Wyoming and encompassed parts of the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
D. Nebraska Territory
Nebraska Territory was a mid-19th-century U.S. organized incorporated territory that once encompassed much of the northern Great Plains before being gradually reduced to form the state of Nebraska and parts of several other states.
E. Kansas Territory
Kansas Territory was a mid-19th-century U.S. territorial region that became a focal point of violent conflict over slavery’s expansion before eventually entering the Union as the state of Kansas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former territory ⓘ organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admissionDateOfSuccessorState	1876-08-01 ⓘ
admissionToUnionAsState	Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Kansas Territory (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska Territory (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico Territory (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah Territory (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
conventionalLongName	Territory of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currency	United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
endDate	1876-08-01 ⓘ
establishedBy	Act of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedUnder	administration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
firstGovernor	William Gilpin NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagUsed	flag of the United States ⓘ
followedBy	State of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	territorial government ⓘ
historicalEra	American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ
judicialBody	Colorado Territorial Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislature	Colorado Territorial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	central Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
namedAfter	Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableGovernor	Edward M. McCook NERFINISHED ⓘ John Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ John L. Routt NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Hitt Elbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	admission of Colorado as a U.S. state ⓘ
regionIncludes	Front Range NERFINISHED ⓘ High Plains portion of present-day Colorado ⓘ Southern Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Colorado Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1861-02-28 ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
todayPartOf	State of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance → setIn → Territory of Colorado ⓘ

Raoul Walsh → notableWork → Colorado Territory ⓘ

subject linked to: Albert Edward Walsh