Nevada Territory
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• Organic act | March 2 1861 | ||||||||
October 31 1864 | |||||||||
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The Territory of Nevada (N.T.)
Prior to the creation of the Nevada Territory, the area was part of western
History
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1860 | 6,857 | — |
Source: 1860;[4] |
The eastern boundary of Nevada Territory had been defined as the 39th meridian west from Washington, but when gold discoveries were made to the east the Nevada territorial delegation to Congress requested the boundary be moved east to the 38th meridian, which Congress granted in 1862. The border was shifted further east, to the 37th meridian, in 1866, in part due to the discovery of more gold deposits. These eastward shifts took land away from Utah Territory. The southern border of Nevada Territory had been defined as the 37th parallel, but in 1866 Nevada asked Congress to move the border south to the Colorado River. Congress granted the request in 1867, giving Nevada all of the western end of Arizona Territory. Arizona strongly protested, but found little sympathy in Congress due in part to Arizona having aligned with the Confederacy during the Civil War.[5]
The exact location of the due north-south California–Nevada border, between Lake Tahoe and the intersection with the southern boundary of Oregon at the 42nd parallel, was contentious and was surveyed and re-surveyed well into the 20th century.[6]
Congress transferred some of the lands west of the Colorado River including
The territorial capital was moved from the provisional capital of
See also
- Nevada portal
- United States portal
- History portal
- California Trail
- Great Basin
- Historic regions of the United States
- History of Nevada
- Territorial evolution of the United States
- Mexican Cession, 1848
- State of Deseret, 1849–1850 (extralegal)
References
- ^ The abbreviation "N. T." was often used and can be seen on many mining claims.
- ^ "California Digital Newspaper Collection".
- ^ 12 Stat. 209
- ^ Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990 (PDF) (Report). United States Census Bureau. p. 3. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-06-143138-8.
- ^ Brean, Henry (April 27, 2009). "Four Corners mistake recalls long border feud between Nevada, California". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
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