From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Review of the topic
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Constitution of the United States was ratified on March 4, 1789.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Treaty of Córdoba was signed on August 24, 1821.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed
State of Deseret on July 2, 1849.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the
Territory of New Mexico and the
Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850.
An enlargeable map of the United States after
Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the
Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the
Confederate Territory of Arizona on February 24, 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the
Territory of Arizona on June 19, 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the annexation of northwestern Arizona on January 18, 1867.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of
Arizona to the
Union on February 14, 1912.
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since
Hawaiiʻi was admitted to the
Union on August 21, 1959.
The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the
U.S.
State of Arizona .
Timeline
Historical territorial claims of
Spain in the present
State of Arizona :
Historical territorial claims of
Mexico in the present
State of Arizona :
Historical
political divisions of the United States in the present
State of Arizona :
Unorganized territory created by the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , 1848–1850
State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
Territory of New Mexico , 1850–1912
American Civil War , 1861–1865
Territory of Arizona , 1863–1912
[1]
North-western corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the
State of Nevada , 1867
State of Arizona since February 14, 1912
Mexican Boundary Exchanges : In 1927 under the
Banco Convention of 1905, the U.S. acquired two bancos from Mexico at the
Colorado River border with
Arizona . Farmers Banco, covering 583.4 acres (2.361 km2 ), a part of the
Cocopah Indian Reservation at
32°37′27″N 114°46′45″W / 32.62417°N 114.77917°W / 32.62417; -114.77917 , was ceded to the U.S. with controversy.
[2] Fain Banco (259 acres (1.05 km2 )) at
32°31′32″N 114°47′28″W / 32.52556°N 114.79111°W / 32.52556; -114.79111 also became U.S. soil.
See also
Territorial evolution of California
List of territorial claims and designations in Colorado
Territorial evolution of Nevada
Territorial evolution of New Mexico
Territorial evolution of Utah
References
External links