Alabama Territory

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Alabama Territory was an early 19th-century organized incorporated territory of the United States that preceded the admission of Alabama as a state.

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Label Occurrences
Alabama Territory canonical 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territory
organized incorporated territory of the United States
admissionDateOfSuccessorState 1819-12-14
admissionResult Admission of Alabama as the 22nd U.S. state
borderedBy Mississippi Territory
surface form: Mississippi Territory (to the west, before statehood of Mississippi)

West Florida
surface form: Spanish West Florida (to the south)

Georgia
surface form: State of Georgia

Tennessee
capital St. Stephens
continent North America
country United States of America
currency US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
demographics primarily settlers of European descent and enslaved African Americans
endDate 1819-12-14
establishedBy United States Congress
establishedByAct Act of Congress of March 3, 1817
executiveHead Territorial governor of Alabama Territory
flagBearer United States of America
followed Mississippi Territory
Mississippi Territory
surface form: Mississippi Territory (eastern portion)
followedBy Alabama
surface form: State of Alabama
governmentType territorial government
governor William W. Bibb
surface form: William Wyatt Bibb
historyOfTopic History of Alabama
includedPresentDay Alabama
surface form: State of Alabama
ISO3166Status no current ISO 3166 code (historical entity)
jurisdictionOver lands that became the State of Alabama
language English
legalStatus organized incorporated territory
legislativeBody Territorial legislature of Alabama Territory
locatedIn Deep South
North America
Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
namedAfter Alabama River
Alabama people
partOf Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum United States

United States of America
partOfFormerly Mississippi Territory
surface form: Mississippi Territory (before 1817)
precededBy Mississippi Territory
primaryCrops cotton
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
reasonForEnd admission as a U.S. state
startDate 1817-03-03
status defunct political entity
succeededBy Alabama
surface form: State of Alabama
timePeriod early 19th century

Referenced by (5)

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Mobile wasFormerCapitalOf Alabama Territory
St. Stephens capitalOf Alabama Territory
St. Stephens historicalJurisdiction Alabama Territory
William W. Bibb wasTerritorialGovernorOf Alabama Territory
Treaty of Fort Jackson locationSigned Alabama Territory