Nebraska Territory

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organized incorporated territory of the United States

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.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nebraska Territory canonical 15

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
admittedStateFormed Nebraska ⓘ
admittedToUnionAsStateOn 1867-03-01 ⓘ
borderedBy Iowa ⓘ
Kansas Territory ⓘ
Minnesota Territory ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Utah Territory ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ
capital Omaha ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdByAct Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1867 ⓘ
endDate 1867-03-01 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1854 ⓘ
firstGovernor Francis Burt ⓘ
followedBy Territory of Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Territory

Dakota Territory ⓘ
Idaho Territory ⓘ
Montana Territory ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: State of Nebraska

Wyoming Territory ⓘ
follows Indian Territory (in some northern areas) ⓘ
unorganized territory of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
governingBody Nebraska Territorial Legislature ⓘ
surface form: Territorial Legislature of Nebraska
hasPart parts of present-day Colorado ⓘ
parts of present-day Idaho ⓘ
parts of present-day Kansas ⓘ
parts of present-day Montana ⓘ
parts of present-day North Dakota ⓘ
parts of present-day South Dakota ⓘ
parts of present-day Wyoming ⓘ
present-day Nebraska ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Territorial Governor of Nebraska ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
namedAfter Nebraska (Omaha word for "flat water") ⓘ
namedFor Platte River ⓘ
notableGovernor Alvin Saunders ⓘ
Thomas B. Cuming ⓘ
partOf Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
significantEvent debates over slavery under popular sovereignty ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
surface form: passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act
startDate 1854-05-30 ⓘ
usedCurrency US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar

Referenced by (15)

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

Kansas–Nebraska Act → createdTerritory → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act → regionAffected → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Missouri Territory → followedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
New Mexico Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
The Homesman → settingLocation → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley) → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansas Territory
Dakota Territory → followedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Dakota Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → workLocation → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → associatedWith → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
The Young Riders → setIn → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
John Henry Kagi → residence → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Kansas Territory → borderedBy → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
Department of the Missouri → appliesToJurisdiction → Nebraska Territory ⓘ
J. Sterling Morton → associatedWithPlace → Nebraska Territory ⓘ