Mississippi Territory

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organized incorporated territory of the United States

The Mississippi Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1798 to 1817, eventually forming the states of Mississippi and Alabama.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Mississippi Territory canonical	12
Chickasaw territory	1
Mississippi Territory (before 1817)	1
Mississippi Territory (eastern portion)	1
Mississippi Territory (to the west, before statehood of Mississippi)	1
Mississippi Territory period	1
Territory of Mississippi	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Mississippi Territory self-link ⓘ territorial laws of the United States ⓘ
capital	Natchez, Mississippi ⓘ Washington, Mississippi ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
diplomaticRelation	Native American nations in the region ⓘ Spain (border negotiations) ⓘ
endTime	1817 ⓘ
establishedBy	Act of Congress of April 7, 1798 ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ
firstGovernor	Winthrop Sargent ⓘ
followed	West Florida ⓘ surface form: British West Florida Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia (U.S. state) West Florida ⓘ surface form: Spanish West Florida
followedBy	Alabama ⓘ surface form: State of Alabama State of Mississippi ⓘ
governmentForm	territorial government of the United States ⓘ
governor	David Holmes ⓘ Robert Williams ⓘ William C. C. Claiborne ⓘ Winthrop Sargent ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia (U.S. state) Louisiana (since 1803) ⓘ West Florida ⓘ surface form: Spanish West Florida Tennessee ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Natchez District ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Mississippi Territory ⓘ
historyOfTopic	History of Alabama ⓘ History of Mississippi ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	Mississippi Territorial Legislature ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	United States of America ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−06:00 ⓘ
namedAfter	Mississippi River ⓘ
partiallyContains	present-day Alabama ⓘ present-day Mississippi ⓘ
partOf	Old West ⓘ surface form: American frontier Antebellum period ⓘ surface form: Antebellum United States history Inland South ⓘ surface form: Old Southwest (United States)
reasonForEnd	admission of Mississippi as a state ⓘ creation of Alabama Territory ⓘ
sharesBorderWithBodyOfWater	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico (via West Florida region)
significantEvent	expansion eastward in 1804 ⓘ further expansion in 1812 ⓘ
startTime	1798 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

West Florida → successor → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

St. Stephens → partOf → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

St. Stephens → historicalJurisdiction → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

Gulf Coast theater of the War of 1812 → geographicScope → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

Montgomery County → foundedAsPartOf → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Montgomery County, Alabama

Treaty of Hopewell → appliesTo → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chickasaw territory

Alabama Territory → followed → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Territory (eastern portion)

Alabama Territory → precededBy → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

Alabama Territory → borderedBy → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Territory (to the west, before statehood of Mississippi)

Alabama Territory → partOfFormerly → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Territory (before 1817)

Washington County → locatedIn → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington County, Alabama

Washington County → timePeriodEstablished → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington County, Alabama

this entity surface form: Mississippi Territory period

Washington County → predecessorTerritory → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington County, Alabama

Territory South of the River Ohio → borderedBy → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

Mississippi Territory → appliesToJurisdiction → Mississippi Territory self-link ⓘ

Territory of Orleans → borderedBy → Mississippi Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Territory of Mississippi

Yazoo land controversy resolution → location → Mississippi Territory ⓘ