Dakota Territory
| Territory of Dakota | |||||||||||||||||
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| Organized incorporated territory of the United States | |||||||||||||||||
| 1861–1889 | |||||||||||||||||
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| • Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Created from Nebraska and unorganized territories | 2 March 1861 | ||||||||||||||||
• Idaho Territory split off | March 4, 1863 | ||||||||||||||||
• Land received from Idaho Territory | May 28, 1864 | ||||||||||||||||
• Wyoming Territory split off | July 25, 1868 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 November 1889 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.