Utah Territory
| Territory of Utah | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Organized incorporated territory of the United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1850–1896 | |||||||||||||||||||
Territorial coat of arms (1876)
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The Utah Territory upon its creation, with modern state boundaries shown for reference | |||||||||||||||||||
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| • Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||||||||||||
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• 1851–58 | Brigham Young | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1858–61 | Alfred Cumming | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1875–80 | George W. Emery | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1880–86 | Eli Houston Murray | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1886–89 | Caleb Walton West | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1889-1893 | Arthur Lloyd Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1893–96 | Caleb Walton West | ||||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Utah Territorial Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1849 | |||||||||||||||||||
• Utah Organic Act | 9 September 1850 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Colorado Territory formed | February 28, 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Nevada Territory formed | March 2, 1861 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Wyoming Territory formed | July 25, 1868 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 January 1896 | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state. At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day State of Utah, most of the current state of Nevada save for a portion of Southern Nevada (including the metro area of the city of Las Vegas), much of modern western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming.