Territorial evolution of Nevada

The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Nevada.

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Nevada Organic Act in 1861
An enlargeable map of the United States after the first Utah annexation in 1862
An enlargeable map of the United States after Nevada Statehood in 1864
An enlargeable map of the United States after the second Utah annexation in 1866
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Arizona annexation in 1867
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959

Outline

See also
Territorial evolution of Arizona
Territorial evolution of California
Territorial evolution of Idaho
Territorial evolution of Oregon
Territorial evolution of Utah

References
  1. Thirty-sixth United States Congress (March 2, 1861). "An Act to organize the Territory of Nevada" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  2. Thirty-eighth United States Congress (March 21, 1864). "An Act to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States" (cgi-bin). Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  3. Abraham Lincoln (October 31, 1864). "By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation Admitting the State of Nevada to the Union". Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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