Territorial evolution of Arizona
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The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Arizona.
Contents
Timeline
- Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Arizona:
- Nueva Vizcaya, 1562-1821
- Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598-1821
- Sonora y Sinaloa, 1732-1821
- Treaty of Córdoba of 1821
- Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Arizona:
- Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821-1848
- Sonora y Sinaloa (Estado de Occidente), 1824-1830
- Sonora since 1830
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
- Gadsden Purchase of 1853
- Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Arizona:
- Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848-1850
- State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849-1850
- Territory of New Mexico, 1850-1912
- Gadsden Purchase of 1853
- American Civil War, 1861-1865
- Arizona Territory (CSA), 1861-1865
- Territory of Arizona, 1863-1912[1]
- North-western corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, 1867
- State of Arizona since February 14, 1912
- Mexican Boundary Exchanges: In 1927 under the Banco Convention of 1905, the U.S. acquired two bancos from Mexico at the Colorado River border with Arizona. Farmers Banco, covering 583.4 acres (2.361 km2), a part of the Cocopah Indian Reservation at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., was ceded to the U.S. with controversy.[2] Fain Banco (259 acres (1.05 km2)) at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. also became U.S. soil.
See also
- Territorial evolution of California
- Territorial evolution of Colorado
- Territorial evolution of Nevada
- Territorial evolution of New Mexico
- Territorial evolution of Utah