Missouri Territory

Territory of Missouri
Organized incorporated territory of United States
1812–1821
Flag of Missouri

Map of the Territory of Missouri in 1812
CapitalSt. Louis
 • TypeOrganized incorporated territory
History 
• Renaming of Louisiana Territory
4 June 1812
• Territory of Arkansas created
March 2, 1819
• Missouri statehood
10 August 1821
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Louisiana Territory
Territory of Arkansas
Missouri
Unorganized territory
Indian Territory
Rupert's Land
The Missouri Territory (1812-1821), formerly the Louisiana Territory (1804-1812), and earlier the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 from the First French Empire of Emperor Napoleon I / Napoleon Bonaparte, from Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1814 map

The Territory of Missouri was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 4, 1812,[1] until August 10, 1821. In 1819, the Territory of Arkansas was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri, and the rest became unorganized territory for several years.

  1. ^ Stat. 743

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