- Alabama Territory
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Territory of Alabama
common_name = Alabama Territory
nation = theUnited States
subdivision = Organized incorporated territory|
event_start =
date_start = March 3
year_start = 1817
event_end = Statehood
year_end = 1819
date_end = December 14
event_pre =
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p1 = Mississippi Territory
flag_p1 = US flag 15 stars.svg
p2 =
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p3 =
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s1 = Alabama
flag_s1 = Flag of Alabama.svg
s2 =
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stat_area1 =
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capital = St. Stephens
government_type = Organized incorporated territory
title_leader = Governor
leader1 = William Wyatt Bibb
year_leader1 =1817 -1819
leader2 =
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title_deputy =
deputy1 =
year_deputy1 =The Alabama Territory was a historic,
organized territory of theUnited States that was formed by the eastern portion of theMississippi Territory . "Timeline 1811-1820" (events +sources), Algis Ratnikas, Timelines of History, 2007, webpage: [http://timelines.ws/1811_1820.HTML TL-Miss] .] The territory was organizedMarch 3 ,1817 , shortly beforeMississippi became a state.History
Located in the central area of the Alabama Territory, St. Stephens, on the
Tombigbee River , was the onlyterritorial capital .William Wyatt Bibb was the only territorial governor.On
December 14 ,1819 — just two years and nine months after the territory was organized —Alabama was admitted to the union as the 22ndU.S. state .ee also
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Historic regions of the United States
*Louisiana Purchase Notes
References
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