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 | |||||||||
Capital |
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Government | |||||||||
• Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
• 1851–58 | Brigham Young | ||||||||
• 1858–61 | Alfred Cumming | ||||||||
• 1875–80 | George W. Emery | ||||||||
• 1880–86 | Eli Houston Murray | ||||||||
• 1886–89, 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,[2] until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah,[3] the 45th state. At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day State of Utah, most of the present-day state of Nevada save for Southern Nevada (including Las Vegas), much of present-day western Colorado, and the extreme southwest corner of present-day Wyoming.