Nebraska Territory facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Territory of Nebraska
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1854–1867
Capital	Omaha
• Type	Organized incorporated territory
History
• Kansas–Nebraska Act	30 May 1854
• Colorado Territory formed	February 28
• Dakota Territory formed	March 2
• Idaho Territory formed	March 3
• Statehood	1 March 1867
Preceded by Succeeded by Unorganized territory Washington Territory Colorado Territory Dakota Territory Idaho Territory Nebraska

The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States. It existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the part of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska. The Nebraska Territory was created by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854. The territorial capitol was Omaha. The territory included areas of what is today Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, and Montana.

Images for kids

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  $1 City of Omaha 1857 uniface banknote. The note is signed by Jesse Lowe in his function as Mayor of Omaha City. It was issued as scrip in 1857 to help fund the erection of the territorial capitol building at Omaha.

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  The front page of the December 6, 1854 issue of the Nebraska Palladium, the first newspaper to be published in the Nebraska Territory

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  The front page of the May 4, 1857 issue of the Nebraska Advertiser founded by Robert Wilkinson Furnas, in Brownville, Nebraska Territory

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  Site No. JF00-072: The Nebraska–Kansas state line at the intersection of Nebraska counties Thayer and Jefferson and Kansas counties Washington and Republic

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  Map of the territory of Nebraska and seal of the Nebraska Territory

See also

In Spanish: Territorio de Nebraska para niños