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.

From 1850 to 1896, Utah existed not as a state but as an official territory of the United States. This period of over forty years in Utah was marked by conflict between members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and nonmembers, conflict between white settlers and various American Indian groups, and debates over founding the ...

犹他领地（英語： Utah Territory ），美国历史上的一个合并建制领土，源自耶稣基督后期圣徒教会定居者提出创建的德撒律州，为犹他州的前身，涵蓋現今猶他州全境，內華達州北部，科羅拉多州西部與懷厄明州西南角，存续时间为1850年9月9日至1896年1月4日。

About the Utah Territory. The United States Government oversaw all aspects of the Territory of Utah from 1850 until statehood in 1896. The Utah State Archives holds some records from this time period and have made a selection available online for research.

Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Utah: Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1821–1848; Gran Cuenca, 1821–1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848; Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Utah: Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850 Compromise of ...

New territories, including the future Territory and later State of Utah, officially became United States territory in the Mexican Cession (of the northwestern one-third of their country) on the peace negotiations and signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848, which was subsequently ratified by the United States Senate a month ...

Feb 18, 2015 · Over the course of six months, 13 members of the Territorial Council and 26 members of the Territorial House of Representatives passed a series of acts and bills that formally codified the first laws of the Utah Territory. The Utah Territory had been established by an act of the U.S. Congress on September 09, 1850, after a failed March 08, 1849 ...

The Utah area became a territory of the United States in 1848, but didn’t become a state until 1896. For most other western states, territorial status was much shorter than this. Idaho, for example, was a territory for about 27 years–half the time that Utah was.

The Utah Territory was an organized incorporated American territory which would eventually become the State of Utah in 1896.

The Utah Territory was organized in September 1850, on the same day that California became a state. As large numbers of migrants traveling to California led to increased hostilities with Mormon settlers, the U.S. Army sent men into the region.