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Homesteaders in central Nebraska in 1866. The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854.
The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, [1] until March 1, 1867, when the final extent 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 capital was Omaha.
On May 30, 1854, the U.S. Congress created the Kansas and the Nebraska territories, divided by the Parallel 40° North, under the Kansas–Nebraska Act. [25] The Nebraska Territory included parts of the current states of Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. [26] The territorial capital of Nebraska was Omaha. [27]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Nebraska is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location ... Unorganized U.S. territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
The Nebraska Territorial Legislature was held from January 16, 1855, until February 18, ... In 1854 the Kansas–Nebraska Act created the Nebraska Territory, ...
Nebraska, United States: Created: June 12, 1875 () Ratified: October ... The Nebraska Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
"Omaha City" was organized by the owners of the Council Bluffs & Nebraska Ferry Company to lure the proposed transcontinental railroad to Council Bluffs. Alfred D. Jones, Omaha City's first postmaster, platted the town site early in 1854, months after the Kansas–Nebraska Act created the Nebraska Territory. [6]