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Notes
- ↑ See also Territorial evolution of California.
- ↑ ’Unorganised territory’ was not an official name, rather it referred to any United States territory without an official name.
- ↑ Colorado at this point in time was split between the Kansas Territory, Utah Territory, Nebraska Territory and the New Mexico Territory, with the majority being within the Kansas Territory.
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