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Territory of Mississippi
Organized incorporated territory of United States
Flag of Mississippi
Flag
Seal of Mississippi
Seal

CapitalNatchez
 • TypeOrganized incorporated territory
History 
• Mississippi Organic Act passed
April 7, 1798
• Georgia recognizes its present borders
1802
• Georgia cession added to Mississippi Territory
1804
• Mobile District annexed
1812
• Alabama Territory created
August 15, 1817
• Statehood
December 10, 1817
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mississippi Territory Yazoo lands
Mississippi Territory West Florida
Mississippi Territory Republic of West Florida
Mississippi Territory Choctaw
Mississippi Mississippi Territory
Territory of Alabama Mississippi Territory
1948 postage stamp depicting the Mississippi Territory

The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act signed into law by President John Adams on April 7, 1798.[1] It was dissolved on December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi. The eastern half was redesignated as the Alabama Territory; it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819. The Chattahoochee River played a significant role in the definition of the territory's borders. The population increased in the early 1800s from settlement, with cotton being an important cash crop.

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