NORTH AMERICA

1831-1870

GREENLAND

ARTIC ISLANDS
British possession

ALASKA DEPARTMENT
18671018 purchased by the U.S. from the Russian Empire.
"Alaska Department" under the jusrisdiction of the U.S. Army

Godthab

Kodiak

18630710 to the North-Western Territory

NORTH-WESTERN TERRITORY
1854 18590727 "Indian Territories Act" Brit. territory administered by the Hudson's Bay Co.
18700502 Rupert's Land and the North-Western Terr. merged and renamed

WASHINGTON
1853

STIKINE TERRITORY
18620719 split from North-Western Terr. under the
responsibility of the Gov. of Brit. Columbia
18630710 divided between Brit. Columbia and the
North-Western Territory
UNORGANIZED
OREGON TERRITORY Sitka
1848 1858 1867 capital

NEBRASKA
1854

UTAH 18630710 to British Columbia Colony

1850 Coast of Labrador

KANSAS
1854
QUEEN
PUBLIC LAND STRIP
1850 CHARLOTTE IS.
185209 Brit. Colony with no separate
administration or capital established.
UNORGANIZED Dependency of Vancouver Colony
18630710 Incorporated to Brit. Columbia
TERRITORY
NEW MEXICO (INDIAN TERR.) Area of future disputes among Quebec, the
1848 Fort St. James North-Western Terrs. and Newfoundland as a
1850 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
consecuence of different interpretations on the 18250622
British North America Act
18700502 Rupert's Land and the North-Western Terr. merged and renamed watershed
18700623 Northwest Territories transfered to the Dominion of Canada
York Factory boundary

BRITISH COLUMBIA 18580802 Brit. Colony

18581119 Crown Colony
18660806 amalgamated with Vancouver Is.

BRITISH COLUMBIA 18660806 United Colonies of Vancouver Is.

and British Columbia

1861
NEWFOUNDLAND
18321103 representative government granted
St. John's
(last Brit. Colony in N. America to gain repr. gov.)
18550505 responsible government granted
RUPERT´S LAND
WASHINGTON 18691119 sold to GB by the Hudson´s Bay Co.
18700502 Rupert's Land and the North-Western Terr.
merged and renamed
Plaisance

OREGON Anticosti
DAKOTA VANCOUVER IS.
1859 1861 18490113 Brit. Colony
18660806 amalgamated with B. C. St.Pierre et
New Westminster Miquelon
to France
1859-1868 capital Magdalen
Fort Langley
1858 capital
Victoria 1846
1868
0615
bou
nda
ry Trea
ty betw PRINCE Sydney
NEVADA NEBRASKA
een
GB
and
the
U.S.
EDWARD IS.
18510425 responsible gov. granted
1851 Louisbourg
1861 OREGON Charlottetown
o Terr.

CAPE
UTAH COUNTRY EAST CANADA BRETON
Olympia
to Idah

18430502 Provisional Government of Oregon Country,

not recognized by U.S. or GB (capital: Champoeg)
1853
ASSINIBOIA
1841-1867 administrative district of the Canada Prov.
NEW
QUEBEC BRUNSWICK
1863

18480814 Oregon U.S. Territory south to 49º

59
Fort Garry

09
1854 to
Nebras

18
COLORADO NOVA

208
ka Territo
Fort Astoria ry
MANITOBA 1870 joint capital for 18670701 Prov. of the Dominion of Canada 18541101 responsible gov. granted

184
1861 WASHINGTON 1863 to Manitoba and NWT

KANSAS TERRITORY
18480814 to Oreg. Terr.
18530302 to Was. Terr.
18630303 to Idaho Terr.
Idaho Terr. 18360504 Assiniboia reincorporated to Rupert's Land
but keeping the "Council of Assiniboia" as adm. body
18700715 Manitoba Province of the Dominion of Canada
1842 to Maine
SCOTIA
18480202 responsible government granted
Fredericton
1861 Vancouver 18530302 18640526 to Mont. Terr.
Quebec
1852-56 and
1859-66 capital Halifax
Champoeg Lewiston
PUBLIC LAND STRIP 1863
Oregon City Annapolis Royal
UNORGANIZED Salem
1843
OREGON 18420809
Grand Portage
Trois-Rivières
MAINE
BRITISH NORTH
NEW MEXICO TERRITORY
(INDIAN TERR.)
1851
TERRITORY
18480814
MONTANA TERRITORY
18640526 18490303 to
PROVINCE OF CANADA Montreal
1843-49 capital
18
42
AMERICA
18540530 to Nebraska Terr.
18610302 to Dakota Terr.
Minnesota Terr. 18410210 Act of Union merging Lower and Upper Canada
Colonies. Administrative division in West and East Canada
POSSESSIONS
1863 to Idaho

18630303 to Idaho Terr. 18480311 responsible government granted

Ottawa Augusta in 1870

Bannack WEST CANADA
OREGON 1864
Virginia City
1867 Confed. capital
1841-1867 administrative district of the Canada Prov.
Montpelier
1832
CANADA 18670701 Confederation under Brit. Crown
18590214 MINNESOTA TERRITORY 1837 to Mich.
Terr.

1865
Portland Provinces:
UNORGANIZED 18490303 ONTARIO
18670701 Prov. of the Dominion of Canada
VERMONT NEW Nova Scotia 1867
New Brunswick 1867
IDAHO TERRITORY WISCONSIN TERRITORY Windsor
HAMPSHIRE Canada (1841) 1867 split into Quebec and Ontario Provs.
18360420
tory

TERRITORY DAKOTA 18580511 Unorganized Terr.

18610302 to Dakota Terr.
MINNESOTA Kingston Concord Exeter Quebec 1867
n Terri

Boise
18630303 TERRITORY 18580511
1841-43 capital
Ontario 1867
1863
1865
Manchester MASSACHUSETTS
ingto

18610302 Toronto Manitoba 1870

18540530 to Nebraska Terr.
St. Paul WISCONSIN MICHIGAN 1834 new name
Territories:
to Wash

18610302 to Dakota Terr.

18630303 to Idaho Terr. 1849 1849-52 and Boston
WASHINGTON 18640526 to Dakota Terr.
18680725 to Wyoming Terr.
18480529 18370126 1856-58 capital
Albany Plymouth Northwest Territories 1870
1848 to Or Providence 1862
1859

1859 to Wa
1863 to Id
1864 to Dak
Niagara NEW YORK Hartford Other Brit. Colonies and Provinces:
1848 to Or
1859 to Wa 1868 to Wy WYOMING Newfoundland 1729 proprietary Col.; 1824 Crown Col.
1850
1863 to Id
1868 to Wy 1848 to Or
TERRITORY IOWA TERRITORY CONN. RHODE ISLAND Prince Edward Is. 1769
tory

to Utah 1859 to Wa
Territ
ory 1859 to 1861 to Ne
18680725
1861 to Nebraska
Territory NEBRASKA 18380612 Vancouver Is. (1849) 1866 united with Brit. Columbia
Terri

1863 to Id
Wash
ington New Haven Queen Charlotte Is. (1853) 1863 to Brit. Columbia
Territo 1864 to Dak
TERRITORY Yankton
1864

ry 1868 to Wy
Madison Lansing
to Utah

OREGON 18540530
1861
British Columbia (1858) 1866 united with Vancouver
Neb. Terr.

1838 1847
IDAHO DAKOTA CALIFORNIA REP. 18540530 to Nebraska Terr. Detroit (United) British Columbia 1866
1863 to Idaho
1850

1850 to Ut 18630303 to Idaho Terr.

1863 NEVADA 1864 to Id 18500909 to Utah Terr. 18640526 to Dakota Terr. 1846
New York Other British Territories:
(BEAR FLAG REP.) 1868 to Wy 18610302 to Nebraska Terr. 18680725 to Wyoming Terr.
PENNSYLVANIA
1861 to

18460614 Independence proclaimed TERRITORY 18630303 to Idaho Terr.

18640526 to Dakota Terr. IOWA 1836 Trenton Stikine (1862) 1863 to Brit. Columbia and NWT
Rupert´s Land 1870 to Canada as NWT
18460707 U.S. occupation
18610302 18680725 to Wyoming Terr.
18461228 NEW JERSEY
Terr.

18460709 Indep. Republic ended

Sacramento Salt Lake City 1863 to Idaho
Cheyenne Harrisburg Philadelphia Assiniboia Dist. 1836 to Rupert's Land
ory

Sonoma 1854 Terr. Burlington

Carson City NEBRASKA North-Western Terr. 1870 to Can. as NWT
ory

1858
Iowa City
a Territ

by Texas

1869
1846 capital of the Vallejo 1861 1861 to Nebraska
Des Moines Lancaster
a Territ

Territory
California Rep. 1852 18670301 Omaha 1841 capital Unorganized Territory:
Benicia 1857 capital New Castle
Nevad

1854 capital
Artic Islands 1870
0 claimed
Nevad

1853
Burlington Wheeling
NEVADA UTAH TERRITORY
18540530 to Nebraska Terr.
Lincoln Zanesville 1861-70 capital
Dover
714 to

18610228 to Colorado Terr. 1838 capital 1866 to

INDIANA
505 to

NEVADA (Lancaster) W. Va.

18641031 18500909 Columbus DELAWARE
1836-185

from Va.
San1850
Jose
18620

1838/1849
NEBRASKA
1854 to Nebraska 1867 capital
ILLINOIS Marietta Annapolis
18660

Territory 1836 to
Denver City 1854 to Kansas Missouri Washington
UTAH Fillmore Golden
1867
Territory
WEST D.C.
1850
18500909 to Utah Terr.
18610228 to Colorado Terr. 1862-67
Springfield
1839
Indianapolis Chillicothe
VIRGINIA MARYLAND
COLORADO Monterey COLORADO TERRITORY 18610611 separated from
Virginia St. Mary's City
1849 capital of the Provisional
18610228 Vandalia
Government of California 18540530 to Kansas Terr.
18610228 to Colorado Terr. KANSAS Lecompton
18630620 Richmond
TERRITORY Charleston DISTRICT OF
KANSAS CALIFORNIA
Colorado City
18540530 Topeka
1856
Jefferson City
Vincennes Frankfort 1870
1861 second capital
of the Confederacy

VIRGINIA Williamsburg COLUMBIA (D.C.)

1862
1850 to
Utah Territo
KANSAS 1861 capital
St. Charles St. Louis Corydon
18500909 1850 to
New Mexic
ry
Jamestown 18460907 Alexandria area ceded back to Virginia
18500909 to New Mexico Terr. o Territo 1850 to New
Mexico Territory 18610129 18610417
PUBLIC LAND STRIP
18630224 to Arizona Terr.
18660505 to Nevada State
ry
MISSOURI Kaskaskia 18700126
18540530 to New Mexico Terr. I Military District
18610228 to Colorado Terr.
KENTUCKY
Texas

ARIZONA UNORGANIZED Danville

1865 last capital
TERRITORY
1836-1850 claimed by

of the Confederacy
1863 (INDIAN TERR.)
1854 to Kansas
Territory Raleigh
NEW MEXICO
ALTA CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC LAND STRIP
18361219 to Texas NORTH CONFEDERATE
CHEROKEE OUTLET St. George's
18361230 united to Baja Calif.
as California Department
18430613 California redivided
18501125 to the U.S.
18500904 compromised
Texas boundary 18351229
18660719 to U.S.
CHEROKEE
NATION
Nashville
1843
Knoxville
CAROLINA
New Bern
STATES OF Hamilton
ARIZONA TERRITORY 18610520
AMERICA BERMUDA IS.
18470521 Fed. Territory 18351229
18480202 ceded to the U.S.
18630224 Santa Fe INDIAN 1833-1856 Sem. and Creek joint adm.
CREEK Tahlequah TENNESSEE 18680704
18660614
Murfreesboro Fayetteville to GB
TERRITORY to U.S. NATION 1838 18610608
Prescott
1864
NUEVO MÉXICO (UNORGANIZED)
18660323
to U.S.
18340630 Unorganized Indian Terr. delimited
18320324
Okmulgee
ARKANSAS 18660724
II Military District
1860-1861 Secession of eleven States
18610204 Provisional government set up in Montgomery
18610208 Constitution
18361230 Mexican Department
18470521 Fed. State SEMINOLE 18360615 18610720 Richmond, Va., Confederate capital
18480202 ceded to the U.S. LEASED DISTRICT 18330528
18550622 leased to 1866 new
Wewoka 1867 18610506
18650409 Confederacy collapsed
1866-1870 Re-admission of the seceded States into the Union
18470521 1866
V

186108 GREER the U.S. by Chickasaw location 18670301 Reconstruction Act. Five military districts established in the South
01 Confed
COUNTY and Choctaw Nations 18680622 Columbia
1864 CHOCTAW
erate Terr.

18480202 18
of Arizona 18600208 claimed
by U.S. and Texas 18660428 CHICKASAW NATION States:
to U.S.
48
02 NEW MEXICO TERRITORY NATION 18370117
Little Rock SOUTH Georgia 17880102; 18610119-18700715 out of the Union
WASHINGTON
02 18370117 Atlanta South Carolina 17880523; 18601220-18680709 out of the Union
1855

Tuskahoma
Texas boundary

18500909 Tishomingo
1855
1838 18190302
Arkansas
1868
Augusta CAROLINA Virginia 17880625; 18610417-18700126 out of the Union
ARIZONA CONFED.TERRITORY 1837-1855 Chock. and Chick. joint adm.
Post Montgomery
1846 State capital Milledgeville 18601220 North Carolina 17891121; 18610520-18680704 out of the Union
GADSDEN PURCHASE 18610801 IV Military District 1861 first capital 18680709 Charles Town Tennessee 17960601; 18610507-18660724 out of the Union
1840 U.S. claim relinquishwd

18530624 to U.S.
of the Confederacy Louisville Louisiana 18120430; 18610126-18680709 out of the Union
18500904 compromised

MONTANA 1850 line

agreed by Tuscaloosa
1864 Tucson
Mexico and
U.S.
Mesilla
MISSISSIPPI Mississippi 18171210; 18610109-18700223 out of the Union
REPUBLIC OF 1867 LA MESILLA VALLEY
1852 line 1861-62 capital of the 18610109 ALABAMA Alabama 18191214; 18610111-18680713 out of the Union
OREGON claimed by
U.S. Confed. Terr. of Arizona

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS Shreveport 18700223 18610111 GEORGIA Savannah Arkansas 18360615; 18610506-18680622 out of the Union
BAJA CALIFORNIA
18531103 Indep. Republic of Lower Calif. proclaimed 1853062
4
18360302 Indep. Republic of Texas proclaimed
18360514 Treaties of Velasco signed by Texas and Mexico
18370303 U.S. recognition
1863-65 capital

Jackson
18700223 18610119
18700715
Florida 18450303; 18610110-18680625 out of the Union
Texas 18451229; 18610201-18700330 out of the Union
18540110 incorp. to the Sonora Republic
Territories:
IDAHO
18540507 re-incorporated into Mexico 18451229 admited in the U.S. as a state
LOUISIANA Arizona Territory 18610801; 18620118 incorp. into Confed.
DAKOTA Los Adaes 18610126 Washington St. Stephens Indian Territory (unorganized)
18

18680709
48

Claimed Areas:
02

Natchez III Military District

02

Arizpe
1832 capital
TEXAS V Military District St. Missouri State
18451229 Mobile Kentucky State
Francisville
SONORA 18610201 Tallahassee St. Augustine New Mexico Territory
18700330 Pensacola
Washington Baton Rouge
NEVADA NEBRASKA
Ures
1838 capital
Austin
1836 capital 1 1849-62 capital
FLORIDA
Hermosillo Houston
1864 UTAH 1831 capital
CHIHUAHUA
1839 capital 7
1837 capital 6 New Orleans
1865 capital 18450303
San Antonio Bejar Harrisburg 18610110
1836 capital 2
18680625
COLORADO Galveston
BAJA REPUBLIC OF Chihuahua Columbia 1836 capital 3

KANSAS CALIFORNIA
18361230 united to Alta Calif. SONORA
1836 capital 5
Velasco
1836 capital 4
as California Department 18540110 Indep. Republic of Sonora. proclaimed
18430613 California redivided covering Baja California
18470521 Fed. Territory 18540507 re-incorporated into Mexico SIERRA
MOJADA
disputed area
PUBLIC LAND STRIP

COAHUILA
18360302 separated from Texas
ARIZONA UNORGANIZED Loreto 18560209 united Coah. and N. León
18480

18681118 separated States

TERRITORY
(INDIAN TERR.)
NEW MEXICO
202

El Fuerte Monclova
1833 confirmed cap.
Nassau

UNITED STATES SINALOA

Monterrey
OF AMERICA Parras
Saltillo
NUEVO
in 1870
18420809 Boundary Treaty with GB (Webster-Ashburton Treaty), from Lake of Woods
to Lake Superior and from Connecticut River to the Atlantic Ocean
18460615 Boundary Treaty with GB. Treaty line from Rocky Mountains to the Pacific La Paz Culiacán DURANGO
1827-1834 "Leona Vicario"
1838 capital LEÓN
18560209 united Coah. and N. León
Ocean at 49º 1853 capital of the 18681118 separated States
18480202 Boundary Treaty with Mexico (Guadalupe-Hidalgo). U.S. acquires the area Lower Calif. Republic
north of the Río Grande and the Gila River, California included
18530624 Gadsden Purchase. New boundary line between Río Grande and Colorado River
18670301 Reconstruction Act. Five military districts established in the South
18670828 Acquisition of Midway Islands
TAMAULIPAS BAHAMAS to GB
18671018 Alaska is sold to U.S. by Russia Durango TURKS AND
States:
Delaware 17871207 Nombre de Dios ZACATECAS
Padilla
REPUBLIC OF La Habana
CAICOS IS.
1848 Superintendency
subordinated to Jamaica

Pennsylvania 17871212
New Jersey 17871218 Zacatecas
Ciudad Victoria
RÍO GRANDE
18400117 Indep. Republic of Río Grande proclaimed
OCCIDENTAL
Territories: covering Coahuila, Nuevo Léon and Tamaulipas
18401106 re-incorporated into Mexico
1853-66 to Occ. Dep.

Georgia 17880102; 18610119-18700715 out of the Union Northwest Terr. 1787–1803 CENTRAL
Connecticut 17880109 Southwest Terr. 1790–1796 SAN LUÍS SIERRA GORDA 18531021 suppressed
18660714 restored

Massachusetts 17880206 Mississippi Terr. 1798–1817 AGUASCALIENTES 1857

confirm.
18531201 Fed. Terr.
18570527 suppr. Puerto Príncipe
Maryland 17880428 Indiana Terr. 1800–1816
18350523 Territory
18361230 Department
18480102 annexed by Zacatecas TEPIC Colotlán
1857
POTOSÍ
San Luís Potosí
REPUBLIC OF Trinidad 1866

1853-66 to Ori. Dep. REP. San Juan

South Carolina 17880523; 18601220-18680709 out of the Union Orleans Terr. 1804–1812 18531210 Department
HIDALGO CUBA ORIENTAL
18670807 Militar Dist.
YUCATÁN DOMINICANA PUERTO
v

18570205 Federal State

New Hampshire 17880621 Michigan Territory 1805-1837 18570205
under Fed. control
Aguascalientes 18620607 State to Spain
18531021 Central Dep. suppressed
Cap-Haïtien
Tepic S. Luis 18690116 Fed. State confirmed
Virginia 17880625; 18610417-18700126 out of the Union
New York 17880726
Louisiana Terr. 1805–1812 1857
confirm.
de la Paz
18690116
18410316 Indep. Republic of Yucatán proclaimed
included Campeche and Isla del Carmen districts
18431215 re-incorporated into Mexico
18660714 Central Dep. restored 1856 Haiti occup.
1859 armistice
18440227 Independence from Haiti
18610318 re-annexed to Spain RICO
Illinois Terr. 1809–1818 Compostela 184601012 2nd Independence proclaimed
1867 to Haiti de facto 18650711 Independence from Spain to Spain
v

North Carolina 17891121; 18610520-18680704 out of the Union Alabama Terr. 1817–1819 Guanajuato FED. DIST. 18480714 2nd re-incorporation into Mexico
Santiago de Cuba
18680923 Indep. Rep. proclaimed
18681005 end of the Republic
TUXPAN 18370220 suppressed Santo Domingo
Rhode Island [and Providence Plantations] 17900529 Arkansas Terr. 1819-1836 18531201 to Veracruz 18490514 re-established
GUAN. QUER.
v

18561201 confirmed
Vermont 17910304 Florida Terr. 1822-1845 Guadalajara
18540216 1st enlargement
18610506 2nd enlargement Mérida
Kentucky 17920601
Tennessee 17960601; 18610507-18660724 out of the Union
Wisconsin Terr. 1836–1848
Iowa Terr. 1838–1846
MÉXICO JALISCO Querétaro TLAXCALA YUCATÁN CAYMAN IS.
Port-au-Prince
in 1870 Pachuca
18

18371223 to the México Dep.

18351023 centralized Republic. Departments instead of States
1863 formally attached
HAITI
58

Ohio 18030301 Oregon Terr. 1848–1859 18470521 Territory to Jamaica

05

18460822 2nd federal Republic 1857 18571206 Fed. State

03

18470521 "Acta constitutiva y de reformas de los EEUU Mexicanos"

Louisiana 18120430; 18610126-18680709 out of the Union Minnesota Terr. 1849–1858 18480202 Boundary Treaty with U.S. (Guadalupe-Hidalgo). Upper Morelia 18571206 Campeche 18490826 2nd Empire of Haiti
18581223 Republic of Haiti restored
Indiana 18161211
Mississippi 18171210; 18610109-18700223 out of the Union
New Mexico Terr. 1850 California, New Mexico, Texas and other parts to the U.S.
18530415 2nd centralized Republic
18530624 Gadsden Purchase. La Mesilla is sold to the U.S.
México Jalapa TABASCO
v

Utah Terr. 1850 18570205 3rd federal Republic

Toluca 18410213 separated from Mexico
Colima 1824-1867 capital
v

Illinois 18181203 Washington Terr. 1853 18630710 2nd Mexican Empire (centralized)
18670514 4th federal Republic MICHOACÁN MÉX. Tlaxcala Veracruz
18421202 re-incorporated into Mexico
18461109 2nd separation from Mexico CAMPECHE JAMAICA Spanish Town
Alabama 18191214; 18610111-18680713 out of the Union Kansas Terr. 1854–1861
States or Departments:
COLIMA CuernavacaPuebla
1867 capital 18461208 2nd re-incorporation into Mexico 18620219 State
18630429 Fed. State 1866 Brit. Crown Colony
18380630 to Michoacán
C. del Carmen confirmed
Maine 18200315 VERACRUZ
v

Nebraska Terr. 1854–1867 (Date of admittance as a State in the Federation in grey numbers in map) 18470521 Territory
18570527 Fed. State 18630429
Missouri 18210810 Colorado Terr. 1861 Jalisco 18240131 Fed. State 18570527 PUEBLA TABASCO ISLA DEL BRITISH
Arkansas 18360615; 18610506-18680622 out of the Union Nevada Terr. 1861–1864 Michoacán 18240131 Fed. State CARMEN
Michigan 18370126
Florida 18450303; 18610110-18680625 out of the Union
Dakota Terr. 1861
Arizona Terr. 1863
Occidente (Sonora y Sinaloa) 18240131 Fed. State
Querétaro 18240131 Fed. State MORELOS
GUERRERO
18470518 State
1840 to Verac.
1853 to Teh.
1857 to Tab.
18531016 Fed. Terr.

San Juan
18570916 suppr. HONDURAS
185401 Legislative Assembly of the Settlement of Belize
18590430 Boundary Treaty with Guatemala SWAN ISLANDS
BRITISH WEST
Minatitlán
INDIES
18491027 Fed. State confirmed 18620512 "Brit. Honduras" Crown Colony subordinated 18560818 to the U.S.A. under
Texas 18451229; 18610201-18700330 out of the Union Idaho Terr. 1863 San Luís Potosí 18240131 Fed. State
18690416 Fed. State
18491027 Bautista to Jamaica the Guano Islands Act
18690416
18590430

Iowa 18461228 Montana Terr. 1864 Tamaulipas 18240131 Fed. State Chilpancingo TEHUANTEPEC Belize 18630211 U.S. took possession

Oaxaca
Wisconsin 18480529
California 18500909
Wyoming Terr. 1868
Federal District:
Veracruz 18240131 Fed. State
Zacatecas 18240131 Fed. State Acapulco
18531016 Fed. Terr.
18570527 suppr. S. Cristóbal de 18340916 area
BAY ISLANDS
184111 claimed by GB as a dependency
POSSESSIONS
OAXACA Tuxtla Gutiérrez Las Casas claimed by GB of Belize Settlement
18590430 Brit. compromise to surrender
in 1870
Minnesota 18580511 District of Columbia 1800 Guanajuato 18240203 Fed. State 1834-35; 1858-61
and 1864-67 capital
1848 renamed
1867 capital Bay Islands to Honduras Colonies (shown in the map):
Oregon 18590214 Department: Oaxaca 18240203 Fed. State Tehuantepec 18600714 ceded to Honduras
18610601 incorporated in Honduras Jamaica 1670; 1866 Crown Colony
Kansas 18610129 Alaska 1867 Puebla 18240203 Fed. State CHIAPAS Cayman Islands 1670
West Virginia 18630620 Yucatán 18240203 Fed. State Brit. Honduras 1742 as Belize; 1862
Nevada 18641031
Nebraska 18670301
México 18240302 Fed. State
Tabasco 18240503 Fed. State
GUATEMALA
18390417 separated from the Federation
185911 Brit. cession
to Honduras
Crown Colony as "Brit. Honduras"

Mosquito Coast Prot. 1687-1860

1730 to Jamaica and 1749 to Belize
Aruba
to Neth.
Bonaire
to Neth.

Coahuila y 18560515-18640226
Texas 18240507; SOCONUSCO 18470321 Republic of Guatemala

Nuevo León 18560515-18640226 union with Coahuila

18361230 divided;
union with Nvo. León 18420911 re-incorporated into Chiapas
Quezaltenango HONDURAS
18381105 separated from the Federation
Bay Islands 1841-1860
Turks and Caicos 1710 to Bermuda; Curaçao
to Neth.
v

1766 to Bahamas and 1848 to Jamaica

Durango 18240522 Fed. State Tapachula 18480204 Republic of Honduras
Bahamas 1718
Chihuahua 18240706 Fed. State Guatemala Comayagua Tegucigalpa
Chiapas 18240914 Fed. State LOS ALTOS Providencia Is.
to Colombia
18380202 State seceded from Guatemala MOSQUITO
Sinaloa 18310312 recognized as a separated Fed. State 18380615 Constituent State of the C.A. Fed. COAST
Sonora 18310312 recognized as a separated Fed. State 18400120 re-unified to Guatemala San Vicente 184309 Brit. direct Protectorate over the Mosquito Kingdom
18480905 2nd separation of the State
18490515 2nd re-unification to Guatemala San Salvador 1834-1840 18600128 British recognition of Nicaraguan soverignty Caracas
Nuevo México 18361230 Dep.; 18470521 State 18340207 Federal District
State capital under special autonomy

California 18361230 united Dep.; 18430613 divided again

Aguascalientes 18361230 Dep.; 18480102 to Zacat.;
18531210 Dep.; 18570205 Fed. State EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA
18380430 separated from the Federation
San Andrés Is.
to Colombia
Maracaibo
Guerrero 18470518 State; 18491027 Fed. State 18410131 separated from the Federation as
a Republic, ending the Federation "de iure"
León 18540228 Republic of Nicaragua
Colima 18570527 Fed. State
Tlaxcala 18571206 Fed. State
Campeche 18620219 State; 18630429 Fed. State FED. REP. OF Managua
18520205 capital
Bluefields

LEGEND Hidalgo 18620607 State; 18690115 Fed. State

CENTRAL
Natural political boundary
Morelos 18690416 Fed. State
Territories:
AMERICA VENEZUELA
Alta California 18480202 ceded to the U.S.
Established political boundary Baja California 18470521 Terr.
Colima 18380630 to Mich.; 18470521 Terr.
18380530 Federal Congress declares the freedom of the States to
organize themselves as Republics, ending the Federation "de facto"
18580415 Guanacaste and
COSTA RICA
18381114 separated from the Fed.
18480830 Republic of Costa Rica
Nicoya to Costa Rica
Disputed political boundary Nuevo México 18480202 ceded to the U.S. San José
Tlaxcala 18371223 to Méx.; 18470521 Terr. Cartago
Established administrative boundary Aguascalientes 18350523 Fed. Territory
Tehuantepec 18531016 Fed. Terr.; 18570527 supp.
Undefinided administrative boundary Sierra Gorda 18531201 Fed. Terr.; 18570527 supp. Area in dispute
between Colombia
and Costa Rica
Isla del Carmen 18531016 F. T.; 18570916 supp.
(Obsolete boundaries during the period, in red) Federal District COLOMBIA
México 18370220 suppressed; 18490514 reestablished;
1864-1867 suppressed

Joaquín de Salas Vara de Rey

20100119 jqvaraderey@terra.es