Territorial evolution of Nevada

[image:United States 1789-03-1789-08.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Paris in 1789]
image:United States 1818-10-1818-12.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Anglo-American Convention of 1818
image:United States 1821-07-1821-08.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams-Onís Treaty took effect in 1821
image:United States 1848-02-1848-05.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
image:United States 1850-1853-03.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Compromise of 1850
[image:United States 1861-03-1861-08.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Nevada Organic Act in 1861]
[image:United States 1862-1863-02.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the first Utah annexation in 1862]
[image:United States 1864-10-1865.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after Nevada Statehood in 1864]
[image:United States 1866-1867-01.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the second Utah annexation in 1866]
[image:United States 1867-01-1867-03.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States after the Arizona annexation in 1867]
[image:United States 1959-08-present.png|thumb|240px|An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since 1959]
The following outline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Nevada.

Outline

Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Nevada:
*Nueva California, 1768–1804
*Gran Cuenca, 1776–1821
*Alta California, 1804–1821
**Adams–Onis Treaty of 1819
Historical international territory in the present State of Nevada:
*Oregon Country, 1818–1846
**Anglo-American Convention of 1818
Historical territorial claims of Mexico in the present State of Nevada:
*Gran Cuenca, 1821–1848
*Alta California, 1821–1848
**Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
Historical political divisions of the United States in the present State of Nevada:
*Unorganized territory created by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848–1850
**Compromise of 1850
*State of Deseret, 1849–1850
*Territory of Utah, 1850–1896
*Nataqua Territory, 1856–1861
*Territory of Nevada, 1861–1864
**Nevada Organic Act, March 2, 1861
**Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862
**Nevada Enabling Act, March 21, 1864
*State of Nevada since 1864
**Nevada Statehood, October 31, 1864
**Another 53 miles of western Utah Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, May 5, 1866
**Northwestern corner of the Arizona Territory is transferred to the State of Nevada, January 18, 1867