No Man's Land

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No Man's Land was an unorganized and sparsely populated region in the late 19th century United States that later became the Oklahoma Panhandle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
No Man's Land canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former territorial entity
historical region
alsoKnownAs Oklahoma Territory
surface form: Cimarron Territory

Oklahoma Panhandle
Public Land Strip
areaApproxSqKm 14500
borders Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico Territory
Texas
climate semi-arid
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
demographics few Native American inhabitants
primarily Anglo-American settlers
some Hispanic settlers
historicalJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
historicalNameOf Oklahoma Panhandle
historicalReputation haven for outlaws
lawless frontier area
incorporatedBy Oklahoma Organic Act
incorporatedInto Oklahoma Territory
incorporationYear 1890
knownFor cattle ranching
lack of formal law enforcement
open range grazing
laterBecame Oklahoma Panhandle
legalStatus not part of any U.S. state or organized territory for several decades
lengthApproxKm 267
locatedIn Great Plains
notableRiver Beaver River
Cimarron River
nowPartOf Oklahoma
partOf Oklahoma Panhandle
populationDensity sparsely populated
preIncorporationLaw federal law applied imperfectly
presentDayCounties Beaver County, Oklahoma
Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Texas County, Oklahoma
primaryEconomicActivities dryland farming
ranching
reasonForUnorganizedStatus not assigned to any state or territory after Texas boundary settlement
regionType panhandle
status unorganized territory
timePeriod late 19th century
widthApproxKm 56

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oklahoma Panhandle historicallyPartOf No Man's Land
Public Land Strip alsoKnownAs No Man's Land