Iowa Territory

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:territory
gptkbp:area 55,869 square miles
gptkbp:bordered_by gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkb:Nebraska_Territory
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Burlington
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:created_by gptkb:Wisconsin_Territory
gptkbp:demographics 1840
gptkbp:dissolved December 28, 1846
gptkbp:election 1838
gptkbp:established July 4, 1838
gptkbp:first_delegate_to_congress gptkb:James_Clarke
gptkbp:governing_body gptkb:Iowa_Territorial_Legislature
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Robert_Lucas
gptkbp:historical_significance Railroad expansion
Expansion of the United States
Development of agriculture
Settlement of the Midwest
Statehood of Iowa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iowa Territory
gptkbp:involved_countries gptkb:Iowa_Tribe
gptkb:Otoe-Missouria_Tribe
gptkb:Native_American_culture
Sauk and Fox Tribes
gptkbp:land_ownership gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase
Black Hawk Purchase
gptkbp:legal_framework Iowa Constitution of 1846
gptkbp:major_rivers gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkb:Missouri_River
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Robert_Lucas
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:William_M._Stone
gptkb:George_W._Mc_Clellan
gptkb:James_W._Grimes
gptkb:James_Clarke
gptkb:Samuel_J._Kirkwood
gptkb:John_A._Kasson
Francis J. Grund
John P. Cook
gptkbp:population approximately 43,112 (1840)
43,112
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Michigan_Territory
gptkbp:second_capital gptkb:Iowa_City
gptkbp:student_organizations gptkb:Iowa
gptkbp:successor gptkb:State_of_Iowa
gptkbp:territorial_supreme_court Iowa Territorial Supreme Court
gptkbp:third_capital gptkb:Des_Moines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Illinois_Territory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4