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Creation Date

1854-05-30

Dissolution Date

1861-01-29

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"Kansas Territory" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00009424, (accessed April 29, 2025).

Territory of the United States. Established by the Kansas-Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854. The eastern region of the territory became the state of Kansas on January 29, 1861. The western region formed the Colorado Territory and later, the state of Colorado.

"Kansas Territory," Kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society, https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-territory/14701 (accessed October 1, 2018).

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