Dakota Territory

Territory of Dakota
Organized incorporated territory of the United States
1861–1889
Capital	Yankton (1861–1883) Bismarck (1883–1889)
• Type	Organized incorporated territory
History
• Created from Nebraska and unorganized territories	2 March 1861
• Idaho Territory split off	March 4, 1863
• Land received from Idaho Territory	May 28, 1864
• Wyoming Territory split off	July 25, 1868
• North Dakota and South Dakota statehood	2 November 1889
Preceded by Succeeded by Nebraska Territory Unorganized territory Idaho Territory Wyoming Territory North Dakota South Dakota

The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861,^[1] until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.