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Unassigned Lands | |
|---|---|
Homestead | |
 Map of the Unassigned Lands—1885 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| Counties | Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne |
| Oklahoma Territory | May 2, 1890 – Organic Act |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,887,796.47 acres (763,964.13 ha) |
| • Land | 2,949 sq mi (7,640 km2) |
The Unassigned Lands in Oklahoma were in the center of the lands ceded to the United States by the Creek (Muskogee) and Seminole Indians following the Civil War and on which no other tribes had been settled. By 1883, it was bounded by the Cherokee Outlet on the north, several relocated Indian reservations on the east, the Chickasaw lands on the south, and the Cheyenne-Arapaho reserve on the west. The area amounted to 1,887,796.47 acres (2,950 sq mi; 7,640 km2).
In 1889, this territory was offered by the federal government to non-Native Americans for settlement in the Oklahoma Land Rush.