Territorial evolution of New Mexico

The following timeline traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of New Mexico.

An enlargeable map of the United States after the Constitution of the United States was ratified on March 4, 1789.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the secret Third Treaty of San Ildefonso transferred the Spanish colony of la Luisiana to the French Republic on October 1, 1800.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase took effect on December 20,1803.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the District of Louisiana on March 26, 1804.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Louisiana on March 3, 1805.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Missouri on June 4, 1812.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Arkansaw on March 2, 1819.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Adams–Onís Treaty took effect on February 22, 1821.
Territorial claims of the Republic of Texas, May 2, 1836.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the proposed State of Deseret on July 2, 1849.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah on September 9, 1850.
An enlargeable map of the United States after Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Confederate Territory of Arizona on February 24, 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Arizona on June 19, 1862.
An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of New Mexico to the Union on January 6, 1912.
An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.

Timeline

See also
Santa Fe de Nuevo México
La Louisiane
La Luisiana
Louisiana Purchase
District of Louisiana
Louisiana Territory
Arkansaw Territory
Missouri Territory
Mexican Empire
Republic of Texas
U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
State of Deseret
New Mexico Territory
Confederate Territory of Arizona
State of New Mexico

References
  1. Thirty-first United States Congress (September 9, 1850). "An Act Proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her Northern and Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment by the said State of all Territory claimed by her exterior to said Boundaries, and of all her Claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial Government for New Mexico". Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. Sixty-first United States Congress (June 20, 1910). "An Act To enable the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States; and to enable the people of Arizona to form a constitution and state government and be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. William Howard Taft (January 6, 1912). "Proclamation 1175—Admitting New Mexico to the Union". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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