This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Utah and the historical area now occupied by the state.
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
1900s
1890s
1880s
1870s
1860s
Year
Date
Event
1869
February 18
The Territory of Utah creates Rio Virgen County from a portion of Washington County .[5]
1868
January 29
The Territory of Utah changes the name of Richland County to Rich County .[5]
The Territory of Utah changes the name of Great Salt Lake County to Salt Lake County .[5]
1866
May 5
U.S. President Andrew Johnson signs An Act concerning the Boundaries of the State of Nevada , annexing the portion of the Territory of Utah west of the 37th meridian west from Washington (114°02′43″W) to the State of Nevada .
1865
September 30
U.S. President Andrew Johnson appoints Charles Durkee as the sixth Governor of the Territory of Utah .
May 9
U.S. President Andrew Johnson proclaims the end of the American Civil War .
April 15
U.S. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes office as the 17th President of the United States upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln .
January 16
The Territory of Utah creates Sevier County from a portion of Sanpete County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Piute County from a portion of Beaver County .[5]
1864
January 16
The Territory of Utah creates Richland County from a portion of Cache County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Kane County from a portion of Washington County .[5]
1863
June 22
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints James Duane Doty as the fifth Governor of the Territory of Utah .
1862
July 14
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs An Act to extend the territorial Limits of the Territory of Nevada , annexing the portion of the Territory of Utah west of the 38th meridian west from Washington (115°02′43″W) to the Territory of Nevada .
July 7
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints Stephen S. Harding as the fourth Governor of the Territory of Utah .
January 17
The Territory of Utah abolishes Cedar County , Desert County , Greasewood County , Malad County , St. Mary's County , and Shambip County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Wasatch County from portions of Great Salt Lake County , Green River County , Sanpete County , Summit County , and Utah County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Morgan County from portions of Davis County , Great Salt Lake County , Summit County , and Weber County .[5]
1861
December 7
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln appoints John W. Dawson as the third Governor of the Territory of Utah .
June 6
Jefferson Territorial Governor Robert Williamson Steele proclaims the Territory of Jefferson officially disbanded.
April 12
The American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter .
March 4
Abraham Lincoln assumes office as the 16th President of the United States .
March 2
U.S. President James Buchanan signs An Act to organize the Territory of Nevada . The Territory of Utah loses all land west of the 39th meridian west from Washington (116°02′43″W) to the new Territory of Nevada, including Carson County and Humboldt County .
February 28
U.S. President James Buchanan signs the An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado .
February 8
Seven secessionist slave states create the Confederate States of America .
1860
November 6
Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States . Seven slave states will secede from the United States of America before February 8, 1861.
April 1
The 1860 United States Census enumerates the population of the Territory of Utah, later determined to be 40,273, an increase of 254% since the 1850 United States Census . Utah becomes the third most populous of the eight U.S. territories .
1850s
Year
Date
Event
1859
October 24
Voters of the Pike's Peak goldfields approve the establishment of the Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson . The proposed territory includes the portion of the Territory of Utah east of the 110th meridian west .
1858
April 12
U.S. President James Buchanan appoints Alfred Cumming as the second Governor of the Territory of Utah .
1856
January 12
The Territory of Utah creates Shambip County from a portion of Tooele County .[5]
January 5
The Territory of Utah creates St. Mary's County from portions of Desert County , Juab County , Tooele County , and Weber County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Humboldt County from portions of Desert County , Juab County , Tooele County , and Weber County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Malad County from a portion of Weber County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Greasewood County from a portion of Weber County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Cache County from a portion of Weber County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Box Elder County from a portion of Weber County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Cedar County from a portion of Utah County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates Beaver County from a portion of Iron County .[5]
1854
January 17
The Territory of Utah creates Carson County from a portion of Iron County .[5]
January 13
The Territory of Utah creates Summit County from portions of Great Salt Lake County and Green River County .[5]
1852
March 3
The Territory of Utah creates four original counties: Desert County , Juab County , Green River County , and Washington County .[5]
The Territory of Utah creates seven original counties with borders modified from the seven State of Deseret counties: Davis County , Great Salt Lake County , Iron County , Sanpete County , Tooele County , Utah County , and Weber County .[5]
1851
October 4
The Territory of Utah creates the original county of Millard County .[5]
April 5
The State of Deseret dissolves and yields to the Territory of Utah .
February 3
U.S. President Millard Fillmore appoints Brigham Young as the first Governor of the Territory of Utah .
1850
October 5
The State of Deseret creates Davis County from portions of Great Salt Lake County and Weber County .[5]
September 9
The Territory of Utah and the Territory of New Mexico are established as part of the Compromise of 1850 . U.S. President Millard Fillmore signs An Act to establish a Territorial Government for Utah [11] and 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 .
April 1
The 1850 United States Census enumerates the population of the future Territory of Utah, later determined to be 11,380. Utah will become the third most populous of the five U.S. territories .
January 31
The State of Deseret creates six original counties: Great Salt Lake County , Iron County , Sanpete County , Tuilla County , Utah County , and Weber County .[5]
1840s
1830s
1820s
1810s
1790s
1780s
1770s
1760s
1690s
1590s
1510s
1490s
Before 1492
See also
References
References are included in the linked articles.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Antiquities Act" . National Park Service . November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Park Anniversaries" . National Park Service . October 30, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Establishment and Modification of National Forest Boundaries and National Grasslands" (PDF) . United States Forest Service . 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ Sixty-eighth United States Congress (June 2, 1924). "An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians" (PDF) . Library of Congress . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Utah: Individual County Chronologies" . Newberry Library . 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2020 .
^ Sixty-fourth United States Congress (August 25, 1916). "An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes" (PDF) . Library of Congress . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ Fifty-ninth United States Congress (June 8, 1906). "An Act For the preservation of American antiquities" (PDF) . Library of Congress . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ Grover Cleveland (January 4, 1896). "Proclamation 382: Admitting Utah to the Union" . The American Presidency Project. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ Fifty-third United States Congress (July 16, 1894). "An Act to enable the people of Utah to form a constitution and State government, and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States" (PDF) . Library of Congress . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ Fifty-first United States Congress (March 3, 1891). "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes" (PDF) . Library of Congress . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ Thirty-first United States Congress (September 9, 1850). "An Act to establish a Territorial Government for Utah" (PDF) . Library of Congress . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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