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Alabama Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that was created out of the from the eastern portion of Mississippi Territory. The territory was organized March 3, 1817, shortly before Mississippi became a state, and just two years later, on December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted as the 22nd state. William Wyatt Bibb was the only territorial governor.

See also: Historic regions of the United States

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Alabama Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (160 words)
	The Alabama Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States that was formed by the eastern portion of the Mississippi Territory.
	The territory was organized March 3, 1817, shortly before Mississippi became a state.
	Just two years later, on December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted to the union as the 22nd U.S. state.

Mississippi Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (367 words)
	Mississippi Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from April 7, 1798, and expanded twice (in 1804 and 1812), until it extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern border of Tennessee.
	The Mississippi Territory was organized in 1798 from land that had been disputed by the U.S. and Spain until Spain ceded claim with Treaty of Madrid in 1795.
	In 1817 the Mississippi Territory was divided, when the western portion became the state of Mississippi, and the eastern became the Alabama Territory, with St.

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