Editing Alabama Territory (section)

{{Short description|Territory of the US 1817-1819}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Former subdivision
| native_name            = 
| conventional_long_name = Territory of Alabama
| common_name            = Alabama Territory
| nation                 = United States
| subdivision            = [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|Organized incorporated territory]]|
| event_start            = 
| date_start             = December 10, 1817<ref name="TN">"An 1820 Claim to Congress: Alabama Territory: 1817"; ''The Intruders''; TNGenNet Inc.; 2001; quick webpage: [http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/intruders/claim-537.html TN-537]</ref>
| year_start             = 1817
| event_end              = [[Alabama|Statehood]]
| date_end               = December 14, 1819<ref name=TN/>
| year_end               = 1819
| event_pre              = 
| date_pre               = |
| p1                     = Mississippi Territory
| flag_p1                = Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg
| s1                     = Alabama
| flag_s1                = US flag 23 stars.svg
| image_flag             = US flag 21 stars.svg
| image_coat             = 
| symbol                 = 
| symbol_type            = 
| image_map              = Mississippiterritory.PNG
| image_map_caption      = |
| stat_area1             = 
| stat_pop1              = 
| stat_year1             = 
| stat_area2             = 
| stat_pop2              = 
| stat_year2             = |
| capital                = [[St. Stephens, Alabama|St. Stephens]]
| government_type        = Organized incorporated territory
| title_leader           = [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]]
| leader1                = [[William Wyatt Bibb]]
| year_leader1           = 1817–1819
}}

The '''Territory of Alabama''' (sometimes '''Alabama Territory''') was an [[organized incorporated territory of the United States]]. The Alabama Territory was carved from the [[Mississippi Territory]] on August 15, 1817<ref>{{USStat|3|371}}</ref> and lasted until December 14, 1819, when it was admitted to the [[United States|Union]] as the twenty-second state.