Editing Arizona Territory (section)

{{Short description|Territory of the US (1863–1912)}}
{{About|the U.S. territory|the former Confederate territory|Confederate Arizona|the U.S. state|Arizona}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
| conventional_long_name = Territory of Arizona
| common_name            = Arizona Territory
| nation                 = the [[United States]]
| subdivision            = [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|Organized incorporated territory]]
| event_start = [[Arizona Organic Act]]
| date_start  = February 24,
| year_start  = 1863
| event_end   = [[Arizona|Statehood of Arizona]]
| year_end    = 1912
| date_end    = February 14,
| event_pre   =
| date_pre    =
| p1                = New Mexico Territory
| flag_p1           = US flag 34 stars.svg
| p2                = Confederate Arizona
| flag_p2           = Flag of the Confederate States of America (1861–1863).svg
| s1                = Arizona
| flag_s1           = Flag of Arizona.svg
| s2                = Nevada
| flag_s2           = Flag of Nevada.svg
| image_flag        = US flag 46 stars.svg
| flag              = Flag of the United States#Historical progression of designs
| flag_type         = {{small|Flag of the United States<br />(1908–1912)}}
| image_map         = AZ-NM1867.jpg
| image_map_caption = Map of the Arizona and [[New Mexico Territory|New Mexico]] Territories, showing existing [[County (United States)|counties]]
| capital         = [[Fort Whipple, Arizona|Fort Whipple]] (1863–64) <br /> [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]] (1864–67)<br /> [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] (1867–77)<br /> Prescott (1877–89) <br />[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] (1889–&nbsp;)
| government_type = Organized incorporated territory
| title_leader    = [[List of Governors of Arizona#Governors of the Territory of Arizona|Governor]]
| leader1         = [[John Noble Goodwin]]
| year_leader1    = 1863–1866
| leader2         = [[Richard Elihu Sloan]]
| year_leader2    = 1909–1912
| legislature     = [[Arizona Territorial Legislature]]
}}
{{History of Arizona}}

The '''Territory of Arizona''', commonly known as the '''Arizona Territory''', was a [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|territory]] of the [[United States]] that existed from February 24, 1863,<ref>{{USStat|12|664}}</ref> until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was [[Admission to the Union|admitted]] to the Union as the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Arizona]]. It was created from the western half of the [[New Mexico Territory]] during the [[American Civil War]].