Editing Utah Territory (section)

{{Short description|Territory of the U.S. between 1850-1896}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
| native_name            = 
| conventional_long_name = Territory of Utah
| common_name            = Utah Territory
| nation                 = the United States
| subdivision            = [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|Organized incorporated territory]]
| event_pre              = [[State of Deseret]]
| date_pre               = 1849
| event_start            = Utah [[Organic Act]]
| date_start             = September 9
| year_start             = 1850
| event1                 = [[Colorado Territory]] formed
| date_event1            = February 28, 1861
| event2                 = [[Nevada Territory]] formed
| date_event2            = March 2, 1861
| event3                 = [[Wyoming Territory]] formed
| date_event3            = July 25, 1868
| event_end              = [[Utah|Statehood]]
| date_end               = January 4
| year_end               = 1896
| image_flag             = Flag_of_the_Utah_Territory.svg
| flag_caption           = [[Flag of Utah|Flag]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=FlagTerritorial.jpg|url=https://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/images/FlagTerritorial.jpg|website=pioneer.utah.gov|access-date=May 6, 2021|archive-date=June 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623061648/http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/images/FlagTerritorial.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| image_coat             = Utah territory coat of arms (illustrated, 1876).jpg
| symbol                 = 
| symbol_type            = Territorial [[Historical coats of arms of the U.S. states|coat of arms]] (1876)
| image_map              = Utah Territory, vector image - 2011.svg
| image_map_caption      = The Utah Territory upon its creation, with modern state boundaries shown for reference
| capital                = {{plainlist|
*[[Fillmore, Utah|Fillmore]] (1851–1856)
*[[Salt Lake City]]}}
| government_type        = [[Organized incorporated territory]]
| title_leader           = [[List of Governors of Utah#Governors|Governor]]
| leader1                = [[Brigham Young]]
| year_leader1           = 1851–58
| leader2                = [[Alfred Cumming (governor)|Alfred Cumming]]
| year_leader2           = 1858–61
| leader3                = [[George W. Emery]]
| year_leader3           = 1875–80
| leader4                = [[Eli Houston Murray]]
| year_leader4           = 1880–86
| leader5                = [[Caleb Walton West]]
| year_leader5           = 1886–89
| leader6                = [[Arthur Lloyd Thomas]]
| year_leader6           = 1889-1893
| leader7                = Caleb Walton West
| year_leader7           = 1893–96
| legislature            = [[Utah State Legislature#Utah Territorial Assembly|Utah Territorial Assembly]]
| p1                     = Alta California
| flag_p1                = Bandera_de_la_República_Central_Mexicana.svg
| p2                     = Santa Fe de Nuevo México
| flag_p2                = Bandera_de_la_República_Central_Mexicana.svg
| s1                     = Utah
| flag_s1                = Flag of Utah.svg
| s2                     = Nevada Territory
| flag_s2                = US flag 33 stars.svg
| s3                     = Wyoming Territory
| flag_s3                = Wyoming_territory_coat_of_arms_(illustrated%2C_1876).jpg
| s4                     = Nevada
| flag_s4                = Flag of Nevada (1905-1915).svg
| s5                     = Colorado Territory
| flag_s5                = Colorado_state_coat_of_arms_(illustrated,_1876).jpg
}}

The '''Territory of Utah''' was an [[organized incorporated territory of the United States]] that existed from September 9, 1850,<ref name=":0">{{USStat|9|453}}</ref> until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the [[United States|Union]] as the [[Utah|State of Utah]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_states_S-U.html#Utah|title=Utah|publisher=World Statesmen|language=en|access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> the 45th state.  At its creation, the Territory of Utah included all of the present-day State of Utah, most of the current state of [[Nevada]] save for a portion of [[Southern Nevada]] (including the metro area of the city of [[Las Vegas]]), much of modern [[Colorado Western Slope|western Colorado]], and the extreme southwest corner of present-day [[Wyoming]].