Nebraska Territory - Boundaries

Boundaries

The Nebraska Territory's original boundaries (as specified by its Organic Act) included much of the original Louisiana Purchase; the territory's boundaries were:

  • Southern – 40° N (the current Kansas–Nebraska border);
  • Western – the Continental Divide between the Pacific and the Atlantic/Arctic Oceans;
  • Northern – 49° N (the U.S.–British North America border);
  • Eastern – the White Earth and Missouri rivers.

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