What is Missouri Territory?
{{Infobox former subdivision |native_name = |conventional_long_name = Territory of Missouri |common_name = Missouri |nation = the [[United States]] |subdivision = [[Organized incorporated territories of the United States|Organized incorporated territory]] |event_start = Renaming of [[Louisiana Territory]] |date_start =June 4 |year_start =1812 |event_end =[[Missouri]] statehood |date_end =August 10 |year_end =1821 |event1 =[[Territory of Arkansas]] created |date_event1 =March 2 1819 |event_pre = |date_pre = |p1 = Louisiana Territory |flag_p1 = Star-Spangled Banner flag.svg |p2 = |flag_p2 = |p3 = |flag_p3 = |s1 = Territory of Arkansas |flag_s1 = US flag 21 stars.svg |s2 = Missouri |flag_s2 = Flag of Missouri.svg |s3 = Unorganized territory |flag_s3 = US flag 23 stars.svg |image_flag = US flag 20 stars.svg |flag_type = Flag of the United States |flag = Flag of the United States#Historical progression of designs |image_coat = |symbol = |symbol_type = |image_map = United States 1812-06-1816.png |image_map_caption = A map of the Territory of Missouri in 1812 |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |stat_area2 = |stat_pop2 = |stat_year2 = |capital = [[St. Louis]] |government_type = Organized incorporated territory |title_leader = |leader1 = |year_leader1 = |leader2 = |year_leader2 = |title_deputy = |deputy1 = |year_deputy1 = }} The '''Territory of Missouri''' was a territory of the [[United States]] from June 4, 1812 to August 10, 1821. In 1819, the [[Arkansas Territory]] was created from a portion of its southern area. In 1821, a southeastern part of the territory became part of the [[United States|Union]] as the State of [[Missouri]], and the rest became unorganized territory for several years. [[St. Louis]] was the [[Capital city|capital]] of the Missouri Territory.<ref>{{cite web |title=How the City of Jefferson became the State Capital |url=http://www.cityofjeffe