Alabama Territory
| Territory of Alabama | |||||||||
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| Organized incorporated territory of United States | |||||||||
| 1817–1819 | |||||||||
Flag | |||||||||
| Capital | St. Stephens | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Organized incorporated territory | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1817–1819 | William Wyatt Bibb | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | December 10, 1817 1817 | ||||||||
| December 14, 1819 1819 | |||||||||
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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 and lasted until December 14, 1819, when it was admitted to the Union as the twenty-second state.