List of United States colonial possessions

The following list of U.S. colonial possessions includes territory that the United States has from time to time in its history had under its control in a fashion similar to a colonial possession, ignoring areas that have now become U.S. states and those areas that due to warfare were held under temporary U.S. military command.

Africa

Liberia

1821–1847

Liberia

Asia

Colony/Territory	Year	Now part of	Notes
Philippine Islands	1898–1902 (Military government) 1901–1935 (Territorial Government) 1935–1946 (Commonwealth)	Philippines

North America

Colony/Territory	Year	Now part of	Notes
Puerto Rico	1898–present	N/A
Cuba	1899–1902	Cuba
Panama Canal Zone	1903–79	Panama
Río Rico, Tamaulipas	1906–72	Mexico
Corn Islands	1914–71	Nicaragua
United States Virgin Islands	1917–present	N/A
Dominican Republic	1916–24 1965–66	Dominican Republic
Haiti	1915–34	Haiti

Oceania

Colony/Territory	Year	Now part of	Notes
American Samoa	1899–present	N/A
Guam	1898–present	N/A
Panama Canal Zone	1903–79	Panama
Phoenix Islands	?–83	Kiribati	Canton and Enderbury Islands under condominium with the U.K. from 1939
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands	1947–94	Marshall Islands Palau Federated States of Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands	Defunct, territory now forms parts of three associated states and one territory
Marshall Islands	1986–present	N/A	Governed as an associated state
Palau	1994–present	N/A	Governed as an associated state
Federated States of Micronesia	1986–present	N/A	Governed as an associated state
Northern Mariana Islands	1975–present	N/A

See also

• Territories of the United States

External links

• http://worldstatesmen.org/COLONIES.html