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Date	Event	Map
February 24, 1863	The Territory of Arizona was organized from the western half of New Mexico Territory.^[1]^[2] The provisional capital was at Fort Whipple until A permanent capital could be built.^[3] The borders of the territory were, from where 37° north meets 32° west from Washington, defined as:^[1] West to a line drawn from the intersection of 120° west and 39° north, to the Colorado River; Southeast along that line to the Colorado River; Down that to a point 20 miles south of the mouth of the Gila River; A line to where 31°20′ north meets 111° west; East to 32° west from Washington; North to the start.
May 30, 1864	Prescott was founded as the new capital.^[4]^[5]
January 18, 1867	The northwestern corner the territory, west of the Colorado River and 37° west from Washington, was transferred to Nevada.^[6]^[7]
November 1, 1867	The capital was moved to Tucson.^[4]
January 1, 1879	The capital was moved back to Prescott.^[4]
February 4, 1889	The capital was moved to Phoenix.^[4]
February 14, 1912	Arizona Territory was admitted as the State of Arizona.^[1]^[8]	no change to map
October 26, 1927	Two bancos along the Colorado River were ceded from Mexico.^[9]^[10]	too small to map

^ ^a ^b ^c Van Zandt, p. 165
^ 12 Stat. 664
^ "Capitals of the Arizona Territory". Pima County Public Library. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference capitals was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "History of Prescott, Arizona". Prescott Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference usstat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Society, Nevada State Historical (1909). First Biennial Report of the Nevada Historical Society. p. 133. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
^ 37 Stat. 1728
^ "Minute 99: Re accretions lands on Colorado River—also Farmers and Fain Bancos.Decision reached" (PDF). International Boundary and Water Commission. October 26, 1927. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
^ "Minutes between the United States and Mexican Sections of the IBWC". International Boundary and Water Commission. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2016.