The Territory of Louisiana or Louisiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June...

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States...

Napoleon Bonaparte sold the territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, ending France's presence in Louisiana. The United States ceded...

Louisiana (French: Louisiane [lwizjan] ; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions...

the Territory of Orleans or "Orleans Territory" (the portion of the Louisiana Purchase south of the 33rd parallel, which is now the Arkansas–Louisiana state...

organized incorporated territory (e.g. the Louisiana Purchase prior to the establishment of Orleans Territory and the District of Louisiana), or to a region...

Louisiana (Spanish: La Luisiana, [la lwiˈsjana]), or the Province of Louisiana (Provincia de La Luisiana), was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801...

rest became unorganized territory for several years. The Missouri Territory was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed by the U...

Union as the State of Louisiana. In 1804, all of the Louisiana Purchase south of the 33rd parallel became the Orleans Territory, and the remainder became...

Harrison. The District of Louisiana was organized as Louisiana Territory on July 4, 1805; it was renamed Missouri Territory on June 4, 1812, after the...