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Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
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Minnesota
U.S. state
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Minnesota Territory
United States territory from 1849 to 1858
The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Minnesota and the western portion became unorganized…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)