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The term unorganized territories has several connotations depending the exact usage and context.1 U.S. Census Bureau
Unorganized territories, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, occur in 10 minor civil division (MCD) states ( Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota) where portions of counties are not included in any legally established MCD or independent incorporated place. The U.S. Census Bureau recognizes such separate pieces of territory as one or more separate county subdivisions for statistical purposes. It assigns each unorganized territory a descriptive name, followed by the designation "unorganized territory." Unorganized territories were first used for statistical purposes in conjunction with the 1960 census. [1]
2 Canada
Unorganized territories also exist in certain regions of Canada, such as Northern Ontario where there is no region-wide level of government.
3 United States territory
Unorganized territory also refers to a United States territoryUnited States territory is any extent of region under the control of the United States of America federal government, including all waters (around islands or continental tracts). The United States has traditionally proclaimed the sovereign rights for expl for which the United States CongressThe United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government. The structure and responsibilities of Congress are defined in Article One of the United States Constitution. The United States Congress is bicameral, meaning tha has not enacted an organic act. In this sense, unorganized territories are lands possessed by the federal U.S. government but which are not within any of the states of the Union and have not been "organized" into self-governing units. Currently, all federal unorganized territory is considered to be an Insular areaAn insular area of the United States is a jurisdiction that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, America's federal district. Insular area is the current generic term used by the U. State Department to refer, administered by the Office of Insular AffairsThe Office of Insular Affairs is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that manages several United States possessions. Currently, it has administrative responsibility for coordinating federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, G, U.S. Department of the Interior. American SamoaAmerican Samoa is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the South Pacific Ocean. Originally inhabited as early as 1000 BC, Samoa was reached by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half o is technically unorganized, in that Congress has not passed an organic act, but is self-governing under terms of a constitution last revised in 1967.
Historically, Unorganized Territory was a name used by the United States government to refer to the enormous territory in the Great PlainsThe Great Plains or High Plains are the elevated plains which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States of America and Canada, covering the states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and No before it was organized into smaller territories. The name was first officially used after the 1820 Missouri Compromise, when the state of Missouri was carved out. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 divided the area into the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.
