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The Gadsden Purchase in 1853, including southern New Mexico and Arizona.
1853: With the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the land acquisition that resulted in the area of the 48 contiguous states today was completed. Southern Arizona and southern New Mexico were purchased for $10 million and named for the U.S. minister to Mexico, James Gadsden.
The land in extreme southern New Mexico and Arizona south of the Gila River which was bought from Mexico was purchased by the United States in 1853 to ensure territorial rights for a southern railroad route to the Pacific Coast.
1853: With the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the land acquisition that resulted in the area of the 48 contiguous states today was completed. Southern Arizona and southern New Mexico were purchased for $10 million and named for the U.S. minister to Mexico, James Gadsden.
1853 by president Franklin Pierce. It was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million.
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The US purchased the French territory of Louisiana.
All of the land that the U.S. obtained between 1845 and 1853 came from Mexico.
Land in normally purchased in area, not length. A metre is not an appropriate unit of measure for areas.
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 purchased land that Mexico had retained under the Mexican Cession. The land south of the Gila River allowed a southern route to Texas, avoiding mountainous terrain.
In March 1775 the Transylvania Land Company (Also known as the Transylvania Colony) purchased land from the Cherokee in that area.