Panama Canal Zone

United States &gt; Former Territories &gt; Panama Canal Zone From 1903 to 1979 the Panama Canal Zone was controlled by the U.S. government under the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty. The 1936 Hull-Alfaro Treaty, ratified by the US Senate, indicated the Canal Zone was the "territory of the Republic of Panama under the jurisdiction of the United States of America." From 1979-1999, after the Carter-Torrijos treaty was signed, it was jointly administered by the United States and Panama.

At least two United States federal censuses were taken in the Panama Canal Zone.

For more in-depth research in Panama, see the Panama article.

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 * Panama Canal Zone Records