Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1808 – Town of Greensboro established in Guilford County.[1]
- 1824 – First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro founded.
- 1826 – Patriot newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1827 – Buffalo Presbyterian Church built.
- 1834 – Guilford College chartered.[3]
- 1873 – Bennett College founded.[3]
- 1877 – Chamber of Commerce[4] and Green Hill Cemetery[5] established.
- 1884 – Population: 5,538.[6]
- 1889 – Coney Club founded.[1]
- 1890 – Daily Record newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1891
- State Normal and Industrial School established.[7]
- Julius I. Foust Building constructed.
- 1895 – Greensboro Industrial and Immigration Association founded.[4]
20th century
- 1900 – Population: 10,035.[3]
- 1902 – Palmer Memorial Institute founded in nearby Sedalia.[3]
- 1905 – City Board of Health established.[4]
- 1906
- 1909
- 1917 – Guilford Courthouse National Military Park established.
- 1918 – Maplewood Cemetery established.[5]
- 1920 – Population: 19,861.[3]
- 1924 – Greensboro Historical Museum established.[10]
- 1926 – World War Memorial Stadium dedicated.
- 1927 – Lindley Field (airfield) established.[7]
- 1928 – Forest Lawn Cemetery established.[5]
- 1931 – Paramount Theatre opens.[11]
- 1936 – April: 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak.
- 1940 – Population: 59,319.[3]
- 1949
- 1950 – Population: 74,389.[3]
- 1957 – June: Simkins v. City of Greensboro decided.
- 1959 – Greensboro Coliseum opens.
- 1960
- Greensboro sit-ins for civil rights occur.[7][13]
- Population: 119,574.[14]
- 1967
- 1968 – Family Life Council[17] and Greensboro Beautiful nonprofit established.
- 1969 – May: 1969 Greensboro uprising.
- 1970
- Circle Drive-In cinema in business.[11]
- Population: 144,076.[14]
- 1979
- November 3: Greensboro massacre.[7]
- Greensboro Hornets baseball team active.
- 1980 – Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission established.[10]
- 1981 – Aggie Stadium opens.
- 1982 – Airport new terminal built.[18]
- 1984 – News & Record newspaper in publication.[2]
- 1987 – June: Ku Klux Klan march and opposing protest.[19][20]
- 1990 - Population: 183,521.[14]
- 1997 – City website online (approximate date).[21]
21st century
- 2005 – NewBridge Bank Park (stadium) opens.
- 2007 - Yvonne Johnson becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.
- 2010
- International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens.
- Population: 269,666.[22]
- 2013 – Nancy Vaughan becomes mayor.
- 2014 – Jim Westmoreland becomes city manager.[23]
- 2015 – Mark Walker becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district.[24]
See also
- Greensboro history
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Guilford County, North Carolina
- Timeline of North Carolina
- Other cities in North Carolina
- Timeline of Charlotte, North Carolina
- Timeline of Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Timeline of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
References
- 1 2 Federal Writers’ Project 1939.
- 1 2 3 4 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hill 1955.
- 1 2 3 4 Kipp 1977.
- 1 2 3 "Cemeteries". City of Greensboro. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Directory 1884.
- 1 2 3 4 North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Greensboro)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917–1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918 – via Hathi Trust.
- ↑ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Greensboro, North Carolina". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- 1 2 American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Greensboro, North Carolina". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Greensboro, North Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Robert L. Harris Jr.; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2013). "Chronology". Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51087-5.
- 1 2 3 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ Pluralism Project. "Greensboro, North Carolina". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ C. Daniel Fisher (1982). "Community Based Family Life Education: The Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro, Inc.". Family Relations. National Council on Family Relations. 31. JSTOR 584395.
- ↑ Fripp 1997.
- ↑ Anti-Klan Protesters March Through Downtown Greensboro, Associated Press, June 6, 1987
- ↑ "Klan's Carolina March Kindling Fear and Unity", New York Times, June 5, 1987
- ↑ "City of Greensboro, North Carolina". Archived from the original on April 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Greensboro (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ "City Government". City of Greensboro. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
Bibliography
- Directory of Greensboro, Salem, and Winston. Atlanta, Georgia: Interstate Directory Company. 1884 – via Open Library and University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, Digital Collections, Greensboro City Directories, 1884–1963.
- James W. Albright, ed. (1904). Greensboro, 1808–1904 facts, figures, traditions and reminiscences. Greensboro, N.C.: J.J. Stone – via HathiTrust.
- Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Greensboro". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 203+ – via Open Library.
- Ethel Stephens Arnett. 1955. Greensboro, North Carolina, the county seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
- Hill's Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory. Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Co. 1955.
- Samuel M. Kipp III (1977). "Old Notables and Newcomers: The Economic and Political Elite of Greensboro, North Carolina, 1880–1920". The Journal of Southern History. 43. JSTOR 2207647.
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Greensboro, North Carolina", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO – via Internet Archive (fulltext)
- Gayle Hicks Fripp (1997). "Brief History of Greensboro". City of Greensboro. Archived from the original on November 2010.
- Howard E. Covington. 2008. Once upon a city: Greensboro, North Carolina's second century. Greensboro, N.C.: Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc.
- Helen Snow and Tim Cole (2011), William S. Powell, ed., "Greensboro", Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press
- Raj Chetty; Nathaniel Hendren (2015), City Rankings, Commuting Zones: Causal Effects of the 100 Largest Commuting Zones on Household Income in Adulthood, Equality of Opportunity Project, Harvard University,
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