Timeline of Aurora, Colorado
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Prior to 20th century[edit]
- 1890 - Settlement named "Fletcher."[1]
- 1891
- 1892 - Schoolhouse burns down.[1]
- 1893 - Denver-Fletcher trolley begins operating.[citation needed]
20th century[edit]
- 1902 - Section of town becomes part of Adams County; the other section becomes part of South Arapahoe County.[1][4]
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908 - Electricity begins operating.[1]
- 1918 - US Army General Hospital No. 21 opens.[2]
- 1924 - Colfax Avenue becomes part of U.S. Route 40.[2]
- 1925
- 1929
- Aurora Public Library established.[5]
- Stapleton Aerodrome begins operating near Aurora.[2]
- 1938 - US military Lowry Technical Training Center built.[2]
- 1939 - Population: 3,494.[2]
- 1942 - US military Buckley Space Force Base built.
- 1946
- 1949 - City Water Department established.[2]
- 1950 - East 70 Drive-In cinema in business.[7]
- 1954 - Hoffman Heights becomes part of Aurora.[2]
- 1955 – Denver Regional Council of Governments formed.
- 1965 - Norma Walker becomes mayor.[3]
- 1966 - Arapahoe Junior College opens.[1]
- 1971
- Buckingham Square Mall in business.[2]
- Camelot hi-rise offices built.[8]
- 1972
- Aurora Advocate Sentinel and Aurora Sun newspapers begin publication.[9]
- Little League baseball team formed.[6]
- 1974 - Quincy Reservoir constructed.[2]
- 1975 - Aurora Mall in business.[2]
- 1979
- Aurora History Museum founded.[10]
- Marketplace Tower I office building constructed.
- 1981 - Aurora Genealogical Society founded.[1]
- 1982 - Aurora Public Library Central building constructed.[8]
- 1984 - Bennett family murders[11]
- 1985 - City Historic Preservation Commission established.[2]
- 1990 - Population: 222,103.[12]
- 1992 - Sister city relationship established with Seongnam, South Korea.[13]
- 1993 - December 13: 1993 Aurora, Colorado shooting.
- 1994 - US Lowry Air Force Base closes.[2]
- 1996
- City website online (approximate date).[14][15]
- Arabian Horse Association headquartered in Aurora (approximate date).[3][16]
- 1998 - Century cinema in business.[7]
21st century[edit]
- 2003
- 2004 - Population: 298,303.[2]
- 2007 - Children's Hospital Colorado opens.[16]
- 2009 - Mike Coffman becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district.[17][18]
- 2010 - Population: 325,078.[19]
- 2011
- Steve Hogan becomes mayor.
- Colorado's 6th congressional district remapped.[20]
- 2012 - July 20: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting.
- 2014 - Sister city relationship established with Adama, Ethiopia.[13]
- 2017 - May 15: The Republic of El Salvador opens a consulate in Aurora, the city's first.[21]
- 2018 - Mayor Steve Hogan dies in office.[22]
- 2022 - A shooting at Iglesia Faro De Luz Church in Aurora kills at least one, a woman, and injures two others.[23]
See also[edit]
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nergal 1980.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Aurora History Museum. "Aurora, Colorado Historic Timeline" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016 – via AuroraGov.org.
- ^ a b c "Timeline of Mayors and City Council officials". AuroraGov.org. City of Aurora Colorado. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Colorado: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ a b Colorado's Century of Public Libraries. Denver: Colorado State Library. 1959.
- ^ a b Arcadia 2008.
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Aurora, CO". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ a b Historitecture 2015.
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Colorado". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ Nevada inmate charged in the cold case of Aurora hammer murders
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ a b "Aurora Sister Cities International". Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Cities Webbing Their Way On Line Into Cyberspace", Rocky Mountain News, June 30, 1996
- ^ "City of Aurora, Colorado". Archived from the original on 1996-12-26 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Aurora, Colorado". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Colorado". Official Congressional Directory: 111th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2009. ISBN 9780160837272.
- ^ "Aurora (city), Colorado". State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ New York Times 2011.
- ^ "City leaders welcome new Salvadoran consulate to Aurora - Aurora Sentinel". Aurora Sentinel. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
- ^ Paul, Jesse (2018-05-13). "Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan dies at 69 after battle with cancer". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Aurora Colorado church shooting: One person killed and 2 wounded in shooting inside a church, police say". MSN.
Bibliography[edit]
- McFadden. Early Aurora. 1978.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Aurora, Colorado", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Steven F. Mehls; et al. (1985). Aurora: Gateway to the Rockies. Cordillera Press. ISBN 978-0-917895-05-0.
- Sherah J. Collins (2008). Aurora. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4824-1.
- "Trying to Shine in the Shadow of a Neighbor", New York Times, December 12, 2011
- Historitecture LLC (2015), Guide to the City of Aurora's Historic Architecture – via History Colorado
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aurora, Colorado.
- Items related to Aurora, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- Items related to Aurora, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)