Timeline of Fayetteville, North Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1780 - Methodist Church established.[1]
- 1783 - Cross Creek and Campbellton combine to become the town of "Fayetteville."
- 1789
- 1793 - Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry established.[1]
- 1794 - Fayetteville Library Society incorporated.[4][5]
- 1799 - Fayetteville Seminary founded.[1]
- 1823 - Population: 3,532.[6]
- 1830 - Fayetteville Female Society of Industry established.[1]
- 1831 - May 29: Fire.[2][1]
- 1845
- 1858 - Fayetteville Gas Company established.[1]
- 1865 - March 14: Fayetteville occupied by Union Army.[2]
- 1871 - Knights of Pythias established.[1]
- 1877 - "State normal school for negroes" established.[2]
20th century
- 1906 - Woman’s Club of Fayetteville founded.[1]
- 1910 - Congregation Beth Israel established.[7]
- 1915 - Orange Street School[1] and Confederate Women’s Home[8] established.
- 1918 - U.S. military Camp Bragg established near Fayetteville.
- 1921 - Fayetteville YMCA, and Fayetteville Business & Professional Women’s Club founded.[1]
- 1925
- Mission of M.E. Church established.[1]
- Prince Charles Hotel built.
- 1926 - Cumberland County Courthouse built.
- 1927 - Carolina Theater built.
- 1932 - Public library established.[1]
- 1935 - Fayetteville Little Theatre begins operating.[1]
- 1939 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter formed.[1]
- 1941 - Colony Theater opens.[9]
- 1948 - WFLB radio begins broadcasting.[1]
- 1951 - U.S. military XVIII Airborne Corps headquartered at nearby Fort Bragg.
- 1952 - U.S. military Psychological Warfare Center established at nearby Fort Bragg.
- 1953 - High school opens.[1]
- 1956 - Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra established.[1]
- 1960 - February 10: Lunch counter sit-ins for civil rights occur.[1]
- 1961 - Industrial Education Center established.
- 1969 - Fayetteville State University active.
- 1975 - Cross Creek Mall in business.
- 1982 - Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina established.[10][1]
- 1986 - Fayetteville Detention Center privatised.[11]
- 1987 - David Price becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district.[12]
- 1988
- Fayetteville Technical Community College active.
- Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex established.[13]
- 1989
- Cape Fear Botanical Garden established.[14]
- Monarch Stadium (Methodist) opens.
21st century
- 2000 - City website online.[15]
- 2001 - Marshall Pitts Jr. becomes mayor.
- 2005 - Tony Chavonne becomes mayor.
- 2010 - Population: 200,564.[16]
- 2013 - Nat Robertson becomes mayor.
See also
- Fayetteville history
- List of mayors of Fayetteville, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, North Carolina
- Template:Req
- Other cities in North Carolina
- Timeline of Charlotte, North Carolina
- Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina
- Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Timeline of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Selected Milestones in Cumberland County's History". Fayetteville, NC: Cumberland County Public Library. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d Federal Writers’ Project 1939, p. 567: "Chronology"
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Patrick M. Valentine (2006). "Useful Books: Community Libraries in Antebellum North Carolina". North Carolina Libraries. North Carolina Library Association. (fulltext)
- ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved June 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Federal Writers’ Project 1939: "Fayetteville"
- ^ "Fayetteville, North Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Fayetteville)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Movie Theaters in Fayetteville, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "North Carolina Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Martin P. Sellers (1993). "Privately Contracted Penal Facilities". History and Politics of Private Prisons. Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-8386-3492-9.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ "Garden Search: United States of America: North Carolina". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Fayetteville". Archived from the original on May 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archivedate=(help) - ^ "Fayetteville (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015.
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Bibliography
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- R.H. Long (1863), "Fayetteville", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Fayetteville". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. p. 196+ – via Open Library.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link). + Chronology - John Oates. The Story of Fayetteville and the Upper Cape Fear (Fayetteville, 1981)
- Roy Parker Jr. (2006), William S. Powell (ed.), "Fayetteville", 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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External links
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- Sana Moulder, Kelly Vadney (ed.). "Resources for Genealogy and Local History". LibGuides. Fayetteville, NC: Cumberland County Public Library.
- "City of Fayetteville". North Carolina History Project. Raleigh, NC: John Locke Foundation.