Timeline of Portsmouth, Virginia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1752 - Portsmouth founded by politician William Crawford; named after Portsmouth, England.[1]
- 1779 - Portsmouth sacked by British forces during the American Revolutionary War.[2]
- 1812 - Dismal Swamp Canal opens.[3]
- 1821 - Fire.[4]
- 1822 - Norfolk-Portsmouth steam ferry begins operating.[4]
- 1824 - October 25: Lafayette visits Portsmouth.[5]
- 1836 - Town of Portsmouth incorporated.[1]
- 1837 - Portsmouth & Roanoke Railroad begins operating.[4]
- 1840 - Population: 6,477.[6]
- 1846 - Norfolk County Courthouse built.[4]
- 1850 - Population: 8,626.[6]
- 1855 - Yellow fever outbreak.[7]
- 1858 - City of Portsmouth incorporated as an independent city (separated from Norfolk County).[1]
- 1865 - Zion Baptist Church founded.[8][9]
- 1867 - Virginia Baptist State Convention organized during a meeting in Portsmouth.[10]
- 1870 - Population: 10,590.
- 1900 - Lyceum Theatre in business.[11]
20th century
- 1910 - Population: 33,190.
- 1914 - Portsmouth Public Library opens.
- 1922 - Chevra Thilim Synagogue built.[12]
- 1939 - Lyric Theatre in business.[11]
- 1949 - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum established.[13]
- 1950 - Population: 80,039.
- 1952 - Downtown Tunnel opens.
- 1955 - Portsmouth Historical Association founded.[13]
- 1957 - WAVY-TV begins broadcasting.[5]
- 1960 - Population: 114,773.
- 1963 - Public Library's "Local History Room" established.[14]
- 1966 - Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum established.[4]
- 1974 - Richard Joseph Davis becomes mayor.
- 1981 - Portsmouth Times newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1984 - James W. Holley, III becomes mayor.
- 1993 - Bobby Scott becomes U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district.[16]
- 1998 - Museum of Military History established.[13]
21st century
- 2001 - Randy Forbes becomes U.S. representative for Virginia's 4th congressional district.[17]
- 2010 - Population: 95,535.[18]
- 2017 - John L. Rowe, Jr. becomes mayor.[19]
See also
- Portsmouth history
- List of mayors of Portsmouth, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Timelines of other cities in Virginia: Alexandria, Hampton, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach
References
- ^ a b c "Maps and Formation Information: Portsmouth". County and City Records. Richmond: Library of Virginia. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project 1941.
- ^ a b c d e Hellmann 2006.
- ^ a b "Portsmouth History". City of Portsmouth. Retrieved March 18, 2017. (Timeline)
- ^ a b Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ Forrest 1856.
- ^ Pollock 1886.
- ^ Stewart 1902.
- ^ "Encyclopedia Virginia". Charlottesville: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Portsmouth, VA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Portsmouth, Virginia". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ a b c American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Virginia: Portsmouth". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 830. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ "Local History". Portsmouth Public Library. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Virginia". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993 – via HathiTrust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Virginia". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2002.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Portsmouth city, Virginia". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "City Council". City of Portsmouth. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
Bibliography
- William S. Forrest (1853). Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity, Including Portsmouth. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston.
- Richard Edwards, ed. (1855), "Portsmouth", Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia, Richmond
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - William S. Forrest (1856). Great Pestilence in Virginia...Yellow Fever in Norfolk and Portsmouth in 1855. New York: Derby & Jackson.
- Sketch Book of Portsmouth, Va: Its People and Its Trade. Portsmouth: Edward Pollock. 1886.
- George E. Waring, Jr.; U.S. Department of the Interior, Census Office (1887), "Virginia: Portsmouth", Report on the Social Statistics of Cities: Southern and the Western States, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, pp. 75–78
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Robert W. Lamb, ed. (1888). Our Twin Cities of the Nineteenth Century (Norfolk and Portsmouth). Barcroft.
- "Portsmouth", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - William H. Stewart (1902). History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company.
- Illustrated Standard Guide to Norfolk and Portsmouth, Norfolk, Va.: Standard Lithographing and Publishing Co., 1907
- "Portsmouth", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - City of Portsmouth, Virginia, Mayor's Annual Message: Together with Municipal Reports circa 1916-
- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Portsmouth", Virginia: a Guide to the Old Dominion, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 252+ – via Google Books
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Portsmouth, VA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Cassandra Newby-Alexander; et al. (2003). Portsmouth, Virginia. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
{{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help) - Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Virginia: Portsmouth". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1159–1160. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Portsmouth, Virginia.
- Portsmouth city directories, 19th-20th c. (via Norfolk Public Library)
- "City of Portsmouth". County and City Records. Richmond: Library of Virginia.
- Items related to Portsmouth, Virginia, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)