Timeline of Charlotte, North Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1763 - Mecklenburg County established.[1]
- 1768 - Charlotte Town incorporated.
- 1770 - Queen's Museum chartered.[2]
- 1774 - Charlotte becomes capital of county.[3]
- 1775 - Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence signed.
- 1777 - Liberty Hall Academy incorporated.[3]
- 1780 - Battle of Charlotte fought.
19th century
- 1835 - Charlotte Journal newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1837 - Charlotte Mint opens.
- 1850 - William F. Davidson becomes mayor.
- 1852
- 1857
- Charlotte Female Institute established.[2]
- Young Men's Christian Association active.[6]
- Gas lighting in use.[3]
- 1858 - Charlotte Military Academy established.[3]
- 1867 - Biddle Memorial Institute founded.
- 1875 - Charlotte public schools established.[7]
- 1880 - Population: 7,084.
- 1886 - Charlotte Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[4][8]
- 1887
- Electric lighting in use.[3]
- Charlotte Fire Department founded.
- 1888 - The Charlotte News begins publication.[4]
- 1890 - Charlotte Post newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1891
- 1897 - Elizabeth College established.[11]
20th century
- 1903 - Charlotte Carnegie Public Library opens.[12]
- 1905
- Brevard Street Library for Negroes opens.
- Southern Power Company incorporated.[13]
- 1908 - Union National Bank founded.
- 1915 - Temple Israel built.
- 1924
- Hotel Charlotte opens.
- Radiator Specialty Company founded.
- 1930 - Population: 82,675.
- 1932 - Charlotte Symphony Orchestra formed.
- 1935 - Charlotte Municipal Airport established.
- 1936 - Mint Museum opens.
- 1940 – Population: 100,899.[14]
- 1946 - Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina opens.
- 1947 - The Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte founded.
- 1948 - Children's Theatre of Charlotte founded.
- 1950 – Population: 134,042.[14]
- 1955 - Ovens Auditorium opens.
- 1957 - American Commercial Bank formed.
- 1960 – Population: 201,564.[14]
- 1961 - Stan Brookshire becomes mayor.[5]
- 1966 - Charlotte Botanical Gardens established.[15]
- 1967 - WCNC-TV begins broadcasting.
- 1968 - Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories Arboretum established.[16]
- 1970
- SouthPark Mall opens.
- Population: 241,178.[14]
- 1971 - U.S. Supreme Court decides Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, approving racial desegregation busing.[5]
- 1973 - Carowinds Monorail begins operating.
- 1974 - Airplane accident.
- 1976 - Afro-American Cultural Center established.[17][18]
- 1980 - Population: 314,447.[14]
- 1982 - Heroes Convention (comic books) begins.
- 1983 - Harvey Gantt becomes mayor.[5]
- 1985 - Metrolina Theatre Association established.
- 1986
- Opera Carolina formed.
- Airplane accident.
- 1987 - WJZY begins broadcasting.
- 1989 - Hurricane Hugo.
- 1990
- Charlotte Allstar Cheerleading founded.
- Population: 395,934.[14]
- 1991
- Blockbuster Pavilion opens.
- Museum of the New South incorporated.
- 1992
- 1993
- City government computer network begins operating.[19]
- Mel Watt becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district.[20]
- 1994
- WMYT-TV begins broadcasting.
- Airplane accident.
- Charlotte's Web Community Network online.[21]
- 1995
- Pat McCrory becomes mayor.
- Charlotte Convention Center and Tremont Music Hall open.
- City website online.[22][23]
- 1997 - Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery.
- 1998 - Bank of America formed.
- 1999 - Federal court ends mandated racial integration in schools via busing.[24]
21st century
- 2000 - Population: 540,828.
- 2002 - ConCarolinas begins.
- 2003 - Airplane accident.
- 2004
- Slow Food Charlotte founded.[25]
- Street Soccer USA headquartered in city.[26]
- 2005 - Charlotte Bobcats Arena and ImaginOn open.
- 2007
- Lynx Blue Line light rail begins operating.
- Billy Graham Library opens.
- 2009 - Anthony Foxx becomes mayor.[27]
- 2010
- NASCAR Hall of Fame and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art open.
- Population: 731,424.
- 2011 - Occupy Charlotte begins.
- 2012
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway built.
- Democratic National Convention held in Charlotte.
- 2013
- Robert Pittenger becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district.[28]
- Population: 792,862.[29]
- 2014 - Alma Adams becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 12th congressional district.[30]
- 2016 - September: Protests and unrest following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott leave several police officers wounded, and a civilian shot.[31]
See also
- History of Charlotte
- Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (list)
- List of Charlotte neighborhoods
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- List of tallest buildings in Charlotte
- Other cities in North Carolina
- Timeline of Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina
- Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Timeline of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
References
- ↑ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- 1 2 Charles Lee Raper (1898), The church and private schools of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C: J.J.Stone, printer
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tompkins 1903.
- 1 2 3 4 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Maddison 2007.
- ↑ Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1888), A history of the Young Men's Christian Association movement in North Carolina, 1857-1888, Raleigh, N.C: Observer Printing Company, OCLC 13253321
- ↑ Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina. 1898
- ↑ "About The Charlotte Observer". Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ↑ "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ Laws and resolutions of the State of North Carolina. 1891
- ↑ American College and Private School Directory. 1914
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918 – via Hathi Trust.
- ↑ Walsh 1907.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ "Botanical Gardens History and Mission". Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Garden Search: United States of America: North Carolina". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ "Timeline of Our History". Charlotte NC: Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on January 1997.
- ↑ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ Steve Snow (ed.). "Charlotte's Web". Archived from the original on February 1998.
- ↑ Patricia A. Langelier (1996). "Local Government Home Pages". Popular Government. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 6 (3): 38+. ISSN 0032-4515.
Special Series: Local Government on the Internet
- ↑ "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Home Page". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "By Court Order, Busing Ends Where It Began", New York Times, September 11, 1999
- ↑ "Featured Guides: City: Charlotte". Eat Well Guide. New York: Grace Communication Foundation. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ Tina Rosenberg (October 9, 2014), "In This World Cup, the Goal is a Better Life", New York Times
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2013.
- ↑ "The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2014.
Vintage 2013 Population Estimates
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ "State of emergency declared in US city", BBC News, September 22, 2016
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Chataigne's Charlotte Business Directory 1875-76, J.H. Chataigne, 1875
- Published in the 20th century
- Daniel Augustus Tompkins (1903), History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte, from 1740 to 1903, Charlotte, N.C: Observer Print. House
- Walsh's Charlotte, North Carolina City Directory, Charleston, S.C.: Walsh Directory Co., 1907
- Charlotte, North Carolina city directory: 1911, Asheville, N.C: Piedmont Directory Co., 1911
- Charlotte, North Carolina city directory: 1925, Asheville, N.C: Miller Press, 1925
- Miller's Charlotte, North Carolina city directory: 1931, Detroit: Piedmont Directory Co., 1931
- Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Charlotte". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. p. 158+ – via Internet Archive. + Chronology
- George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Charlotte, North Carolina", World Encyclopedia of Cities, 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (fulltext via Open Library)
- Thomas W. Hanchett (1998). Sorting Out the New South City: Race, Class, and Urban Development in Charlotte, 1875-1975. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-4677-3.
- "The South: North Carolina: Charlotte", USA, Let's Go, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, OL 24937240M
- Published in the 21st century
- Catherine Maddison (2007). "Charlotte, North Carolina". In David Goldfield. Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Sage. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
- Hunter Bacot (2012), "Civic culture as a policy premise: appraising Charlotte's civic culture", in Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld, Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, ISBN 9781409436546
- 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,
Rank #97: Charlotte, North Carolina
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