Timeline of Charlotte, North Carolina

The following is a timeline of the history of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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 Resolves 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
      • Railway begins operating.[5]
      • Western Democrat newspaper begins publication.[4]
    • 1857
    • 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
      • City hall built.[3]
      • Charlotte Literary and Library Association organized.[10]
      • Latta Park established
    • 1897 – Elizabeth College established.[11]

    20th century

    21st century

    2000s

    2010s

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
    2. ^ a b Charles Lee Raper (1898), The church and private schools of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C: J.J.Stone, printer, OL 7177437M
    3. ^ a b c d e f Tompkins 1903.
    4. ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
    5. ^ a b c d Maddison 2007.
    6. ^ Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1888), A history of YMCA's movement in North Carolina, 1857–1888, Raleigh, N.C: Observer Printing Company, OCLC 13253321, OL 22882813M
    7. ^ Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina. 1898
    8. ^ "About The Charlotte Observer". Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
    9. ^ "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
    10. ^ Laws and resolutions of the State of North Carolina. 1891
    11. ^ American College and Private School Directory. 1914
    12. ^ American Library Annual, 1917–1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.
    13. ^ Walsh 1907.
    14. ^ a b Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
    15. ^ "Bryant Park | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission". 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
    16. ^ a b c d e f Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
    17. ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: North Carolina", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
    18. ^ "Botanical Gardens History and Mission". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
    19. ^ "Garden Search: United States of America: North Carolina". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
    20. ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0-7591-0002-0.
    21. ^ "Timeline of Our History". Charlotte NC: Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
    22. ^ "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on 1997-01-02.
    23. ^ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993. hdl:2027/uc1.l0099748295 – via HathiTrust.
    24. ^ Steve Snow (ed.). "Charlotte's Web". Archived from the original on 1998-02-12.
    25. ^ Patricia A. Langelier (1996). "Local Government Home Pages". Popular Government. 6 (3). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 38+. ISSN 0032-4515. Special Series: Local Government on the Internet
    26. ^ "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Home Page". Archived from the original on 1998-12-02 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
    27. ^ "By Court Order, Busing Ends Where It Began", New York Times, September 11, 1999
    28. ^ "Featured Guides: City: Charlotte". Eat Well Guide. New York: Grace Communication Foundation. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
    29. ^ Tina Rosenberg (October 9, 2014), "In This World Cup, the Goal is a Better Life", New York Times
    30. ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
    31. ^ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2013. hdl:2027/msu.31293033541552.
    32. ^ "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
    33. ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
    34. ^ Joe Germuska (ed.). "Charlotte, NC". Censusreporter.org. USA. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
    35. ^ "State of emergency declared in US city", BBC News, September 22, 2016

    Bibliography

    Published in 19th century
    • Chataigne's Charlotte Business Directory 1875–76, J.H. Chataigne, 1875
    Published in 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, OL 23304731M
    • 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, OL 13510683M
    • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) + Chronology
    • George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Charlotte, North Carolina", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M (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 21st century
    • Vermelle Diamond Ely; Grace Hoey Drain; Amy Rogers (2001). Charlotte, North Carolina. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
    • Catherine Maddison (2007). "Charlotte, North Carolina". In David Goldfield (ed.). 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 (ed.), Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, ISBN 978-1-4094-3654-6
    • 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, archived from the original on 2015-05-06, Rank #97: Charlotte, North Carolina

    External links

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Charlotte, North Carolina.
    • "History Timeline". The Charlotte – Mecklenburg Story. Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.
    • Items related to Charlotte, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
    • Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: North Carolina". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress.

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