Timeline of Fayetteville, North Carolina
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
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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
- Timeline of North Carolina
- 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
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Bibliography
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- John Oates. The Story of Fayetteville and the Upper Cape Fear (Fayetteville, 1981)
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External links
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