Timeline of Fayetteville, North Carolina

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 20th century

• 1780 - Methodist Church established.[1]
• 1783 - Cross Creek and Campbellton combine to become the town of "Fayetteville."
• 1789
  • November 21: North Carolina convention ratifies the U.S. Constitution.[2]
  • Fayetteville Gazette newspaper begins publication.[3]
  • Fayetteville becomes capital of the state of North Carolina; State House built.
• 1793 - Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry established.[1]
• 1794
  • Legislature moves to Raleigh.
  • Fayetteville Library Society incorporated.[4][5]
• 1799 - Fayetteville Seminary founded.[1]
• 1820 - Population: 3,532.[6]
• 1830
  • Fayetteville Female Society of Industry established.[1]
  • Population: 2,868.[6]
• 1831 - May 29: Fire.[2][1]
• 1840 - Population: 4,285.[6]
• 1845
  • June 6: Fire.[1]
  • Fayetteville Library Institute founded.[1]
• 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]
• 1907 - Hannibal Lafayette Godwin becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district.[7]
• 1910 - Congregation Beth Israel established.[8]
• 1915 - Orange Street School[1] and Confederate Women’s Home[9] 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]
  • WFNC radio begins broadcasting.[10]
• 1941 - Colony Theater opens.[11]
• 1945 - Sodder Fire - 'Death' of 5 Children
• 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: Fayetteville sit-ins begin during Civil Rights Movement.[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.[12]
• 1986 - Fayetteville Detention Center privatised.[13]
• 1987 - David Price becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district.[14]
• 1988
  • Fayetteville Technical Community College active.
  • Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex established.[15]
• 1989
  • Cape Fear Botanical Garden established.[16]
  • Monarch Stadium (Methodist) opens.

21st century

• 2000 - City website online.[17]
• 2001 - Marshall Pitts Jr. becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Tony Chavonne becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 200,564.[18]
• 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
• Timelines of other cities in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem

References

1. "Selected Milestones in Cumberland County's History". Fayetteville, NC: Cumberland County Public Library. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
2. Federal Writers’ Project 1939, p. 567: "Chronology"
3. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
4. Patrick M. Valentine (2006). "Useful Books: Community Libraries in Antebellum North Carolina". North Carolina Libraries. North Carolina Library Association. (fulltext)
5. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
6. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
7. "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1911 – via HathiTrust.
8. "Fayetteville, North Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
9. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Fayetteville)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
10. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
11. "Movie Theaters in Fayetteville, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
12. "North Carolina Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
13. Martin P. Sellers (1993). "Privately Contracted Penal Facilities". History and Politics of Private Prisons. Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-8386-3492-9.
14. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
15. American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
16. "Garden Search: United States of America: North Carolina". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
17. "Fayetteville". Archived from the original on May 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
18. "Fayetteville (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 7, 2015.

Bibliography

• R.H. Long (1863), "Fayetteville", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
• Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Fayetteville". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. p. 196+ – via Open Library.. + Chronology
• John Oates. The Story of Fayetteville and the Upper Cape Fear (Fayetteville, 1981)
• Fred Whitted (2000). Fayetteville, North Carolina. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
• Roy Parker Jr. (2006), "Fayetteville", in William S. Powell (ed.), 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, archived from the original on 2015-05-06, Rank #100: Fayetteville, North Carolina

External links

• 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.
• Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: North Carolina". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress.