Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina

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

Prior to 20th century

• 1808 – Town of Greensboro established in Guilford County.
• 1824 – First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro founded.
• 1826 – Patriot newspaper begins publication.
• 1827 – Buffalo Presbyterian Church built.
• 1834 – Guilford College chartered.
• 1870 – Population: 497
• 1873 – Bennett College founded.
• 1877 – Chamber of Commerce and Green Hill Cemetery established.
• 1880 – Population: 2,105
• 1889 – Coney Club founded.
• 1890
• Population: 3,317
• Daily Record newspaper begins publication.
• 1891
• State Normal and Industrial School established.
• Julius I. Foust Building constructed.
• 1895 – Greensboro Industrial and Immigration Association founded.
• 1900 – Population: 10,035.

20th century

• 1902 – Palmer Memorial Institute founded in nearby Sedalia.
• 1905 – City Board of Health established.
• 1906
• Greensboro Public Library building constructed.
• City Fire Commission established.
• 1909
• Greensboro Daily News begins publication.
• Greensboro Country Club founded.^{http://www.greensborocc.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=353012&ssid=258719&vnf=1}
• 1910 – Population: 15,895
• 1917 – Guilford Courthouse National Military Park established.
• 1918 – Maplewood Cemetery established.
• 1920 – Population: 19,861.
• 1922 – United Way of Greater Greensboro is founded under the original name "Greensboro Community Chest".
• 1924 – Greensboro Historical Museum established.
• 1926
• World War Memorial Stadium dedicated.
• WBIG radio begins broadcasting.
• 1927 – Lindley Field (airfield) established.
• 1928 – Forest Lawn Cemetery established.
• 1930 – Population: 53,569
• 1931 – Paramount Theatre opens.
• 1936 – April: 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak.
• 1940 – Population: 59,319.
• 1949
• WFMY-TV begins broadcasting.
• Temple Emanuel active.
• 1950 – Population: 74,389.
• 1955 – The Greensboro Six
• 1957 – June: Simkins v. City of Greensboro decided.
• 1959 – Greensboro Coliseum opens.
• 1960
• Greensboro sit-ins for civil rights occur.
• Population: 119,574.
• 1967
• Greensboro Inner City Ministry established.http://greensborourbanministry.org/
• Carolina Peacemaker begins publication.
• 1968 – Family Life Council and Greensboro Beautiful nonprofit http://www.greensborobeautiful.org/about/index.php established.
• 1969
• Jack Elam becomes mayor.
• May: 1969 Greensboro uprising.
• 1970
• Circle Drive-In cinema in business.
• Population: 144,076.
• 1971 – Jim Melvin becomes mayor.
• 1979
• November 3: Greensboro massacre.
• Greensboro Hornets baseball team active.
• 1980
• Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission established.
• Population: 155,642
• 1981
• Aggie Stadium opens.
• John Forbis becomes mayor.
• 1982 – Airport new terminal built.
• 1984 – News & Record newspaper in publication.
• 1987 – June: Ku Klux Klan march and opposing protest.
• 1990 – Population: 183,521.
• 1993 – Carolyn Allen becomes the first female mayor of Greensboro.
• 1997 – City website online (approximate date).
• 1999 – Keith Holliday becomes mayor.
• 2000 – Population: 223,891

21st century

• 2005 – NewBridge Bank Park (stadium) opens.
• 2007 – Yvonne Johnson becomes the city's first African-American mayor.
• 2009 – Bill Knight becomes mayor.
• 2010
• International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens.
• Population: 269,666.
• 2011 – Robbie Perkins becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Nancy Vaughan becomes mayor.
• 2014 – Jim Westmoreland becomes city manager.
• 2015 – Mark Walker becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district.
• 2020 – Population: 299,035
• 2026 – Marikay Abuzuaiter becomes mayor.

See also

• Greensboro history
• List of mayors of Greensboro, North Carolina
• Guilford County history
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Guilford County, North Carolina
• of other cities in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem

References

Works cited

• At Archive.org.

• Ethel Stephens Arnett. 1955. Greensboro, North Carolina, the county seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
• (fulltext)
• Howard E. Covington. 2008. Once upon a city: Greensboro, North Carolina's second century. Greensboro, N.C.: Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc.

External links

• Items related to Greensboro, North Carolina, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).