Timeline of Fayetteville, North Carolina explained

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

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.
  • Fayetteville Gazette newspaper begins publication.^[2]
  • Fayetteville becomes capital of the state of North Carolina; State House built.
• 1793 - Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry established.
• 1794
  • Legislature moves to Raleigh.
  • Fayetteville Library Society incorporated.^{[3] [4]}
• 1799 - Fayetteville Seminary founded.
• 1820 - Population: 3,532.
• 1830
  • Fayetteville Female Society of Industry established.
  • Population: 2,868.
• 1831 - May 29: Fire.
• 1840 - Population: 4,285.
• 1845
  • June 6: Fire.
  • Fayetteville Library Institute founded.
• 1858 - Fayetteville Gas Company established.
• 1865 - March 14: Fayetteville occupied by Union Army.
• 1871 - Knights of Pythias established.
• 1877 - "State normal school for negroes" established.
• 1899 - Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce formed.

20th century

• 1906
  • Thomas Jefferson Powers becomes mayor.
  • Woman's Club of Fayetteville founded.
• 1907 - Hannibal Lafayette Godwin becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district.^[5]
• 1910 - Congregation Beth Israel established.^[6]
• 1915 - Orange Street School and Confederate Women's Home^[7] established.
• 1918 - U.S. military Camp Bragg established near Fayetteville.
• 1921 - Fayetteville YMCA, and Fayetteville Business & Professional Women's Club founded.
• 1925
  • Mission of M.E. Church established.
  • Prince Charles Hotel built.
• 1926 - Cumberland County Courthouse built.
• 1927 - Carolina Theater built.
• 1932 - Public library established.
• 1935 - Fayetteville Little Theatre begins operating.
• 1939
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter formed.
  • WFNC radio begins broadcasting.
• 1941 - Colony Theater opens.^[8]
• 1945 - Sodder Fire - 'Death' of 5 Children
• 1948 - WFLB radio begins broadcasting.
• 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.
• 1956 - Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra established.
• 1960 - February 10: Fayetteville sit-ins begin during Civil Rights Movement.
• 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.^[9] http://www.ccap-inc.org/foodbank/index.php
• 1986 - Fayetteville Detention Center privatised.^[10]
• 1987 - David Price becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district.^[11]
• 1988
  • Fayetteville Technical Community College active.
  • Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex established.^[12]
• 1989
  • Cape Fear Botanical Garden established.^[13]
  • Monarch Stadium (Methodist) opens.

21st century

• 2000 - City website online.^[14]
• 2001 - Marshall Pitts Jr. becomes mayor.
• 2005 - Tony Chavonne becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 200,564.^[15]
• 2013 - Nat Robertson becomes mayor.*
• 2017 - Mitch Colvin become mayor.*

See also

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

Bibliography

• • Book: Federal Writers’ Project . Federal Writers’ Project . North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State . . 1939 . Fayetteville . 196+ . https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinagui00fede#page/196/mode/1up . Open Library. . . + Chronology
• John Oates. The Story of Fayetteville and the Upper Cape Fear (Fayetteville, 1981)
• Book: Fayetteville, North Carolina . Fred Whitted . Arcadia . Charleston, South Carolina . Black America . 2000.

External links

• Web site: Resources for Genealogy and Local History . LibGuides . Cumberland County Public Library . Fayetteville, NC . Sana Moulder, Kelly Vadney .
• Web site: City of Fayetteville . North Carolina History Project . John Locke Foundation . Raleigh, NC .
• Web site: Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: North Carolina . . Humanities and Social Sciences Division . Bibliographies and Guides . Washington DC .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Selected Milestones in Cumberland County's History . Cumberland County Public Library . Fayetteville, NC . May 7, 2015 .
2. Web site: US Newspaper Directory . Washington DC . Chronicling America . Library of Congress . May 7, 2015 .
3. Useful Books: Community Libraries in Antebellum North Carolina . Patrick M. Valentine . North Carolina Libraries . 2006 . North Carolina Library Association . (fulltext)
4. Web site: American Libraries before 1876 . Davies Project . Princeton University . June 30, 2015 .
5. Book: Official Congressional Directory . Official Congressional Directory . Washington, D.C. . Government Printing Office . 1911 . North Carolina . 2027/mdp.39015022758380?urlappend=%3Bseq=96 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022758380?urlappend=%3Bseq=96 . .
6. Encyclopedia: Fayetteville, North Carolina . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . . Jackson, Mississippi . May 7, 2015 .
7. Web site: (Fayetteville) . This Day in North Carolina History . North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources . May 7, 2015 .
8. Web site: Movie Theaters in Fayetteville, NC . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . May 7, 2015 .
9. Web site: North Carolina Food Banks . Food Bank Locator . . Chicago . May 7, 2015 .
10. Book: Martin P. Sellers. History and Politics of Private Prisons . 1993. . 978-0-8386-3492-9 . Privately Contracted Penal Facilities . https://books.google.com/books?id=3KMTHjTDdtMC&pg=PA65 .
11. Web site: Members of Congress . . Civic Impulse, LLC . Washington, D.C. . May 7, 2015.
12. Book: Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada . 2002 . 15th . 0759100020 . American Association for State and Local History . Rowman Altamira .
13. Web site: Garden Search: United States of America: North Carolina . . London . May 7, 2015 .
14. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20000510051240/http://www.cityoffayetteville.org/ . Fayetteville . 2000-05-10 . .
15. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150507123345/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/3722920.html . May 7, 2015 . Fayetteville (city), North Carolina . State & County QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . dead .