Timeline of Asheville, North Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1792 – Settlement established (approximate date).[1]
- 1793 – Log courthouse built.[2]
- 1797 – Town of Asheville incorporated; named after politician Samuel Ashe.[2]
- 1800 – Population: 38.
- 1824 – Buncombe Turnpike built in vicinity of Asheville.[2]
- 1829 – Vance Circulating Library Society founded.[3]
- 1849 – Asheville News begins publication.[4]
- 1850 – Population: 502.[5]
- 1870
- North Carolina Citizen newspaper begins publication.[4]
- Population: 1,400.
- 1879 – Public Library opens.[6]
- 1880 – Western North Carolina Railroad begins operating.[7]
- 1882 – The first organized fire department is created, which will eventually become the Asheville Fire Department.[8]
- 1883 – City of Asheville incorporated.[9]
- 1889 – Streetcar begins operating.[10]
- Construction of Biltmore Estate begins near Asheville.
- 1890 – Population: 10,235.
- 1893 – Young Men's Institute Building constructed.
- 1894 – Swannanoa Country Club founded.[11]
- 1895 – Construction of Biltmore Estate is completed.[12]
- 1897 – Zebulon Baird Vance monument erected in Pack Square.[2]
- 1898
- Manor Hotel in business.[13]
- Biltmore Forest School established near Asheville.
- 1899 – Appalachian National Park Association formed during a meeting in Asheville.[13]
- 1900 – Future writer Thomas Wolfe born in Asheville.[14]
20th century
[edit]- 1906 – Will Harris's murderous rampage
- 1909
- St. Lawrence Church built.[9]
- Palace Theatre in business.[15]
- 1913 – Grove Park Inn in business.[12]
- 1915 – Asheville Masonic Temple built.
- 1916 - The Great Asheville Flood
- 1917 –
- West Asheville becomes part of the city of Asheville.
- Nov. 16, a fire at Catholic Hill School for Colored Children killed seven and destroyed the building. Considered to be one of the worst disasters in Asheville history.[8]
- 1920 – Population: 28,504.
- 1922 – Imperial Theatre in business.[15]
- 1924 – Hi-rise Jackson Building constructed.
- 1925 – Memorial Stadium opens.
- 1927
- WWNC radio begins broadcasting.[16]
- First Baptist Church built.[2]
- 1928
- Asheville City Hall and Buncombe County Courthouse built.[12]
- Dutch-owned Enka rayon manufactory begins operating near city.[7]
- 1929 – Kenilworth becomes part of Asheville.
- 1930
- Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild founded.
- Population: 50,193.
- 1934
- Bus begins operating.[2]
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park established in vicinity of Asheville.
- 1935 – Blue Ridge Parkway construction begins.[17]
- 1941 – Black Mountain College of art relocates to vicinity of Asheville.[12]
- 1948 – March 10: Highland Hospital fire; Zelda Fitzgerald among the fatalities.[10]
- 1952 – Western North Carolina Historical Association organized.[18]
- 1953 – WISE-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[19]
- 1954 – WLOS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[19]
- 1959 – Asheville Industrial Education Center established.[9]
- 1961 – Asheville Regional Airport begins operating.
- 1971 – Asheville Mall in business.
- 1976 – Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County organized.[18]
- 1978 – North Carolina Division of Archives and Records "Western Office" headquartered in Asheville.[18]
- 1979 – Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society formed.[18]
- 1980 – Population: 54,022.[20]
- 1983 – James M. Clarke becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district.[21]
- 1990 – Sister city agreement established with Vladikavkaz, Russia.[22]
- 1991 – Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper in publication.[4]
- 1994 – Sister city agreement established with San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico.[22]
- 1996 – Sister city agreement established with Saumur, France.[22]
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[23][24]
21st century
[edit]- 2000 – Population: 68,889.[20]
- 2003 – Asheville Film Festival begins.
- 2004 – Sister city agreement established with Karpenisi, Greece.[22]
- 2005
- Terry Bellamy becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.
- Patrick McHenry becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 10th congressional district.[25]
- 2006 – Sister city agreement established with Valladolid, Mexico.[22]
- 2007 – Asheville-Buncombe Libraries changed name to Buncombe County Public Libraries.[6]
- 2008 – Sister city agreement established with Osogbo, Nigeria.[22]
- 2010 – Population: 83,393.[26]
- 2013 – Esther Manheimer becomes mayor.
- 2019 – Population: 92,870.[27]
- 2024 – Asheville, along with the entirety of the western end of North Carolina, sustains catastrophic damage as a direct result of Hurricane Helene.
See also
[edit]- List of mayors of Asheville, North Carolina
- Buncombe County history
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Buncombe County, North Carolina
- Timelines of other cities in North Carolina: Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem
References
[edit]- ^ Powell 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Federal Writers’ Project 1939.
- ^ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "1850 Census of Population: North Carolina" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b "Library Time Line". Asheville: Pack Library. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ a b Ronald D. Eller (1982). Miners, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South, 1880-1930. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-341-6.
- ^ a b Neufeld, Rob (2018-03-27). "Portrait of the Past: Asheville fire department, 1917". Citizen Times. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ a b c Hellmann 2006.
- ^ a b North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Asheville)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Visiting Our Past: Asheville Country Club's golf history", Asheville Citizen-Times, Gannett, April 19, 2015
- ^ a b c d "Asheville, NC". National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. Washington DC: National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ a b C. Brenden Martin (2007). Tourism in the Mountain South: A Double-edged Sword. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-57233-575-2.
- ^ Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Asheville, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- ^ Whisnant, Anne Mitchell (2006). Super-scenic motorway : a Blue Ridge Parkway history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-0-8078-9842-0. OCLC 676698370.
- ^ a b c d American Association for State and Local History (2002). "North Carolina: Asheville". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ a b Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: North Carolina", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- ^ a b Gregory 2010.
- ^ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1983. hdl:2027/uc1.31158007157232 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c d e f "Our Sister Cities". Asheville Sister Cities. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Asheville, North Carolina!". Archived from the original on May 12, 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: North Carolina". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "Asheville city, North Carolina". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Asheville city, North Carolina". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Buncombe County". Branson's North Carolina Business Directory (6th ed.). Raleigh: Levi Branson. 1884.
- Asheville City Directory. Southern Directory Co. 1887.
- Lindsey's Guide Book to Western North Carolina. Asheville: T.H. Lindsey. 1890.
- Asheville and Vicinity, a Handbook of Information, Containing an Exhaustive History of Asheville. Atlanta: J.D. Eggleston and J.S. McIlwaine. 1897.
- Foster A. Sondley (February 1898), "Asheville's Centenary", Asheville Citizen
- F.H. Richardson (1905). "Asheville, N.C.". Richardson's Southern Guide. Chicago: Monarch Book Company – via Internet Archive.
- "Asheville", United States (4th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 02338437
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 731–732.
- John Preston Arthur (1914). "County History: Buncombe County". Western North Carolina: a History (from 1730 to 1913). Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton. pp. 143–159. (Includes information about Asheville)
- "Everybody Helps: Asheville's Unique Method of Raising Money". Town Development: A Magazine for the Man Who Believes in Himself and in His Town. 13. New York. December 1914. OCLC 52158201.
- Asheville, North Carolina City Directory, Commercial Service Co., 1921
- F.A. Sondley; Theodore Davidson (1922). Asheville and Buncombe County. Asheville: The Citizen Co.
- "Asheville Builds a New City". American City Magazine. 35. New York: Civic Press. September 1926. OCLC 29653835.
- Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Asheville". North Carolina: a Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 137+.
- City of Asheville (2003), Asheville 2025 Plan
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "North Carolina: Asheville". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- Chase, Nan K. 2007. Asheville, a history. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
- Lisa Gregory (2010), "Asheville", in William S. Powell (ed.), Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press
- William S. Powell; Michael Hill (2010). "Asheville". North Carolina Gazetteer (2nd ed.). University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-9829-1.
- "Asheville, NC". U.S. City Open Data Census. Sunlight Foundation and Open Knowledge International. 2018. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018.
External links
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- "North Carolina Room". Asheville: Pack Memorial Library.
Collecting and preserving the history of Asheville, Buncombe County, and western North Carolina
- Items related to Asheville, North Carolina, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- Ramsey Library. "Appalachian Studies". Research Guides. Asheville: University of North Carolina. (Subject guide)
- Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: North Carolina". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress.