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

  • 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]
  • 1860 – Population: 502.
  • 1870
  • 1879 – Public Library opens.[5]
  • 1880 – Western North Carolina Railroad begins operating.[6]
  • 1882 – The first organized fire department is created, which will eventually become the Asheville Fire Department.[7]
  • 1883 – City of Asheville incorporated.[8]
  • 1889 – Streetcar begins operating.[9]
  • 1890 – Population: 10,235.
  • 1893 – Young Men's Institute Building constructed.
  • 1894 – Swannanoa Country Club founded.[10]
  • 1895 – Biltmore Estate (residence) built near Asheville.[11]
  • 1897 – Zebulon Baird Vance monument erected in Pack Square.[2]
  • 1898
  • 1899 – Appalachian National Park Association formed during a meeting in Asheville.[12]
  • 1900 – Future writer Thomas Wolfe born in Asheville.[13]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. Powell 2010.
  2. Federal Writers’ Project 1939.
  3. Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  4. "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  5. "Library Time Line". Asheville: Pack Library. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  6. 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.
  7. Neufeld, Rob (2018-03-27). "Portrait of the Past: Asheville fire department, 1917". Citizen Times. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  8. Hellmann 2006.
  9. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Asheville)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  10. "Visiting Our Past: Asheville Country Club's golf history", Asheville Citizen-Times, Gannett, April 19, 2015
  11. "Asheville, NC". National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. Washington DC: National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  12. C. Brenden Martin (2007). Tourism in the Mountain South: A Double-edged Sword. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-57233-575-2.
  13. Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History. Neal-Schuman. ISBN 978-1-55570-046-1.
  14. "Movie Theaters in Asheville, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  15. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  16. 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.
  17. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "North Carolina: Asheville". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
  18. Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: North Carolina", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  19. Gregory 2010.
  20. "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1983 via HathiTrust.
  21. "Our Sister Cities". Asheville Sister Cities. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  22. "Welcome to Asheville, North Carolina!". Archived from the original on May 12, 1998 via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  23. 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.
  24. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  25. "Asheville city, North Carolina". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  26. "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Asheville city, North Carolina". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-23.

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