Timeline of Irving, Texas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Irving, Texas, USA.
20th century
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- 1903 - Irving founded by real estate developers Julius Otto Schulze and Otis Brown.[1]
- 1904
- 1909 - Irving Independent School District established.[1]
- 1914
- 1920 - Population: 357.[5]
- 1940 - Population: 1,089.[5]
- 1941 - Public library opens.[6]
- 1951 - Irving Theater in business.[7]
- 1952 - City of Irving incorporated.[8]
- 1955 - Plymouth Park Shopping Center in business.[1]
- 1956 - Catholic University of Dallas established in Irving.
- 1960
- 1964
- 1970 - Population: 97,260.[5]
- 1971 - Texas Stadium opens.[1]
- 1973 - Las Colinas neighborhood created.[1]
- 1974 - Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport begins operating.[1]
- 1977 - North Lake College established.[8]
- 1978 - Irving Heritage Society formed.[9]
- 1981 - Irving city archives established.[6]
- 1985 - August 2: Airplane crash occurs.
- 1990
- Exxon Mobil Corporation headquarters relocated to Irving from New York.
- Population: 155,037.[5]
- 1991 - Sam Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district.[10]
- 1998 - City website online (approximate date).[11][12]
- 2000 - December 24: Robbery of Oshman's Sporting Goods by the "Texas Seven" criminals[13]
21st century
- 2003 - City centennial observed.[9]
- 2010
- April 11: Texas Stadium dismantled.
- Population: 216,290.[14]
- 2011
- Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas opens.
- Beth Van Duyne elected mayor.[15]
- 2012 - Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail begins operating.
- 2013 - Marc Veasey becomes U.S. representative for Texas's newly created 33rd congressional district.[16]
- 2015 - September 14: Ahmed Mohamed clock incident.
See also
- Irving history
- List of mayors of Irving, Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the North Texas area of Texas:[17] Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Garland, Plano, Wichita Falls
References
- Jan Hart. "Historical Sketch of Irving". City of Irving. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- June Rayfield Welch. "Irving, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Austin: Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "City Population History from 1850–2000: Irving", Texas Almanac, Texas State Historical Association
- From Humble Beginnings: A History of the Irving Public Library System, City of Irving, 2014
- "Movie Theaters in Irving, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- Hellmann 2006.
- "Irving Heritage Society marks 100th anniversary of incorporation", Dallas Morning News, April 18, 2014
- "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993 – via HathiTrust.
- "Irving's Official City Government Web Site". Archived from the original on December 12, 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Texas". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
- Irving Police Department. "Timeline of Texas Prison Escape". City of Irving. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012.
- "Irving city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "Meet Your Mayor and Council Members". City of Irving. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- "NCTCOG Members". Arlington: North Central Texas Council of Governments. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
Bibliography
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Irving, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Joseph Rice. Irving: A Texas Odyssey. Windsor Publications, Inc., 1989.
- Karen Sykes and Jeffery S. Covington. Irving: The Spirit and Dreams of Tomorrow. Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1994.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Irving". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- "Community Information Wiki". City of Irving. 2007-
- Roxanne Del Rio (2016). Irving. Images of America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-5649-5.
External links
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- Irving Public Library. "Irving Archives: Collections Guide". City of Irving.
- Items related to Irving, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- "United States - Texas - Dallas County - Irving". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries.
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