Timeline of Raleigh, North Carolina
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
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Prior to 19th century
- 1587 - In a venture sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, John White and a group of colonists land on Roanoke Island at the site of a former, abandoned settlement to found the "Cittie of Raleigh," about 190 miles from present-day Raleigh, NC. John White returns to England for supplies, leaving behind his granddaughter Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World.[1]
- 1590 - His return delayed by threats against England by the Spanish Armada, John White secures passage on a privateer. As the party stepped ashore, there was no sign of the colonists except the letters "CRO" carved on a tree. This abandoned site later became known as the "Lost Colony."
- 1701 - John Lawson, English explorer, led a 600-mile expedition starting in Charleston, SC and ending at the mouth of the Pamlico River. His journey took him close to the site of what later became Raleigh, NC.
- 1770 - Joel Lane, a planter, successfully lobbies the colonial General Assembly to create Wake County.
- 1781 - Lane’s property was the setting for a session of the state General Assembly. At this time the settlement was known as Wake Courthouse, or Bloomsbury and contained a courthouse, a jail, a tavern or inn, and a log church called the Asbury Meetinghouse.
- 1792
- The NC legislature authorizes the purchase of 1,000 acres (4 km2) of Joel Lane's land upon which to establish the city of "Raleigh" as the new center of state government.
- Raleigh founded as capital of North Carolina.
- 1794
- State House built.
- December: State General Assembly convenes.[5]
- 1798 - Cemetery established.
- 1799 - The North-Carolina Minerva, and Raleigh advertiser, relocates from Fayetteville to become the first Raleigh Newspaper.[6]
19th century
20th century
1900s-1940s
1950s-1990s
21st century
2000s
2010s
- 2010 - Population: 403,892.[32]
- 2011
- 2012 - Sister city relationship established with Nairobi, Kenya.[27]
- 2013 - April: Moral Mondays protest begins.
See also
- Other cities in North Carolina
References
- ↑ "Learn NC: Fort Raleigh and the Lost Colony".
- 1 2 3 "Calendar for 1905 with Dates of Important Events". Pocket Manual for the Use of Members of the General Assembly of North Carolina. 1905.
- ↑ "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress".
- 1 2 North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Raleigh)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ William Cathcart, ed. (1883). Baptist Encyclopaedia. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts.
- 1 2 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- 1 2 State Board of Agriculture (1896). North Carolina and its Resources.
- 1 2 "Institution Directory". Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Frontis W. Johnston (1976). "North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 1900-1975". North Carolina Historical Review 53. JSTOR 23529619.
- 1 2 3 North Carolina Manual. Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission. 1921.
- ↑ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918.
- 1 2 3 4 5 American Association for State and Local History (2002). "North Carolina: Raleigh". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ↑ "Doers and Duties in One Club: Raleigh Women Meet Civic Needs", Life 41 (26: The American Woman: Her Achievements and Troubles), December 24, 1956
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Raleigh, NC". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Growth Continues to Thrive in Downtown Raleigh". WRAL.com.
- ↑ "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 2015.
- ↑ US Census Bureau (1957). Government in North Carolina. 1957 Census of Governments. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ↑ Robert L. Harris Jr.; Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (2013). "Chronology". Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51087-5.
- ↑ Pluralism Project. "Raleigh, NC". Directory of Religious Centers. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Buddhism and barbecue: a guide to Buddhist temples in North Carolina, Univ. of North Carolina, 2001
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Raleigh's Sister Cities". City of Raleigh. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "North Carolina". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991–1992.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ "Raleigh (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Raleigh (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Chronology". North Carolina: a Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. p. 567+ – via Open Library.
Bibliography
Published in the 19th century
- Bishop Davenport (1838). "Raleigh". Pocket Gazetteer, or, Traveller's Guide through North America and the West Indies. Philadelphia: George & Byington.
- R.H. Long (1863), "Raleigh", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
- Raleigh Directory. 1875
- "Wake County". Branson's North Carolina Business Directory. 1884.
- Kemp Plummer Battle (1893). Early History of Raleigh. Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, printers.
Published in the 20th century
- Raleigh Directory. 1903
- Moses Neal Amis (1913). Historical Raleigh. Raleigh, NC: Commercial Printing Company.
- Hope Summerell Chamberlain (1922). History of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co.
- Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Raleigh". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. p. 233+.
- Lawrence Wodehouse (1967). "Alfred B. Mullett's Court Room and Post Office at Raleigh, North Carolina". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 26. JSTOR 988457.
- Steven Stolpen, Raleigh: A Pictorial History (Norfolk, 1977).
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Raleigh, NC", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 274+, OL 4120668M
- Elizabeth Reid Murray, Wake: Capital County of North Carolina, Vol.1 of Prehistory through Centennial (Raleigh, 1983)
- R.B., Reeves III, ed., Raleigh 1792-1992: A Bicentennial Celebration of North Carolina's Capital City (Raleigh, 1992)
- Candy Lee Metz Beal, Raleigh: The First 200 Years (Raleigh, 1992)
- Linda Harris Edminsten and Linda Simmons-Henry, Culture Town: Life in Raleigh's African American Communities (Raleigh, 1993)
- David Perkins, ed., The News and Observer's Raleigh: A Living History of North Carolina's Capital (Winston-Salem, 1994)
Published in the 21st century
- Jennifer A. Kulikowski and Kenneth E. Peters, Images of America: Historic Raleigh (Charleston, 2002)
- William S. Powell, ed. (2006), "Raleigh", Encyclopedia of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press) (via NCpedia)
- "Post-World War II and Modern Architecture in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1945-1965" (PDF), Multiple Property Documentation Form, National Register of Historic Places (United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service), 2009
- "36 Hours in Raleigh, N.C.". New York Times. March 6, 2014.
- Raj Chetty; Nathaniel Hendren (2015), City Rankings, Commuting Zones: Causal Effects of the 100 Largest Commuting Zones on Household Income in Adulthood, Equality of Opportunity Project, Harvard University,
Rank #95: Raleigh, North Carolina
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