Timeline of Greensboro, North Carolina

Last updated July 23, 2024

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

Prior to 20th century

1808 – Town of Greensboro established in Guilford County.^[1]
1824 – First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro founded.
1826 – Patriot newspaper begins publication.^[2]
1827 – Buffalo Presbyterian Church built.
1834 – Guilford College chartered.^[3]
1873 – Bennett College founded.^[3]
1877 – Chamber of Commerce^[4] and Green Hill Cemetery^[5] established.
1884 – Population: 5,538.^[6]
1889 – Coney Club founded.^[1]
1890 – Daily Record newspaper begins publication.^[2]
1891
- State Normal and Industrial School established.^[7]
- Julius I. Foust Building constructed.
1895 – Greensboro Industrial and Immigration Association founded.^[4]
1900 – Population: 10,035.^[3]

20th century

1902 – Palmer Memorial Institute founded in nearby Sedalia.^[3]
1905 – City Board of Health established.^[4]
1906
- Greensboro Public Library building constructed.^[8]
- City Fire Commission established.^[4]
1909
- Greensboro Daily News begins publication.^[2]
- Greensboro Country Club founded.^[9]
1917 – Guilford Courthouse National Military Park established.
1918 – Maplewood Cemetery established.^[5]
1920 – Population: 19,861.^[3]
1922 - United Way of Greater Greensboro is founded under the original name "Greensboro Community Chest".
1924 – Greensboro Historical Museum established.^[10]
1926
- World War Memorial Stadium dedicated.
- WBIG radio begins broadcasting.^[11]
1927 – Lindley Field (airfield) established.^[7]
1928 – Forest Lawn Cemetery established.^[5]
1931 – Paramount Theatre opens.^[12]
1936 – April: 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak.
1940 – Population: 59,319.^[3]
1949
- WFMY-TV begins broadcasting.^[13]
- Temple Emanuel active.^[14]
1950 – Population: 74,389.^[3]
1955 - The Greensboro Six
1957 – June: Simkins v. City of Greensboro decided.
1959 – Greensboro Coliseum opens.
1960
- Greensboro sit-ins for civil rights occur.^[7]^[15]
- Population: 119,574.^[16]
1967
- Greensboro Inner City Ministry established.^[17]
- Carolina Peacemaker begins publication.[18]
1968 – Family Life Council^[19] and Greensboro Beautiful nonprofit established.
1969
- Jack Elam becomes mayor.^[20]
- May: 1969 Greensboro uprising.
1970
- Circle Drive-In cinema in business.^[12]
- Population: 144,076.^[16]
1971 - Jim Melvin becomes mayor.^[21]
1979
- November 3: Greensboro massacre.^[7]
- Greensboro Hornets baseball team active.
1980 – Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission established.^[10]
1981
- Aggie Stadium opens.
- John Forbis becomes mayor.^[21]
1982 – Airport new terminal built.^[22]
1984 – News & Record newspaper in publication.^[2]
1987 – June: Ku Klux Klan march and opposing protest.^[23]^[24]
1990 - Population: 183,521.^[16]
1993 - Carolyn Allen becomes the first female mayor of Greensboro.^[21]
1997 – City website online (approximate date).^[25]^{[ chronology citation needed ]}
1999 - Keith Holliday becomes mayor.^[21]

21st century

2005 – NewBridge Bank Park (stadium) opens.
2007 - Yvonne Johnson becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.
2009 - Bill Knight becomes mayor.^[26]
2010
- International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens.
- Population: 269,666.^[27]
2011 - Robbie Perkins becomes mayor.^[21]
2013 – Nancy Vaughan becomes mayor.^[21]
2014 – Jim Westmoreland becomes city manager.^[28]
2015 – Mark Walker becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district.^[29]

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Greensboro is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 302,296 in 2023. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, and the 69th-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Greensboro–High Point metropolitan statistical area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. The Piedmont Triad region, of which Greensboro is the most populous city, had an estimated population of 1,736,099 in 2023.

Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 541,299, making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat and largest community is Greensboro. Since 1938, an additional county court has been located in High Point. The county was formed in 1771. Guilford County is included in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area.

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References

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1 2 3 4 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hill 1955.
1 2 3 4 Kipp 1977.
1 2 3 "Cemeteries". City of Greensboro. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Directory 1884.
1 2 3 4 North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Greensboro)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ American Library Annual, 1917–1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.
↑ Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Greensboro, North Carolina". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
1 2 American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
↑ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
1 2 "Movie Theaters in Greensboro, North Carolina". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: North Carolina", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
↑ "Greensboro, North Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ 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.
1 2 3 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
↑ Pluralism Project. "Greensboro, North Carolina". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ C. Daniel Fisher (1982). "Community Based Family Life Education: The Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro, Inc". Family Relations . 31 (2). National Council on Family Relations: 179–183. doi:10.2307/584395. JSTOR 584395.
↑ Barron, Richard (26 July 2018). "Late Greensboro Mayor Jack Elam served during a tumultuous period". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Queram, Kate Elizabeth (12 May 2015). "Former, and current Greensboro mayors discuss city's future". Greensboro News and Record . Retrieved 2019-06-21.
↑ Fripp 1997.
↑ "Anti-Klan Protesters March Through Downtown Greensboro", Associated Press News, June 6, 1987
↑ "Klan's Carolina March Kindling Fear and Unity", New York Times, June 5, 1987
↑ "City of Greensboro, North Carolina". Archived from the original on 1997-04-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
↑ "Ex-mayor Bill Knight to seek Greensboro council seat". Greensboro News and Record . 30 May 2013. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
↑ "Greensboro (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ "City Government". City of Greensboro. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

Works cited

Directory of Greensboro, Salem, and Winston. Atlanta, Georgia: Interstate Directory Company. 1884 – via Open Library and University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, Digital Collections, Greensboro City Directories, 1884–1963. At Archive.org.

James W. Albright, ed. (1904). Greensboro, 1808–1904 facts, figures, traditions and reminiscences. Genealogy & local history ;LH83. Greensboro, N.C.: J.J. Stone – via HathiTrust.
Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Greensboro". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 203+ – via Open Library.
Ethel Stephens Arnett. 1955. Greensboro, North Carolina, the county seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Hill's Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) City Directory. Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Co. 1955.
Samuel M. Kipp III (1977). "Old Notables and Newcomers: The Economic and Political Elite of Greensboro, North Carolina, 1880–1920". The Journal of Southern History . 43 (3): 373–394. doi:10.2307/2207647. JSTOR 2207647.
George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Greensboro, North Carolina", World Encyclopedia of Cities, vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, OL 1431653M – via Internet Archive (fulltext)
Gayle Hicks Fripp (1997). "Brief History of Greensboro". City of Greensboro. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21.
Otis L. Hairston Jr. (2003). Greensboro, North Carolina. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
Howard E. Covington. 2008. Once upon a city: Greensboro, North Carolina's second century. Greensboro, N.C.: Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc.
Helen Snow and Tim Cole (2011), "Greensboro", in William S. Powell (ed.), Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press
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, archived from the original on 2015-05-06, Rank #98: Greensboro, North Carolina

External links

Greensboro Public Library. "North Carolina Collection". City of Greensboro.
"Local and Regional History Collections". Digital Collections. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries.
Items related to Greensboro, North Carolina, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: North Carolina". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress.

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[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers’_Project1939-1] 1 2 Federal Writers’ Project 1939.

[lc-2] 1 2 3 4 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEHill1955-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hill 1955.

[FOOTNOTEKipp1977-4] 1 2 3 4 Kipp 1977.

[cemeteries-5] 1 2 3 "Cemeteries". City of Greensboro. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEDirectory1884-6] Directory 1884.

[nchistorytoday-7] 1 2 3 4 North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. "(Greensboro)". This Day in North Carolina History. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[8] American Library Annual, 1917–1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.

[NonprofitExplorer-9] Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Greensboro, North Carolina". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica . Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[aaslh2002-10] 1 2 American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.

[Alicoate1939-11] Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636

[cinema-12] 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Greensboro, North Carolina". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[Alicoate1960-13] Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: North Carolina", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206

[ISJL-14] "Greensboro, North Carolina". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[Harris2013-15] 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.

[census1998-16] 1 2 3 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998

[pluralism-17] Pluralism Project. "Greensboro, North Carolina". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[18] "African American newspapers in North Carolina". Research Guides for North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[19] C. Daniel Fisher (1982). "Community Based Family Life Education: The Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro, Inc". Family Relations . 31 (2). National Council on Family Relations: 179–183. doi:10.2307/584395. JSTOR 584395.

[20] Barron, Richard (26 July 2018). "Late Greensboro Mayor Jack Elam served during a tumultuous period". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2019-06-21.

[:0-21] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Queram, Kate Elizabeth (12 May 2015). "Former, and current Greensboro mayors discuss city's future". Greensboro News and Record . Retrieved 2019-06-21.

[FOOTNOTEFripp1997-22] Fripp 1997.

[23] "Anti-Klan Protesters March Through Downtown Greensboro", Associated Press News, June 6, 1987

[24] "Klan's Carolina March Kindling Fear and Unity", New York Times, June 5, 1987

[25] "City of Greensboro, North Carolina". Archived from the original on 1997-04-12 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[26] "Ex-mayor Bill Knight to seek Greensboro council seat". Greensboro News and Record . 30 May 2013. Retrieved 2019-06-21.

[27] "Greensboro (city), North Carolina". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[28] "City Government". City of Greensboro. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[GovTrack-29] Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack . Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

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