Timeline of Tallahassee, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

19th century

• 1824
  • U.S. Territory of Florida capital relocated from Pensacola to newly founded Tallahassee. ^[1]
  • November 8: Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida convenes. ^[2]
  • Tallahassee designated seat of newly created Leon County. ^[3]
• 1825 - City of Tallahassee incorporated. ^[4]
• 1826
  • Florida State Capitol building construction begins. ^[2]
  • City council holds first council elections (mayor & councilmen elected); municipal government of the City of Tallahassee begins operations
• 1829 - City Cemetery in use.
• 1831 - Williams House built. ^[2]
• 1832 - First Presbyterian Church established.
• 1834 - Tallahassee-St. Marks railroad built. ^[5]
• 1835 - Columns house built. ^[1]
• 1837 - Goodwood Plantation established near Tallahassee. ^[6]
• 1840 - Population: 1,616.
• 1841 - Yellow Fever epidemic strikes resulting in many deaths
• 1843 - Great Fire strikes and burns much of downtown; Capitol building and county court house survives
• 1845
  • State Capitol building completed. ^[2]
  • Tallahassee becomes part of the new U.S. state of Florida. ^[2]
• 1846 - Southern Journal newspaper begins publication. ^[7]
• 1857 - Florida State College for Women founded. ^[1]
• 1865
  • March 6: Battle of Natural Bridge fought near Tallahassee during American Civil War; Union forces defeated. ^[1]
  • "Convention in Tallahassee repealed Florida's secession ordinance; abolished slavery." ^[8]
• 1881 - St. John's Episcopal Church rebuilt. ^[2]
• 1887 - State Normal College for Colored Students opens. ^[2]
• 1899 - February: Great Blizzard of 1899. ^[9]
• 1900 - Population: 2,981. ^[10]

20th century

• 1904 - Florida Christian Advocate newspaper in publication. ^[7]
• 1905
  • Weekly True Democrat newspaper begins publication. ^[7]
  • Population: 3,311. ^[10]
• 1907 - Florida Governor's Mansion built.
• 1909 - Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes active. ^[2]
• 1919 - Commission-manager form of government adopted. ^[5]
• 1927 - Government's Martin Building constructed. ^[2]
• 1929 - Dale Mabry Field (airfield) begins operating. ^[11]
• 1930
  • Ritz Theatre in business. ^[12]
  • Population: 10,700.
  • Tallahassee Fire Department forms. ^[13]
• 1933 - Tallahassee Historical Society formed. ^[14]
• 1935 - WTAL radio begins broadcasting. ^[15]
• 1937 - Greenwood Cemetery established.
• 1946 - Florida City County Management Association headquartered in Tallahassee (approximate date).^[ chronology citation needed ]
• 1947 - Florida State University active.
• 1949 - Drive-In Theatre in business. ^[12]
• 1950 - Florida State University College of Business founded.
• 1953 - Florida A&M University active.
• 1955 - WCTV (television) begins broadcasting. ^[16]
• 1957 - Tallahassee Junior Museum founded. ^[6]
• 1958 - February 13: City gets record snowfall of 3 inches. ^[9]
• 1960 - Population: 48,174.
• 1966 - Florida State University College of Law founded.
• 1970 - Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board organized. ^[17]
• 1972 - Florida Association of City Clerks headquartered in Tallahassee (approximate date).^[ chronology citation needed ]
• 1973 - Florida State University College of Social Sciences founded.
• 1975 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee established. ^[18]
• 1977 - Museum of Florida History established. ^[6]
• 1980 - Population: 81,548.
• 1981 - Florida Institute of Government headquartered in Tallahassee.
• 1982
  • Tallahassee Genealogical Society active. [19]
  • Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering founded.
• 1983 - 17th-century Mission San Luis de Apalachee Archaeological and Historic Site established. ^[6]
• 1988 - LeRoy Collins Institute of public policy established.
• 1989 - Tallahassee Regional Airport begins operating. ^[11]
• 1992 - Knott House museum established. ^[6]
• 1996 - Riley Museum of African American History and Culture established. ^[6]
• 1997 - City website online (approximate date). ^{[20] [21]}
• 2000 - Florida State University's Local Governance Research Laboratory established. ^[22]

21st century

• 2010 - Population: 181,376. ^{[23] [24]}
• 2012 - Integrity Florida government watchdog headquartered in city. ^[25]
• 2014 - Andrew Gillum becomes mayor.
• 2017 - Neal Dunn becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district and Al Lawson becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district ^{[26] [27]}

Gallery

• 
  Old City Cemetery, laid out in 1841 (photo 2011)
• 
  Office of Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, launched in 1905 (photo 2014)
• 
  Civil rights march in Tallahassee, 1971
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  Florida A&M University graduation ceremony, 2003. School opened in 1887
• 
  Bell of defunct 1901 ship USS Tallahassee, moved to city hall in 2010

See also

• History of Tallahassee, Florida
• List of mayors of Tallahassee, Florida
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Leon County, Florida
• Timelines of other cities in the North Florida area of Florida: Gainesville, Jacksonville, Pensacola

References

1. Hellmann 2006.
2. Federal Writers' Project 1939.
3. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Florida: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
4. Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee, archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2017
5. "History of Tallahassee & Leon County". Talgov.com. City of Tallahassee. Retrieved April 19, 2017. (Includes timeline)
6. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Florida". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN   0759100020.
7. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
8. Ernie Gross (1990). This Day in American History . Neal-Schuman. ISBN   978-1-55570-046-1.
9. "This Day in Weather History". Aberdeen, South Dakota: National Weather Service . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
10. "Population of Cities and Towns", Census of the State of Florida...1905, Tallahassee: Capital Pub. Co., 1906
11. "Tallahassee airport had several locations in its 100 years", Tallahassee Democrat, August 23, 2014
12. "Movie Theaters in Tallahassee, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
13. "TFD History". talgov.com. City of Tallahassee. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
14. Tallahassee Historical Society. "History of Our Society" . Retrieved April 19, 2017.
15. Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Florida", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC   2459636
16. "United States TV Stations: Florida", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC   7469377 – via Internet Archive
17. "Historic Preservation Programs in Florida: Tallahassee". Historic Preservation in Florida: Department of State Report to the Florida Legislature. 1980.
18. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved April 22, 2017.
19. "Footnotes from Our History". Tallahassee Genealogical Society. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
20. "City of Tallahassee". Archived from the original on June 5, 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
21. Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Florida". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC   40169021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2000.
22. "Local Governance Research Lab". Tallahassee: Florida State University. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
23. "Tallahassee city, Florida". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
24. Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research; U.S. Census Bureau (2011), "City of Tallahassee", 2010 Census Detailed City Profiles
25. "About". Tallahassee: Integrity Florida. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
26. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack . Washington DC. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
27. "Leon: a county divided by redistricting", Tallahassee Democrat, July 9, 2016

Bibliography

• Daniel G. Brinton (1869). "Tallahassee". Guide-Book of Florida and the South. Bicentennial Floridiana facsimile series. Philadelphia: George Maclean. hdl:2027/ufl2.uf00103284_00001. ISBN   9780813004150 – via HathiTrust. (1978 facsimile ed. by University of Florida)
• John R. Richards, ed. (1886). "Tallahassee". Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory. New York: South Publishing Company. OCLC   12186532.
• "Tallahassee". Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory 1907-1908. R. L. Polk & Co. 1907.
• "Tallahassee". Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R. L. Polk & Co. 1918.
• Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Tallahassee". Florida: a Guide to the Southernmost State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 274–282. ISBN   9781623760090 – via Google Books.
• Althemese Barnes; Ann Roberts (2000). Tallahassee, Florida. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
• Julianne Hare (2002). Tallahassee: a Capital City History. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. ISBN   978-0-7385-2371-2.
• Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Florida: Tallahassee". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   1-135-94859-3.
• Gerald Ensley (August 6, 2016), "The Florida Capitol: a Timeline", Tallahassee Democrat

External links

• "Tallahassee, Leon County". Viva Florida. Tallahassee: Florida League of Cities. (Includes timeline)
• "(Tallahassee)". Florida Memory . Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
• Items related to Tallahassee, Florida, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• "Local Resources — Libraries and Archives". Tallahassee Genealogical Society.