Timeline of Columbus, Ohio

City history timeline

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Columbus, Ohio, United States.

18th century

  • 1797: Lucas Sullivant founds Franklinton, Central Ohio's first permanent white settlement and the oldest Columbus neighborhood.[1]

19th century

  • 1803
    • Ohio becomes the first state formed from the Northwest Territory.[1]
    • Franklin County is formed from Ross County.[1]
  • 1805: Postal service is established in Franklinton, and the settlement acquires its first preacher.[1]
  • 1806: The first schoolhouse is built, a 16-foot-square log building.[1]
  • 1811: The first church is constructed, by the present-day Old Franklinton Cemetery.[1]
  • 1812
    • Columbus is founded.[2]
    • Population: 300.[2]
    • Foundations for High Street laid out.
  • 1813: Columbus's first post office is established.[1]
  • 1814
    • William Ludlow is named "director of the town of Columbus" to supervise its construction.[1]
    • The first market house, later known as Central Market, is constructed.[1]
    • The first newspaper is established, The Western Intelligencer, after it moves from Worthington.[1]
  • 1816
    • Columbus becomes the capitol of Ohio and the legislature meets in Columbus's first statehouse.[1]
    • The Village of Columbus is organized, with Jarvis W. Pike elected as the first mayor.[2][1]
  • 1817
    • James Monroe visits Columbus, the first U.S. President to do so.[1]
    • The Ohio State Library is headquartered in Columbus.[3]
  • 1824: The seat of Franklin County moves from Franklinton to Columbus.[1]
  • 1826: The first public schools are opened in Columbus and Franklinton.[1]
  • 1832: The Ohio School for the Deaf is established.
  • 1831: Columbus is connected to the Ohio and Erie Canal through the Columbus Feeder Canal.[2][1][4]
  • 1833
    • National Road in operation.[2]
    • A cholera epidemic kills 100 residents and causes 1,000 to move away.[1]
  • 1834
    • Columbus chartered as a city, population: 3,500.[1]
    • John Brooks becomes mayor.[1]
    • Ohio Penitentiary begins operating.[2]
  • 1837: Ohio State School for the Blind established.[2]
  • 1840: Population: 6,048.[5]
  • 1845: Columbus Public Schools established.
  • 1849
    • State Convention of the Colored Citizen held in city.[6]
    • Green Lawn Cemetery established.
  • 1850
  • 1851
  • 1853
    • Saint Patrick Church founded.
    • Columbus Athenaeum founded.[3]
  • 1857: The Ohio Statehouse opens to the public and begins use.
  • 1861
  • 1862: Fort Hayes is established.
  • 1865: Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession stops in Columbus.[1]
  • 1868
  • 1870
    • Columbus annexes 4,052 acres (1,640 ha), including Franklinton.[1]
    • The Ohio State University is founded, as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
    • Columbus Circulating Library organized.[3]
  • 1871
  • 1872: Public Library & Reading Room established at Columbus City Hall.[3][8]
  • 1873: The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College opens.[2]
  • 1874: The Ohio State Fair is permanently established in Columbus, after being held in cities throughout the state each year.[1]
  • 1875: Union Station rebuilt.
  • 1878
  • 1879: Columbus Art School and Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery[2] established.
  • 1880: Population: 51,647.[5]
  • 1887: Franklin County Courthouse built.[2]
  • 1890: Population: 88,150.[4]
  • 1894: "Ugly law" approved.[9]
  • 1895: Franklin Park Conservatory opens.
  • 1898: First Neighborhood Guild organized.[10]
  • 1899
  • 1900
    • Godman Guild House built.[10]
    • Population: 125,560.[5][4]

20th century

21st century

See also

Other cities in Ohio

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Highlights of Columbus History". The Columbus Dispatch. October 14, 1962. pp. 154–156. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  3. ^ a b c d Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  6. ^ "Conventions by Year". Colored Conventions. P. Gabrielle Foreman, director. University of Delaware, Library. Retrieved May 30, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ a b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  8. ^ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.
  9. ^ Susan M. Schweik (2010). The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8361-0.
  10. ^ a b Peterson 1965.
  11. ^ Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
  12. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Columbus, OH". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  13. ^ Alex-Assensoh 2004.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "Greater Columbus Sister Cities International". Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  15. ^ Rimmerman 1985.
  16. ^ "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on 1997-01-02.
  17. ^ "Columbus Supersite". Archived from the original on 1996-12-23 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  18. ^ "Columbus Supersite Makes its Internet Debut", Columbus Dispatch, July 10, 1996
  19. ^ "City of Columbus, Ohio". Archived from the original on 1998-11-11 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  20. ^ U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
  21. ^ "Ohio". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  22. ^ "Northland Mall demolition to begin". Business First of Columbus. January 23, 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
  23. ^ "Columbus (city), Ohio". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  24. ^ "Ohio". Official Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office. 2011. ISBN 9780160886539.
  25. ^ "The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2014. Vintage 2013 Population Estimates

Bibliography

  • "Columbus (Ohio)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 746–747.
  • Craig Rimmerman (1985), "Citizen Participation and Policy Implementation in the Columbus, Ohio CDBG Program", Public Administration Quarterly, 9 (3): 328–341, JSTOR 40861102
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Columbus", Ohio Guide, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press – via Open Library{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Jon A. Peterson (1965), "From Social Settlement to Social Agency: Settlement Work in Columbus, Ohio, 1898-1958", Social Service Review, 39 (2): 191–208, doi:10.1086/641739, JSTOR 30017591, S2CID 143963893
  • Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh (2004), "Taking the Sanctuary to the Streets: Religion, Race, and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 594: 79–91, doi:10.1177/0002716204264781, JSTOR 4127695, S2CID 145330315

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