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. 1824 – First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro founded. 1826 – Patriot newspaper begins publication. 1827 – Buffalo Presbyterian Church built. 1834 – Guilford College chartered. 1870 – Population: 497 1873 – Bennett College founded. 1877 – Chamber of Commerce and Green Hill Cemetery established. 1880 – Population: 2,105 1889 – Coney Club founded. 1890 Population: 3,317 Daily Record newspaper begins publication. 1891 State Normal and Industrial School established. Julius I. Foust Building constructed. 1895 – Greensboro Industrial and Immigration Association founded. 1900 – Population: 10,035.
20th century
1902 – Palmer Memorial Institute founded in nearby Sedalia. 1905 – City Board of Health established. 1906 Greensboro Public Library building constructed. City Fire Commission established. 1909 Greensboro Daily News begins publication. Greensboro Country Club founded. 1910 – Population: 15,895 1917 – Guilford Courthouse National Military Park established. 1918 – Maplewood Cemetery established. 1920 – Population: 19,861. 1922 – United Way of Greater Greensboro is founded under the original name "Greensboro Community Chest". 1924 – Greensboro Historical Museum established. 1926 World War Memorial Stadium dedicated. WBIG radio begins broadcasting. 1927 – Lindley Field (airfield) established. 1928 – Forest Lawn Cemetery established. 1930 – Population: 53,569 1931 – Paramount Theatre opens. 1936 – April: 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak. 1940 – Population: 59,319. 1949 WFMY-TV begins broadcasting. Temple Emanuel active. 1950 – Population: 74,389. 1955 – The Greensboro Six 1957 – June: Simkins v. City of Greensboro decided. 1959 – Greensboro Coliseum opens. 1960 Greensboro sit-ins for civil rights occur. Population: 119,574. 1967 Greensboro Inner City Ministry established. Carolina Peacemaker begins publication. 1968 – Family Life Council and Greensboro Beautiful nonprofit established. 1969 Jack Elam becomes mayor. May: 1969 Greensboro uprising. 1970 Circle Drive-In cinema in business. Population: 144,076. 1971 – Jim Melvin becomes mayor. 1979 November 3: Greensboro massacre. Greensboro Hornets baseball team active. 1980 Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission established. Population: 155,642 1981 Aggie Stadium opens. John Forbis becomes mayor. 1982 – Airport new terminal built. 1984 – News & Record newspaper in publication. 1987 – June: Ku Klux Klan march and opposing protest. 1990 – Population: 183,521. 1993 – Carolyn Allen becomes the first female mayor of Greensboro. 1997 – City website online (approximate date). 1999 – Keith Holliday becomes mayor. 2000 – Population: 223,891
21st century
2002– Campus Walk Apartment fire - Janet Danehey sets fire to the Campus Walk apartments. 2005 – NewBridge Bank Park (stadium) opens. 2007 – Yvonne Johnson becomes the city's first African-American mayor. 2009 – Bill Knight becomes mayor. 2010 International Civil Rights Center and Museum opens. Population: 269,666. 2011 – Robbie Perkins becomes mayor. 2013 – Nancy Vaughan becomes mayor. 2014 – Jim Westmoreland becomes city manager. 2015 – Mark Walker becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district. 2020 – Population: 299,035 2025 - Gate City Guide newsletter begins publication. 2026 – Marikay Abuzuaiter becomes mayor.
See also Greensboro history List of mayors of Greensboro, North Carolina Guilford County history National Register of Historic Places listings in Guilford County, North Carolina Timelines of other cities in North Carolina: Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem
References
Works cited
At Archive.org.
Ethel Stephens Arnett. 1955. Greensboro, North Carolina, the county seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
(fulltext)
Howard E. Covington. 2008. Once upon a city: Greensboro, North Carolina's second century. Greensboro, N.C.: Greensboro Historical Museum, Inc.
External links
Items related to Greensboro, North Carolina, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).