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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.
19th century
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- 1839
- Austin designated capital of the Republic of Texas.[1]
- Waller Plan is developed as Austin's first city plan.
- December 27: Austin incorporated.
- 1840
- Edwin Waller becomes first mayor.
- 1841
- Houston-Austin coach begins operating.[2]
- Austin Lyceum active.[3]
- French Legation built.[1]
- 1842 - Texas seat of government relocated from Austin to Houston.[1]
- 1845 - Austin becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas.[2]
- 1846 - Texas seat of government relocated back to Austin from Houston.[1]
- 1850 - Population: 3,841.[4]
- 1854 - Swenson Building and Ziller Building constructed.[5]
- 1855
- Texas State Capitol built.[2]
- St. David's Episcopal Church consecrated.[2]
- 1857 - General Land Office Building constructed.[2]
- 1859 - Buaas's Hall (assembly room) renovated.[5]
- 1860 - Wharton College opens.[5]
- 1871
- Houston and Texas Central Railroad begins operating.[2]
- Democratic Statesman newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1872
- Connectional High School and Institute founded.
- Penn's Circulating Library in business.[7]
- 1873 - Austin Library Association active.[3]
- 1874 - St. Mary's Academy founded.[2]
- 1875 - Austin City Railroad begins operating.[8]
- 1876 - International–Great Northern Railroad begins operating.[2]
- 1877
- Stuart Female Seminary founded.[9]
- Tillotson College chartered.[2]
- 1878 - St. Edward's University founded.[2]
- 1881
- November 9: State Capitol building burns down.
- University of Texas at Austin established.[1]
- Austin High School opens.
- 1884
- Congregation Beth Israel synagogue established.[10]
- Servant Girl Annihilator murders begin (ending in 1885.)
- 1885 - St. Edward's College established.[2]
- 1886
- Driskill Hotel in business.
- Hill City Quartet formed.[11]
- 1887 - Negro Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute opens.[2]
- 1888 - Texas State Capitol rebuilt.[2]
- 1894 - Heart's Ease Circle of King's Daughters (women's group) founded.[9]
- 1895 - Moonlight towers installed.[1]
- 1900
- April: Austin Dam failure.
- Samuel Huston College opens.[2]
20th century
[edit]1900s-1940s
[edit]- 1902 - Nixon-Clay College and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary established.[12]
- 1908 - Confederate Woman's Home opens.[2]
- 1910 - Congress Avenue Bridge rebuilt.
- 1911 - Texas Fine Arts Association and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 205[13] established.
- 1917 - University of Texas' School for Military Aeronautics opens.[14]
- 1918 - State Office Building constructed.[2]
- 1921 - Austin Civic Theatre founded.[1]
- 1923 - KNOW radio begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1926
- Council–manager form of government effected.[2]
- University Airport in operation.[14]
- 1928
- 1928 Austin city plan is delivered to City Council.
- 1929 - Howson Community Center established.[16]
- 1930
- Municipal Airport opens.[14]
- Population: 53,120.[2]
- 1933
- Austin Public Library building opens.
- State Highway Building constructed.
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- 1934
- O. Henry House museum opens.
- Junior League of Austin organized.
- 1935
- Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters built.[2]
- Flood.[1]
- 1937
- UT Tower built.
- KTBC radio begins broadcasting.[15]
- Lyndon B. Johnson becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.
- 1938 - Montopolis Bridge built.
- 1941 - Austin Daily Tribune Building constructed.
- 1942
- Bergstrom Army Air Field established.[14]
- Lamar Boulevard Bridge built.
- 1947 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin established.[17]
1950s-1990s
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- 1950 – Population: 132,459.[18]
- 1952
- KTBC-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[19]
- Burnet Drive-In cinema opens.[20]
- 1953
- YMCA of Austin chartered.[21]
- Travis High School opens in South Austin; McCallum High School opens in North Austin.
- 1956 - Ballet Academy founded.
- 1958
- Goodwill Industries of Central Texas established.[21]
- Town & Country Food Stores in business.[22]
- 1959 - Palmer Auditorium opens.
- 1960 – Population: 186,545.[18]
- 1961 — Lanier High School opens. Its name was changed to Juan Navarro High School in 2019.
- 1962 - Austin Aqua Festival begins.[1]
- 1963 - Jake Pickle becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.[23]
- 1965
- The Citizen newspaper in publication.[6]
- Reagan High School opens. Its name was changed to Northeast High School beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.
- 1966 - August 1: Whitman shootings.
- 1967
- Vulcan Gas Company music venue active.
- Fair Housing Ordinance established.[24]
- 1968
- Crockett High School opens.
- Sister city relationship established with Saltillo, Mexico.[25]
- 1970
- Armadillo World Headquarters music venue active.
- University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs established.
- Population: 251,808.[18]
- 1971 - Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum dedicated.
- 1973
- Austin Community College and regional Austin Transportation Study[26] established.
- L.C. Anderson High School (Mesa Drive) and Aquarius cinema[20] open.
- 1975 - Austin Community Gardens created.[27]
- 1976 - Austin City Limits television music program begins national broadcast.
- 1978 - Sister city relationship established with Maseru, Lesotho.[25]
- 1979
- Austin Public Library new main branch building opens.
- Austin Shambhala Center founded.[28]
- 1980
- Whole Foods Market in business.
- Population: 345,496.[18]
- 1981
- Capital Area Food Bank of Texas[29] and Le Chef College of Hospitality Careers established.
- Austin Chronicle and Austin Press[6] newspapers begin publication.
- Sister city relationship established with Lima, Peru.[25]
- 1982
- National Wildflower Research Center and La Peña arts group[9] founded.
- Pennybacker Bridge opens.
- 1983
- Austin History Center active.[30]
- Austin Children's Museum established.[31]
- Sister city relationship established with Adelaide, Australia.[25]
- 1984 - St. Michael's Catholic Academy established.
- 1985
- Austin Film Society organized.
- Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival begins.
- 1986
- Austin Lyric Opera founded.
- Sister city relationship established with Taichung, Taiwan.[25]
- 1987
- South by Southwest music festival begins.
- Lamar Smith becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 21st congressional district.[32]
- 1988
- Dell Computer Corporation in business.
- Bowie High School established.
- 1990
- Sister city relationship established with Ōita City, Japan.[25]
- Population: 465,622.[18]
- 1991 - Sister city relationship established with Koblenz, Germany.[25]
- 1992
- Austin Convention Center opens.
- Hyde Park Theatre founded.
- 1993 - Sustainable Food Center[27] and Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association chapter[28] founded.
- 1994
- Um-Al-Mumeneen-Sayeda-Khadija Mosque built.[28]
- Goodwill Computer Museum founded.[1]
- 1995
- Lloyd Doggett becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 10th congressional district.[33]
- Ordinary Mind Zen Group formed.[28]
- City website online.[34][chronology citation needed]
- 1997 - Sister city relationship established with Xishuangbanna, China.[25]
- 1998 - Linh-Son Buddhist Temple established.[28]
- 1999
- Austin–Bergstrom International Airport opens.[14]
- Dell Foundation[21] and Foodways of Austin club established.
- 2000
- Akins High School established.
- George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000 headquartered in Austin.
- Area of city: 251 square miles.[35]
- Population: 656,562.[35]
- Sister city relationship established with Orlu, Nigeria.[25]
21st century
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- 2001 - Sister city relationship established with Gwangmyeong, South Korea.[25]
- 2002
- Texas Archive of the Moving Image headquartered in city.
- The inaugural Austin City Limits Music Festival is hosted in Zilker Park. [36]
- 2003
- Texas Rollergirls founded.
- Frost Bank Tower built.
- 2005 - Austin Film Critics Association founded.
- 2009
- May: Austin mayoral election, 2009 held.
- Texas Tribune headquartered in city.[37]
- Sister city relationship established with Antalya Kepez, Turkey.[25]
- 2010
- February 18: 2010 Austin suicide attack.
- Capital MetroRail begins operating.
- Austin Bulldog begins publication.[37]
- Area of city: 297.90 square miles.[38]
- Population: city 790,390;[38] megaregion 19,728,244.[39]
- 2011 - Sister city relationship established with Angers, France.[25]
- 2012 - Austin Food & Wine Alliance established.
- 2013 - Population: 885,400.[40]
- 2014
- 2018 - In March, a series of explosions centered in Austin killed two civilians and injuring another five.[42]
- 2020 - Population: 963,121. [43]
- 2021 - Austin FC of Major League Soccer plays their first game at Q2 Stadium.
See also
[edit]- History of Austin, Texas
- List of mayors of Austin, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Travis County, Texas
- Timeline of Texas
- Timelines of other cities in the Southeast Texas area of Texas: Beaumont, Houston, Pasadena
References
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- ^ a b c Gage 1960.
- ^ a b c "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Philip A. Metzger (1986). "A Circulating Library in the Southwest: J. S. Penn in Austin, Texas". Journal of Library History. 21 (1): 228–239. JSTOR 25541689.
- ^ Jackson 1954.
- ^ a b c "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Austin, Texas". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Austin History Center. "Austin Chronology". O. Henry in Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Patterson, Homer L. (1932). Patterson's American Educational Directory. Vol. 29. Chicago. hdl:2027/uc1.b3970358.
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- ^ a b c d e Ragsdale 2004.
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- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Austin, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Austin, Texas". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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- ^ a b "History". Austin, TX: Sustainable Food Center. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Pluralism Project. "Austin, Texas". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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- ^ Austin Public Library. "Timeline of AHC History". City of Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Texas: Austin". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. p. 770+. ISBN 0759100020.
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Vintage 2013 Population Estimates
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Bibliography
[edit]Published in 19th c.
[edit]- "Austin". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884 – via Internet Archive.
- Historical and descriptive review of the industries of Austin, Austin, Texas, 1885, OL 7026404M
((citation)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Austin". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
Published in 20th c.
[edit]- Directory of the City of Austin. Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. 1912 – via University of North Texas Libraries.
- Pearl Cashell Jackson (1915), Austin yesterday and today, Austin, Texas: E.L. Steck, OCLC 18393216, OL 6576381M
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Austin", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House
- A.T. Jackson (1954). "Austin's Streetcar Era". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 58 (2): 235–248. JSTOR 30237667.
- Larry Jay Gage (1960). "The City of Austin on the Eve of the Civil War". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 63 (3): 428–438. JSTOR 30240883.
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Published in 21st c.
[edit]- Kenneth B. Ragsdale (2004). "Barnstormers, Businessmen, and High Hopes for the Future: Austin, Texas, Enters the Modern Air Age". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 107 (4): 534–557. JSTOR 30239461.
- David Goldfield, ed. (2007). "Austin, Texas". Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Sage. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Austin, Texas.
- David C. Humphrey. "Austin, TX (Travis County)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- Items related to Austin, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Austin". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: Texas". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress.
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