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

Prior to 20th century

  • 1780 - Methodist Church established.
  • 1783 - Cross Creek and Campbellton combine to become the town of "Fayetteville."
  • 1789
    • November 21: North Carolina convention ratifies the U.S. Constitution.
    • Fayetteville Gazette newspaper begins publication.
  • 1793 - Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry established.
  • 1794 - Fayetteville Library Society incorporated.
  • 1799 - Fayetteville Seminary founded.
  • 1820 - Population: 3,532.
  • 1830
    • Fayetteville Female Society of Industry established.
    • Population: 2,868.
  • 1831 - May 29: Fire.
  • 1840 - Population: 4,285.
  • 1845
    • June 6: Fire.
    • Fayetteville Library Institute founded.
  • 1858 - Fayetteville Gas Company established.
  • 1865 - March 14: Fayetteville occupied by Union Army.
  • 1871 - Knights of Pythias established.
  • 1877 - "State normal school for negroes" established.

20th century

  • 1906 - Woman’s Club of Fayetteville founded.
  • 1907 - Hannibal Lafayette Godwin becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district.
  • 1910 - Congregation Beth Israel established.
  • 1915 - Orange Street School and Confederate Women’s Home established.
  • 1918 - U.S. military Camp Bragg established near Fayetteville.
  • 1921 - Fayetteville YMCA, and Fayetteville Business & Professional Women’s Club founded.
  • 1925
    • Mission of M.E. Church established.
    • Prince Charles Hotel built.
  • 1926 - Cumberland County Courthouse built.
  • 1927 - Carolina Theater built.
  • 1932 - Public library established.
  • 1935 - Fayetteville Little Theatre begins operating.
  • 1939 - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter formed.
  • 1941 - Colony Theater opens.
  • 1948 - WFLB radio begins broadcasting.
  • 1951 - U.S. military XVIII Airborne Corps headquartered at nearby Fort Bragg.
  • 1952 - U.S. military Psychological Warfare Center established at nearby Fort Bragg.
  • 1953 - High school opens.
  • 1956 - Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra established.
  • 1960 - February 10: Lunch counter sit-ins for civil rights occur.
  • 1961 - Industrial Education Center established.
  • 1969 - Fayetteville State University active.
  • 1975 - Cross Creek Mall in business.
  • 1982 - Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina established.[1]
  • 1986 - Fayetteville Detention Center privatised.
  • 1987 - David Price becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district.
  • 1988
  • 1989
    • Cape Fear Botanical Garden established.
    • Monarch Stadium (Methodist) opens.

21st century

  • 2000 - City website online.
  • 2001 - Marshall Pitts Jr. becomes mayor.
  • 2005 - Tony Chavonne becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Population: 200,564.
  • 2013 - Nat Robertson becomes mayor.
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