Timeline of Gainesville, Florida

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gainesville, Florida, USA.

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Prior to 20th century

History of Florida
The seal of Florida reflects the state's Native American ancestry
Historical Periods
Pre-history	until 1497
Spanish Rule	1513–1763
British Rule	1763–1783
Spanish Rule	1783–1821
U.S. Territorial Period	1822–1845
Statehood	1845–present
Major Events
American Revolutionary War	1775–1783
War of 1812	1811–1814
First Seminole War	1817–1818
Capitol moved to Tallahassee	1824
Second Seminole War	1835–1842
Constitutional convention	1838
Third Seminole War	1855–1858
Ordinance of Secession	1861
Civil War	1861–1865
3rd Constitution	1865
Reconstruction	1865–1868
4th Constitution	1868
5th Constitution	1885
Great Migration	1910–1930
Land Boom	1925–1929
6th Constitution	1968
Gore v. Harris 2000 Presidential Election	2000
Timeline

1830 - Hog Town established.^[1]
1853 - Hog Town renamed "Gainesville" after U.S. military officer Edmund P. Gaines.^[1]
1854 - Seat of Alachua County relocated to Gainesville from Newnansville.^[2]
1856 - School built.^[3]
1858 - Gainesville Academy founded.
1859 - Florida Railroad begins operating.^[4]
1860 - Population: 269.^[3]
1864
- February 14-15: "Gainesville occupied by Union forces and skirmish fought."^[4]^[3]
- August 17: Battle of Gainesville fought; Confederates win.^[4]
1865 - New Era newspaper begins publication.^[5]
1866 - Union Academy opens.^[6]^[7]
1867 - East Florida Seminary relocated to Gainesville from Ocala.
1869 - Town of Gainesville incorporated.^[8]
1884
- Fire.^[4]
- City of Alachua established in vicinity of Gainesville.^[4]
1886 - Fire.^[4]
1890
- Daily Sun newspaper in publication.^[5]
- Population: 2,790.
1891 - "Public water system" begins operating.^[3]

20th century

1900
- Gainesville High School building constructed.^[4]
- Population: 3,633.
1901 - William Reuben Thomas becomes mayor.
1906 - University of the State of Florida relocated to Gainesville from Lake City.^[8]
1907 - Gainesville becomes a city.^[8]
1910
- Thomas residence built.^[3]
- Population: 6,183.
1912 - University's Florida Alligator newspaper begins publication.^[5]
1917 - Florida State Museum established.^[2]
1918 - Gordon Tison becomes mayor.^[9]
1925 - "Tung oil production begins."^[2]
1928 - Hotel Thomas in business.
1930 - Population: 10,465.
1935 - Airport built.^[4]
1940 - Population: 13,757.
1950
- Gainesville Drive-In cinema in business.^[10]
- Population: 26,861.
1958 - WUFT (TV) begins broadcasting.
1960 - Population: 29,701.
1966
- Santa Fe Community College established.^[2]
- White Theatre (cinema) in business.^[10]
1967 - Alachua County Historical Society founded.^[11]
1970 - Population: 64,510.
1972 - Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo^[12] and Historic Gainesville Inc.^[4] established.
1974 - Thomas Center established.^[13]
1975 - Alachua County Courthouse built.^[2]
1980 - Population: 81,371.
1981 - WUFT-FM radio begins broadcasting.
1988 - Florida Museum of Natural History active.^[2]
1989 - Matheson Historical Center established.^[11]
1993 - Corrine Brown becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district; Karen Thurman becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district.^[14]^[15]
1994 - Matheson Museum opens.^[16]

21st century

2000 - Population: 95,447.
2004 - Pegeen Hanrahan becomes mayor.
2010
- Craig Lowe becomes mayor.
- Population: 124,354.^[17]
2013 - Ed Braddy becomes mayor.^[18]
2016 - Lauren Poe becomes mayor.^[18]

References

1 2 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Hellmann 2006.
1 2 3 4 5 "History of Gainesville, Florida". Historic Gainesville Incorporated. Retrieved July 3, 2016 – via Alachua Freenet.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Alachua County History: Significant Dates (timeline)". Alachua County.us. Alachua County Florida. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
1 2 3 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
↑ "Florida Memory". Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
↑ Murray D. Laurie (1986). "Union Academy: A Freedmen's Bureau School in Gainesville, Florida". Florida Historical Quarterly. 65. JSTOR 30146739.
1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
↑ History of Florida, Past and Present: Historical and Biographical. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. 1923.
1 2 "Movie Theaters in Gainesville, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
1 2 "Matheson Center and Alachua County Historical Society Merge", Gainesville Sun, September 2, 1999 – via Google News Archive
↑ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
↑ Rajtar 2007.
↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
↑ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory: 103rd Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1993.
↑ American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
↑ "Gainesville city, Florida". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
1 2 "Poe Defeats Braddy In Gainesville Mayoral Race", WUFT.org, University of Florida, March 15, 2016

Bibliography

Daniel G. Brinton (1869). "Gainesville". Guide-Book of Florida and the South. Philadelphia: George Maclean – via HathiTrust. (1978 facsimile ed. by University of Florida)
Burtz' Gainesville Directory. 1905 – via Internet Archive.
"Gainesville", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Gainesville", Florida; a Guide to the Southernmost State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 380–382 – via Google Books
Charles H. Hildreth; Merlin G. Cox (1981). History of Gainesville, Florida 1854-1979. Gainesville, Florida: Alachua County Historical Society.
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Florida: Gainesville". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. pp. 193–194. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
Steve Rajtar (2007). Guide to Historic Gainesville. Charleston, SC: History Press. ISBN 978-1-59629-217-8.

External links

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"Local History". Gainesville, FL: Alachua County Library District.

Years in Florida (1845–present)

19th century	1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

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