Timeline of Toledo, Ohio

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toledo, Ohio, USA.

Prior to 20th century

• 1835
  • Toledo Blade newspaper begins publication.^[1]
  • Lucas County, Ohio established.^[2]
• 1836 - Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad begins operating.^[3]
• 1837
  • Toledo incorporated.^[3]
  • John Berdan becomes mayor.
  • Fire Department established.^[4]
• 1845 - Miami and Erie Canal opens.^[3]
• 1850 - Population: 3,829.^[3]
• 1851 - Toledo Medical Association founded.^[5]
• 1862 - Cherry Street bridge built.^[3]
• 1864 - Toledo Library Association formed.^[6]
• 1869 - Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway in operation.^[3]
• 1870
  • Toledo Society of Natural Sciences established.^[5]
  • Population: 31,584.^[7]
• 1872 - Toledo University of Arts and Trades established.^[3]
• 1873
  • St. Ursula Academy founded.^[8]
  • Toledo Public Library opens.^[6]
• 1875 - Milburn Wagon Company in business.^[9]
• 1877 - Railroad strike.^[10]
• 1880 - Population: 50,137.^[7]
• 1888 - Libbey Glass Company in business.^[3]
• 1894 - Tiedtke's grocery in business.
• 1896 - Lucas County Court House built.
• 1898 - First Church of Christ, Scientist built.

20th century

• 1900
  • Toledo Zoological Gardens established.^[11]
  • Population: 131,822.^[7]
• 1901
  • Toledo Museum of Art founded.^[12]
  • Toledo Scale Company in business.
• 1902 - Toledo Automobile Club established.^[13]
• 1907 - Isaac R. Sherwood becomes U.S. representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district.^[14]
• 1910
  • Willys-Overland automobile plant built.^[15]
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo established.^[16]
• 1918 - Municipal Hospital opens.^[17]
• 1920 - Population: 243,164.^[7]
• 1929 - Hillcrest Hotel built.
• 1930 - Indiana Avenue YMCA^[18] and Toledo Hospital building on North Cove Boulevard open.
• 1931
  • High Level Bridge built.
  • Sister city relationship established with Toledo, Spain.^[19]
• 1932 - National City Bank Building constructed.
• 1934 - April 12: Auto-Lite strike begins.
• 1936 - Brand Whitlock Homes built.^[3]
• 1937 - Point Place becomes part of city.
• 1938 - Owens Corning Corporation headquartered in city.
• 1950 - Population: 303,616.^[7]
• 1953 - WGTE-TV begins broadcasting.
• 1954
  • "Islamic Center" built.^[20]
  • Miracle Mile Drive-In cinema opens.^[21]
• 1955 - Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and Downtown Toledo Associates^[9] established.
• 1959 - Toledo Opera founded.
• 1964 - Toledo Botanical Garden established.^[22]
• 1966 - Reynolds Corners becomes part of city.
• 1968 - Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments established.
• 1969
  • July 4: Ohio Fireworks Derecho.
  • Masonic Auditorium and Fiberglas Tower built.
• 1970 - Toledo-Lucas County Public Library established.^[6]
• 1971 - Franklin Park Mall in business.
• 1978 - Western Lake Erie Historical Society founded.^[23]
• 1982 - One SeaGate hi-rise and DiSalle Government Center built.
• 1983 - Marcy Kaptur becomes U.S. representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district.^[24][25]
• 1984 - Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank established.^[26]
• 1985 - Franklin Park Mall cinema in business.^[21]
• 1987 - SeaGate Convention Centre opens.
• 1990 - Population: 332,943.^[7]
• 1992 - Toledo Natural Food Cooperative opens.
• 1994 - Carty Finkbeiner becomes mayor.
• 1997 - Toledo's Attic (city history website) launched.
• 1998 - City website online (approximate date).^[27]

21st century

• 2002
  • Fifth Third Field (stadium) opens.
  • Jack Ford becomes mayor.
• 2005 - October 15: 2005 Toledo riot.
• 2006 - Carty Finkbeiner becomes mayor again.
• 2009 - Huntington Center (arena) opens.
• 2010
  • Michael Bell becomes mayor.
  • Population: 287,208.^[28]
• 2014 - D. Michael Collins becomes mayor.
• 2015 - February: Mayor Collins dies; Paula Hicks-Hudson becomes acting mayor.

See also

• Toledo history
• List of mayors of Toledo, Ohio
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lucas County, Ohio
• Timeline of Ohio^[29]

Other cities in Ohio

• Timeline of Cincinnati
• Timeline of Cleveland
• Timeline of Columbus, Ohio

References

1. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
2. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Ohio: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
3. Federal Writers' Project 1940, p. 324.
4. "Chronology of the Toledo Fire Department, 1837-1976". Toledo's Attic. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
5. Polk 1883.
6. "Toledo-Lucas County Public Library timeline", Toledo Blade, September 2013
7. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
8. "Ohio: Toledo". Patterson's American Educational Directory. 29. Chicago. 1932 – via Hathi Trust. (fulltext)
9. University of Toledo 2010.
10. Aaron Brenner; Benjamin Day; Immanuel Ness, eds. (2015) [2009]. "Timeline". Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-45707-7.
11. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
12. "Timeline: Museum of Art launched in 1901", Toledo Blade, August 2006
13. "Chronology of Automobile Manufacturing". Toledo's Attic. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
14. "Ohio". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC. 1907.
15. "Timeline: Overland, Willys, Dodge, Jeep", Toledo Blade, August 2011
16. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved May 30, 2015.
17. Toledo City Journal, Commission of Publicity and Efficiency, 1919
18. Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
19. "Toledo Sister Cities International". Archived from the original on July 2006.
20. Pluralism Project. "Toledo, OH". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
21. "Movie Theaters in Toledo, OH". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
22. "Garden Search: United States of America: Ohio". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
23. American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
24. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
25. "Ohio". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1985 – via Hathi Trust.
26. "Ohio Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
27. "Official Site of The City of Toledo". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
28. "Toledo (city), Ohio". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
29. Federal Writers' Project 1940: "Chronology"

Bibliography

• Toledo City Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1883.
• Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Toledo", Ohio Guide, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 324+ – via Open Library. + Chronology
• "Timeline". Wholly Toledo: The Business and Industry that Shaped the City. University of Toledo, Libraries. 2010.

External links

• "Timeline of Events in Toledo's History". Toledo's Attic. University of Toledo, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Lucas County-Maumee Valley Historical Society, WGTE-TV.
• "Local History and Genealogy". Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.
• "Toledo, Ohio". Ohio History Central. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio History Connection.
• "Books on Local History". Toledo's Attic. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
• Items related to Toledo, Ohio, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).