Timeline of Newport, Kentucky
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newport, Kentucky, USA.
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18th-19th centuries
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- 1791 - Settlement laid out.[1]
- 1795 - Town of Newport incorporated.
- 1796 - Campbell County Courthouse built.[2]
- 1798 - Newport Academy founded.[2]
- 1800 - Population: 106.[3]
- 1804 - Newport Barracks established.[1]
- 1812 - James Taylor mansion built.[2]
- 1821 - Southgate house built (approximate date).[2]
- 1831 - Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church built.[2]
- 1834 - City of Newport chartered.[1]
- 1836 - Newport Lyceum founded.[4]
- 1844 - Silk factory begins operating.[5]
- 1847 - Public school begins operating.[3]
- 1850 - Washington Fire Engine and Hose Company (volunteer firefighters) established.[3]
- 1859 - October 28: "Mob destroys the plant of the True South, abolition paper."[5]
- 1860
- Public high school begins operating.[3]
- Population: 10,046.[6]
- 1866 - John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge opens near Newport.
- 1869 - John Butcher Brewery (later Wiedemann) in business.[7]
- 1870 - Population: 15,087.[6]
- 1871 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church built.
- 1872 - Newport and Cincinnati Bridge opens.[3]
- 1873 - Southgate St. School established.[3]
- 1880 – Population: 20,433.[6]
- 1883 - Ohio River flood.[3]
- 1884
- 1888 - U.S. military Fort Thomas established near Newport.[1]
- 1890 - Cincinnati–Newport Bridge opens.[3]
- 1891
- 1898 - Ohio River flood.[3]
- 1900 - Population: 28,301.[1]
20th century
- 1902 - Carnegie Free Library opens.[9]
- 1910 - Population: 30,309.[1]
- 1913 - Ohio River flood.[3]
- 1921 - Steel worker labor strike begins.[2]
- 1924 - Cote Brilliante becomes part of Newport.[3]
- 1927 - Newport Finance Building constructed.[3]
- 1930 - City-manager form of government adopted.[3]
- 1935 - Clifton becomes part of Newport.[3]
- 1936 - Ingalls Park becomes part of Newport.[3]
- 1937 - Flood.[3]
- 1948 - Floodwall built.[10]
- 1956 - Newport Shopping Center in business.[3]
- 1961
- Anti-corruption "Committee of 500" formed.[11]
- George Ratterman becomes county sheriff.[12]
- 1973 - Regional Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (public transit) established.
- 1975 - Newport News begins publication.[13]
- 1976 - Daniel Carter Beard Bridge opens.
- 1978 - Campbell County Public Library established.[9]
- 1980
- Irene Deaton becomes first female mayor of Newport.[14]
- Mansion Hill designated an historic district.[15]
- 1983 - Steve Goetz elected mayor.[16]
- 1990 - Campbell County Historical Society founded.[17]
- 1992 - Tom Guidugli becomes mayor.
- 1995 - Taylor–Southgate Bridge opens.
- 1999 - Newport Aquarium opens.[18]
- 2000 - Population: 17,048.[3]
21st century
- 2001 - Newport on the Levee "entertainment complex" in business.[3]
- 2004 - L&N Bridge pedestrianized.[3]
- 2005 - Geoff Davis becomes U.S. representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district.[19]
- 2008 - Jerry Peluso elected mayor.[20]
- 2010 - Population: 15,273.[21]
- 2012 - Thomas Massie becomes U.S. representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district.[22]
See also
- Newport history
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Campbell County, Kentucky
- Timeline of Kentucky history
- Timeline of Cincinnati, Ohio, in vicinity of Newport
Other cities in Kentucky
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Whitehead 2009.
- ↑ Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- 1 2 Federal Writers' Project 1939, pp. 451–461: "Chronology"
- 1 2 3 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ Steely Library Special Collections. "List of Collections". Northern Kentucky University. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ E. Polk Johnson (1912). History of Kentucky and Kentuckians. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company.
- 1 2 "Library History (timeline)". Kentucky: Campbell County Public Library. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ "History of Newport, Kentucky". City of Newport. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Timeline", Where the River Bends: A History of Northern Kentucky, Lexington KY: Kentucky Educational Television
- ↑ "Then and Now: The rise and fall of 'Sin City'", WCPO.com, 2013
- ↑ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ Caraway 2009.
- ↑ "Once a Rundown District, It's Now Mansion Hill", New York Times, January 16, 2000
- ↑ "Newport Mayor Resigns", Kentucky New Era, August 19, 1992 – via Google News
- ↑ "Campbell County (Kentucky) Historical and Genealogical Society". Retrieved September 1, 2016 – via RootsWeb.com.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Kentucky". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2005 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Peluso to Seek Reelection as Newport Mayor", River City News, Covington, KY, January 18, 2016
- ↑ "Newport city, Kentucky". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
- ↑ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
Bibliography
- "Newport City Guide". Cincinnati Directory. Cincinnati, Ohio: C.S. Williams. 1860 – via Google Books.
- "Newport Directory". Cincinnati Directory. Cincinnati, Ohio: C.S. Williams. 1861 – via Internet Archive.
- "Newport", Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1881
- "City of Newport". Atlas of Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties, Kentucky. Philadelphia: D.J. Lake & Co. 1883 – via Google Books.
- "Newport", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Newport", Kentucky, American Guide Series, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, pp. 246–249, OCLC 498232 – via Internet Archive (+ Chronology)
- Isabel Wilkerson (April 16, 1990), "When Looking for Sin, Cincinnati Looks South", New York Times
- T. Purvis, ed. (1996). Newport, Kentucky: a Bicentennial History.
- Robert Yoder (2005). Newport in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-1812-1.
- Robin Caraway (2009). Newport: The Sin City Years. Images of America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-6857-7.
- Michael Whitehead (2009). "Newport". In Paul A. Tenkotte; James C. Claypool. Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 651+. ISBN 978-0-8131-5996-6.
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