# Timeline of Durham, North Carolina

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

## 19th century

* 1865 - April 26: Confederate "Johnston surrenders to Sherman at Bennett House, near Durham."
* 1867 - Durham incorporated.
* 1869 - Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in Hayti.
* 1880 - Population: 2,041.
* 1881
** Town becomes seat of newly established Durham County.
** W. Duke Sons & Company tobacco manufacturer in business.
* 1887
** Durham Hebrew Congregation established (approximate date).
** Main Street Methodist Church built.
* 1888 - Emmanuel AME Church built.
* 1889
** Durham Daily Sun newspaper in publication.
** First Christian and Missionary Alliance Church founded.
* 1890 - Population: 5,485.
* 1891 - St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church built.
* 1892 - Trinity College relocates to Durham.
* 1894 - Morning Herald newspaper in publication.
* 1898 - North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company in business.

## 20th century

* 1901
** "Durham City limits quadruple in size."
** Lincoln Hospital established.
* 1906
** Durham Chamber of Commerce established.
** Immaculate Conception Catholic Church built.
* 1908 - St. Joseph's Episcopal Church built.
* 1909
** Arcade Theatre built.
** Ebenezer Baptist Church established.
* 1910 - Population: 18,241.
* 1913 - Durham Colored Library founded.
* 1919 - Carolina Times newspaper begins publication.
* 1923
** Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church built
** National Religious Training School and Chautauqua opens.
* 1924
** Trinity College renamed "Duke University".
** Trinity United Methodist Church built
* 1925
** North Carolina College for Negroes active.
** Daisy Scarborough Nursery School founded.
** Asbury Temple Methodist Church built
** Watts Street Baptist Church built
** Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church built
* 1926
** Duke University's Divinity School established.
** Asbury United Methodist Church built
* 1927
** First Baptist Church built
* 1930
** Ephphatha Church built.
** Duke University's School of Medicine opens.
** Population: 52,037.
* 1933
** Desegregation lawsuit Hocutt v. Wilson filed.
** Calvert Method School founded.
* 1934 - WDNC radio begins broadcasting.
* 1936 - Three Arts founded.
* 1939
** North Carolina College for Negroes law school established.
** Center Theatre opens.
* 1944 - Durham Labor Journal begins publication.
* 1945 - Durham Drive-In cinema opens.
* 1950 - Population: 73,368.
* 1954 - WTVD (television) begins broadcasting.
* 1955 - Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal opens.
* 1957 - June 23: Royal Ice Cream Sit-in protest for civil rights.
* 1958 - Durham Redevelopment Commission and Research Triangle Institute founded.
* 1959 - Research Triangle Park established.
* 1960 - Population: 84,642.
* 1961 - Durham Industrial Education Center opens.
* 1962 - Carolina Friends School and Bennett Place state historic site
* 1964 - Anti-poverty Operation Breakthrough (program) established.
* 1966 - United Organizations for Community Improvement formed.
* 1968 - City Human Relations Commission and Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes established.
* 1969
** March 11: Student demonstration.
** North Carolina Central University active.
** Duke University's School of Business and Museum of Art established.
* 1970
** Institute for Southern Studies headquartered in Durham.
** Population: 100,768 city; 446,074 metro.
* 1972 - Durham Voters Alliance founded.
* 1974 - Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory state historic site established.
* 1975 - Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center founded.
* 1980 - Population: 100,831 city; 560,774 metro.
* 1985 - Atlantic Coast Sikh Association headquartered in Durham.
* 1990 - Population: 154,580 city; 735,480 metro.
* 1991
** Herald-Sun newspaper in publication.
** Carmike Cinema 7 in business.
* 1993 - Sylvia Kerckhoff becomes mayor.
* 1995 - Old West Durham Neighborhood Association established.
* 1997
** City website online (approximate date).
** Nick Tennyson becomes mayor.
* 1998
** Triangle Tribune newspaper begins publication.
** WRAZ (TV) begins broadcasting from Durham.
* 2000 - Population: 187,035 city; 1,187,941 metro.

## 21st century

* 2001 - Bill Bell becomes mayor.
* 2002 - Buddhist Mindfulness Practice Center founded.
* 2004 - G. K. Butterfield becomes U.S. representative for North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
* 2005 - Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art building opens.
* 2006 - Duke lacrosse scandal occurs.
* 2007 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice formed.
* 2010 - Population: 228,330 city; 1,749,525 metro.