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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Columbus, Ohio, United States.

18th century

1797: Lucas Sullivant founds Franklinton, Central Ohio's first permanent white settlement and the oldest Columbus neighborhood.^[1]

19th century

1803
- Ohio becomes the first state formed from the Northwest Territory.^[1]
- Franklin County is formed from Ross County.^[1]
1805: Postal service is established in Franklinton, and the settlement acquires its first preacher.^[1]
1806: The first schoolhouse is built, a 16-foot-square log building.^[1]
1811: The first church is constructed, by the present-day Old Franklinton Cemetery.^[1]
1812
- Columbus is founded.^[2]
- Population: 300.^[2]
- Foundations for High Street laid out.
1813: Columbus's first post office is established.^[1]
1814
- William Ludlow is named "director of the town of Columbus" to supervise its construction.^[1]
- The first market house, later known as Central Market, is constructed.^[1]
- The first newspaper is established, The Western Intelligencer, after it moves from Worthington.^[1]
1816
- Columbus becomes the capitol of Ohio and the legislature meets in Columbus's first statehouse.^[1]
- The Village of Columbus is organized, with Jarvis W. Pike elected as the first mayor.^[2]^[1]
1817
- James Monroe visits Columbus, the first U.S. President to do so.^[1]
- The Ohio State Library is headquartered in Columbus.^[3]
1824: The seat of Franklin County moves from Franklinton to Columbus.^[1]
1826: The first public schools are opened in Columbus and Franklinton.^[1]
1831: Columbus is connected to the Ohio and Erie Canal through the Columbus Feeder Canal.^[2]^[1]^[4]
1832: The Ohio School for the Deaf is established.
1833
- National Road in operation.^[2]
- A cholera epidemic kills 100 residents and causes 1,000 to move away.^[1]
1834
- Columbus chartered as a city, population: 3,500.^[1]
- John Brooks becomes mayor.^[1]
- Ohio Penitentiary begins operating.^[2]
1837: Ohio State School for the Blind established.^[2]
1840: Population: 6,048.^[5]
1845: Columbus Public Schools established.
1849
- State Convention of the Colored Citizen held in city.^[6]
- Green Lawn Cemetery established.
1850
- The Columbus and Xenia Railroad begins operating,^[2] and the first passenger train arrives in the city.^[1]
- Development of Franklin Park began.^[4]
- Population: 17,882.^[5]
1851
- Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad begins operating.
- Union Station operates from 1851 to 1977.
1853
- Saint Patrick Church founded.
- Columbus Athenaeum founded.^[3]
1857: The Ohio Statehouse opens to the public and begins use.
1861
- Ohio Statehouse fully completed.^[2]^[4]
- Camp Chase is established (1861).^[1]
1862: Fort Hayes is established.
1865: Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession stops in Columbus.^[1]
1868
- St. Mary's of the Springs school opens.^[2]
- Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway in operation.
1870
- Columbus annexes 4,052 acres (1,640 ha), including Franklinton.^[1]
- The Ohio State University is founded, as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College.
- Columbus Circulating Library organized.^[3]
1871
- The Daily Dispatch newspaper begins publication.^[7]
- Public water system first set-up.^[1]
- Population: 32,000.^[1]
1872: Public Library & Reading Room established at Columbus City Hall.^[3]^[8]
1873: The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College opens.^[2]
1874: The Ohio State Fair is permanently established in Columbus, after being held in cities throughout the state each year.^[1]
1875: Union Station rebuilt.
1878
- St. Joseph Cathedral building completed.
- Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts and Ohio State University Marching Band established.
1879: Columbus Art School and Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery^[2] established.
1880: Population: 51,647.^[5]
1887: Franklin County Courthouse built.^[2]
1890: Population: 88,150.^[4]
1894: "Ugly law" approved.^[9]
1895: Franklin Park Conservatory opens.
1898: First Neighborhood Guild organized.^[10]
1899
- Columbus Citizen newspaper begins publication.^[7]
- Masonic Temple built.
- Hocking Valley Railway operates from 1899 to 1930.^[4]
1900
- Godman Guild House built.^[10]
- Population: 125,560.^[5]^[4]

20th century

1903: Columbus, Delaware and Marion Railway operated 1903 to 1933.
1904: Governor's Mansion and Franklin County Memorial Hall^[2] built.
1905: Indianola Park (amusement park) in business.
1906: Columbus Public Library building constructed.^[2]
1910
- Streetcar strike.^[2]
- Population: 181,511.^[4]
1912: Woman Suffrage parade takes place.
1913: The Great Flood of 1913^[2]
1914: The Columbus City Charter is adopted.
1917: Women are granted the right to vote in municipal elections.^[1]
1919: The Spring Street YMCA opens.^[11]
1920
- Planning begins for buildings in the Columbus Civic Center.^[1]
- Population: 237,031.^[5]
1922: Ohio State University's Ohio Stadium built.^[2]
1924: Central High School is completed, the first building completed in the new Columbus Civic Center.^[1]
1927: The American Insurance Union Citadel is completed, becoming the fifth-tallest building in the world at the time.
1928
- Columbus City Hall is completed, replacing the Old City Hall destroyed by fire in 1921.^[1]
- Ohio Theatre opens.
1929
- The present-day John Glenn Columbus International Airport is established.^[1]
- Battelle Memorial Institute founded.
1933: Ohio State Office Building constructed.^[2]
1934: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse built.^[2]
1936: White Castle restaurant chain headquartered in city.
1937: Spanish–American War Memorial dedicated.
1940: Population: 306,087.^[5]
1947: National Auto Theatre (drive-in cinema) in business.^[12]
1952: Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Security Studies established.
1954: Black Baptist Pastors' Conference organized (approximate date).^[13]
1954-1958: Columbus annexes numerous parcels, growing from 40 sq mi (100 km²) to 84.9 sq mi (220 km²).^[1]
1955
- Franklin Heights High School founded.
- Columbus begins planning its interstate highways along with state and federal agencies.^[1]
- Sister city relationship established with Genoa, Italy.^[14]
1959: The Columbus Citizen-Journal newspaper in publication.
1960: Population: 471,316.^[5]
1964
- Northland Mall in business.
- Bank One Tower built.
1969: First Wendy's founded by Dave Thomas.
1970
- Columbus Free Press begins publication.
- Columbus surpasses Cincinnati in population.
1974: Rhodes State Office Tower built.
1975: Columbus Monthly magazine begins publication.
1976
- Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center established.
- Union Station demolished.
1977
- QUBE television begins broadcasting.
- One Nationwide Plaza built.
- Clippers begin playing in Columbus.
1978: Community Development Task Force formed.^[15]
1980: Sister city relationship established with Tainan City, Taiwan.^[14]
1982: Columbus surpasses Cleveland to become the largest city by population in Ohio.
1984
- Huntington Center built.
- Ohio Penitentiary closes.
1985: Catco theatre company founded.
1987
- King Arts Complex active.
- Union Station mural painted.
1988
- Vern Riffe State Office Tower and Three Nationwide Plaza built.
- Sister city relationships established with Hefei, China; Odense, Denmark; and Seville, Spain.^[14]
1989: Columbus City Center (shopping mall) in business.
1990
- The Other Paper begins publication.
- William Green Building constructed.
- Population: 632,910.^[5]
1991
- City government computer network begins operating.^[16]
- Carriage Place Movies 12 (cinema) in business.^[12]
1992: Sister city relationship established with Dresden, Germany.^[14]
1996
- Columbus Crew begins play with the newly established Major League Soccer.
- Sister city relationship established with Herzliya, Israel.^[14]
- Chamber of Commerce city portal online.^[17]^[18]
1998: City government website online (approximate date).^[19]^{[chronology citation needed]}
1999
- The Columbus Crew moves to newly-built Columbus Crew Stadium.
- Easton Town Center opens.
- Columbus Ohio Temple built.
2000
- Michael B. Coleman begins his first term as mayor of Columbus.
- Nationwide Arena opens, hosting the newly founded Columbus Blue Jackets.
- Population: 711,470.^[20]

21st century

2001
- Columbus Underground begins publication.^[21]
- Miranova Condominiums built.
- Arena Grand cinema^[12] and Polaris Fashion Place (shopping mall) in business.
2004: The Northland Mall on Morse Road, which closed in 2002, is demolished to make way for a new commercial development,^[22] ultimately to be called Northland Village.
2008: Sister city relationship established with Ahmedabad, India.^[14]
2009: Huntington Park opens in the Arena District, replacing Cooper Stadium as the home of Columbus Clippers baseball.
2010
- Population: 787,033.^[23]
- Columbus City Center demolished.
2011
- Columbus Commons opens.
- Steve Stivers becomes U.S. representative for Ohio's 15th congressional district.^[24]
2013
- Population: 822,553.^[25]
- Joyce Beatty becomes U.S. representative for Ohio's 3rd congressional district.
2014: Sister city relationship established with Curitiba, Brazil.^[14]
2016
- Columbus surpasses Indianapolis to become the second largest city in the Midwest.
- Andrew Ginther begins his first term as mayor.
2018: Columbus surpasses San Francisco to become the 14th-largest city in America.
2020
- The COVID-19 pandemic is introduced to Columbus.
- George Floyd protests take place in Columbus and most major U.S. cities.
- Population 905,748.
2021: Lower.com Field, the new Columbus Crew stadium, opens.
2023:Columbus Crew wins its third MLS Cup, its second in four years.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag "Highlights of Columbus History". The Columbus Dispatch. October 14, 1962. pp. 154–156. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Federal Writers' Project 1940.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
^ "Conventions by Year". Colored Conventions. P. Gabrielle Foreman, director. University of Delaware, Library. Retrieved May 30, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ^a ^b "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
^ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.
^ Susan M. Schweik (2010). The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8361-0.
^ ^a ^b Peterson 1965.
^ Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Movie Theaters in Columbus, OH". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
^ Alex-Assensoh 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Greater Columbus Sister Cities International". Retrieved December 30, 2014.
^ Rimmerman 1985.
^ "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on 1997-01-02.
^ "Columbus Supersite". Archived from the original on 1996-12-23 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
^ "Columbus Supersite Makes its Internet Debut", Columbus Dispatch, July 10, 1996
^ "City of Columbus, Ohio". Archived from the original on 1998-11-11 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
^ U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003
^ "Ohio". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
^ "Northland Mall demolition to begin". Business First of Columbus. January 23, 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
^ "Columbus (city), Ohio". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
^ "Ohio". Official Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office. 2011. ISBN 9780160886539.
^ "The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2014. Vintage 2013 Population Estimates

Bibliography

"Columbus (Ohio)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 746–747.
Craig Rimmerman (1985), "Citizen Participation and Policy Implementation in the Columbus, Ohio CDBG Program", Public Administration Quarterly, 9 (3): 328–341, JSTOR 40861102
Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Columbus", Ohio Guide, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press – via Open Library{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
Jon A. Peterson (1965), "From Social Settlement to Social Agency: Settlement Work in Columbus, Ohio, 1898-1958", Social Service Review, 39 (2): 191–208, doi:10.1086/641739, JSTOR 30017591, S2CID 143963893
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh (2004), "Taking the Sanctuary to the Streets: Religion, Race, and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio", Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 594: 79–91, doi:10.1177/0002716204264781, JSTOR 4127695, S2CID 145330315

External links

Columbus Metropolitan Library. Local History
"Columbus, Ohio". Ohio History Central. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio History Connection.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Columbus, Ohio, various dates

[timeline-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag "Highlights of Columbus History". The Columbus Dispatch. October 14, 1962. pp. 154–156. Retrieved October 23, 2021.

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1940-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Federal Writers' Project 1940.

[davies-3] Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Britannica 1910.

[census1998-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998

[ColoredConventions-6] "Conventions by Year". Colored Conventions. P. Gabrielle Foreman, director. University of Delaware, Library. Retrieved May 30, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[LOC-7] "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

[8] American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220.

[Schweik2010-9] Susan M. Schweik (2010). The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8361-0.

[FOOTNOTEPeterson1965-10] Peterson 1965.

[Mjagkij1994-11] Nina Mjagkij (1994). Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2801-3.

[cinema-12] "Movie Theaters in Columbus, OH". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEAlex-Assensoh2004-13] Alex-Assensoh 2004.

[sister-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Greater Columbus Sister Cities International". Retrieved December 30, 2014.

[FOOTNOTERimmerman1985-15] Rimmerman 1985.

[16] "NII Awards 1995". USA: National Information Infrastructure Awards. Archived from the original on 1997-01-02.

[17] "Columbus Supersite". Archived from the original on 1996-12-23 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[18] "Columbus Supersite Makes its Internet Debut", Columbus Dispatch, July 10, 1996

[19] "City of Columbus, Ohio". Archived from the original on 1998-11-11 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[statab2003-20] U.S. Census Bureau, "Mini-Historical Statistics: Population of the Largest 75 Cities: 1900 to 2000" (PDF), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2003

[cjr-21] "Ohio". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

[22] "Northland Mall demolition to begin". Business First of Columbus. January 23, 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-02.

[quickfacts2010-23] "Columbus (city), Ohio". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 10, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.

[24] "Ohio". Official Congressional Directory. Government Printing Office. 2011. ISBN 9780160886539.

[25] "The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2014. Vintage 2013 Population Estimates

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