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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Huntington, West Virginia, USA.

Timeline

18th century

1775 - First permanent settlement in modern-day Huntington was founded as "Holderby's Landing".

19th century

1837 - Marshall University is founded as Marshall Academy.
1871
- Huntington incorporated; named after businessman Collis P. Huntington who initiated town planning.^[1]
- Peter Cline Buffington elected mayor.^[2]^[3]
1872
- Huntington Argus newspaper begins publication.^[4]
- First Congregational Church founded.^[2]
1873
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins operating.^[1]
- Huntington station opens.
1874
- Spring Hill Cemetery opens.
- Huntington Advertiser newspaper in publication.^[4]
1880 - Population: 3,174.
1885 - Davis Opera House built.^[5]
1887
- Seat of Cabell County relocates to Huntington from Barboursville.^[1]^[6]
- Railroad depot built.
1888 - Ohio River Railroad (Wheeling-Huntington) begins operating.^[7]
1890 - Population: 10,108.
1891 - Guyandotte becomes part of Huntington.
1893 - "Central City" incorporated near Huntington.^[8]
1898 - The Parthenon opens.
1899 - Cabell County Courthouse opens.
1900 - Ohio Valley Electric Railway begins operating.^[9]

20th century

1901 - Cabell County Courthouse dedicated.^[2]
1903
- Carnegie Public Library opens.^[10]
- Camden Park opens.
1905
- Heiner's Bakery opens.
- United States Post Office and Court House opens.
1907 - Old Main opens.
1908 - Huntington purchases the lands for the future project Ritter Park.
1909
- Central City becomes part of Huntington.^[8]
- Herald-Dispatch newspaper in publication.^[4]
1910
- St. Cloud Commons opens.
- Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company opens.
- Population: 31,161.
1912 - Barnett Hospital and Nursing School opens.
1913
- March 30: Ohio River flood.^[2]
- Ritter Park, is created.^[2]
1915 - Huntington City Hall was built.
1916 - Old Huntington High School opens.
1917 - Liggett and Myers Tobacco factory built.
1919 - Simms School Building opens.
1920 - Population: 50,177.
1923 - West Virginia Colored Children's Home opens.
1924
- Foster Memorial Home opens.
- Memorial Arch is built.
- St. Mary's Hospital opens.
- St. Joseph Central Catholic High School is established.
1925
- Ohev Sholom Temple is built.
- West Virginia Building is built.
1926 - Tivoli Theatre in business.^[11]
1927 - WSAZ radio begins broadcasting.^[12]
1928 - Keith-Albee Theatre in business.^[2]
1929 - Rotary Park Bridge is built.
1930
- Rotary Park Bridge built.
- Population: 75,572.
1935 - Flood.^[1]
1936 - Huntington Junior College established.
1937 - The Ohio River flood of 1937 occurs.^[1]
1939 - Barnett Hospital and Nursing School closes.
1941 - Beverly Theatre in business.^[11]
1949 - WSAZ-TV television begins broadcasting.^[13]
1950
- Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse (arena) opens.
- Population: 86,353.
1952 - Tri-State Airport opens.
1954 - WCHS-TV opens.
1955
- WHTN-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[14]
- WOWK-TV opens.
1956
- Cabell Huntington Hospital opens.
- Huntington Hornets is founded.
1957 - Huntington Hornets disbanded.
1961 - Marshall University active.^[2]
1968 - Cabell-Wayne Historical Society founded.^[15]
1969 - West Virginia Public Broadcasting opens.
1970
- November 14: Airplane crash occurs near city; Marshall University football team among the fatalities.
- West Huntington Bridge built.
1971 - Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority opens.
1972 - Tri-State Transit Authority opens.
1977
- Huntington Civic Center (arena) opens.
- University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine established.
- Nick Rahall becomes U.S. representative for West Virginia's 4th congressional district.^[16]
1978 - Beech Fork State Park is founded.
1980 - Population: 63,684.
1981
- Cam Henderson Center opens.^[17]
- Huntington Mall opens.
- WVAH-TV is founded.
1983
- Huntington Area Food Bank established.^[18][1]
- Huntington station is rebuilt.
- WTSF opens.
1984
- Harris Riverfront Park opens.^[2]
- WQCW opens.
1985
- East Huntington Bridge opens.
- City adopts "strong mayor" style of government.^[19]
1987 - Huntington Museum of Art opens.
1988 - WLPX-TV opens.
1990
- Huntington Cubs is founded.
- Fairfield Stadium opens.
1991
- Joan C. Edwards Stadium opens.
- Museum of Radio and Technology opens.^[20]
1993
- Huntington Blizzard is founded.
- Masonic Temple opens.
- Owens-Illinois Glass Co. manufactory shuts down.^[2]
1994
- Cabell Midland High School opens.
- Robert C. Byrd Bridge to Chesapeake, Ohio opens.
- The Huntington Cubs disband.
1996
- Heritage Farm Museum and Village opens.
- Huntington High School opens.
- Old Huntington High School closes.
- Sam Hood Field opens.
1998 - Spring Valley High School opens.
2000
- City website online (approximate date).^[21]^[22]
- Huntington Blizzard moves to Beaumont Texas and remains as the Wildcatters.
- Port of Huntington Tri-State opens.

21st century

2001 - David Felinton becomes the youngest mayor in Huntington, West Virginia history.^[23]
2003 - Marshall Commons, opens.
2004
- Fairfield Stadium closes.
- Pullman Square is built.
- Tsubasacon starts.
2006
- Fictional but based on true events We Are Marshall movie released (set in Huntington).
- Huntington Heroes is founded.
2007 - Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center opens.
2008
- Dot Hicks Field opens.
- Huntington Heroes disbands.
2009
- Kim Wolfe becomes mayor.
- The Marshall Rec Center opens.
- Huntington Prep School is founded.
2010 - Population: 49,138.^[24]
2011
- Huntington Hammer is founded.
- West Virginia Colored Children's Home is demolished.
2012
- Huntington Hammer disbanded.
- Sam Hood Field closes.
- Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse closes.
2013
- Stephen T. Williams becomes mayor.
- Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex opens.
2014 - Chris Cline Athletic Complex opens.
2015 - Evan Jenkins U.S. representative for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district.^[25]
2024
- Jack Cook Field opens.^[26]
- Tri-State Coal Cats is founded.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Federal Writers' Project 1941.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ James E. Casto (15 February 2023). "Huntington". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved 14 June 2023. (Includes timeline)
^ History of West Virginia, Old and New. Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc. 1923. OCLC 42346040.
^ ^a ^b ^c "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ Dickinson 2016.
^ "A Narrative History of the Village of Barboursville". Village of Barboursville. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
^ James Morton Callahan (1913). Semi-centennial History of West Virginia. Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia.
^ ^a ^b Miller 2006.
^ George W. Hilton; John F. Due (2000) [1960]. "Individual Interurbans: West Virginia". Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. pp. 302–306. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2.
^ American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
^ ^a ^b "Movie Theaters in Huntington, WV". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: West Virginia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
^ "Huntington's History". Cityofhuntington.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2003. (Timeline)
^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: West Virginia", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "West Virginia". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
^ "West Virginia". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1979. hdl:2027/mdp.39015012846567. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-08 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Cam Henderson Center Information". Marshall University. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
^ "West Virginia Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ Richard A. Brisbin; et al. (1996). "Local Government". West Virginia Politics and Government. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1271-2. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
^ "Museum of Radio and Technology Information". Retrieved July 16, 2024.
^ "City of Huntington, West Virginia". Archived from the original on August 17, 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: West Virginia". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
^ Chambers, Bryan (May 3, 2009). "Former Mayor Enjoys New Life at Home". Herald Dispatch. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
^ "Huntington city, West Virginia". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ Morehouse, Keith (June 21, 2023). "Marshall to name baseball facility after Jack Cook". WSAZ. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

Bibliography

J.H. Chataigne, ed. (1882). "Huntington". Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Directory. Richmond, VA. pp. 366–370. OCLC 23244118. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-08.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Huntington". West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1882.
Huntington (West Virginia) Directory, Potts & Cammack, 1891
Charter of the City of Huntington, West Virginia. 1909. Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
Lucius H. Cammack, ed. (1916). Huntington. Huntington Chamber of Commerce.
Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Huntington". West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 235+. ISBN 9781603540476. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-08 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
George S. Wallace. Huntington through 75 Years. Huntington: 1947.
Doris C. Miller. Centennial History of Huntington. Huntington Centennial Commission, 1971.
James E. Casto. Huntington: An Illustrated History. Huntington: Chapman Printing, 1997.
Huntington. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. 2003. ISBN 978-0-7385-1599-1. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
Lola Roush Miller (2006). Central City. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-1726-7. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
Huntington. Then & Now. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7385-6667-2. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
James E. Casto (2013). Legendary Locals of Huntington. Charleston, SC: Arcadia.
"Lost Huntington", Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, August 2023, archived from the original on 2017-03-28, retrieved 2017-03-09. Circa 2014- (Series of articles)
James E. Casto. Lost Huntington, Recalling Vanished Landmarks. Drummond Press. Jacksonville, Florida, 2015.
Jack L. Dickinson; Alison K. Summer-Ramirez (2016), Historic Huntington Businesses: the Birth of Huntington, W. Va. 1871-1900, Marshall University Libraries, archived from the original on 2017-03-08, retrieved 2017-03-08

External links

"Local History Room". Huntington: Cabell County Public Library.
Items related to Huntington, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
"LibGuides: Appalachian Studies". Huntington: Marshall University Libraries. (subject guide)

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1941-1] Federal Writers' Project 1941.

[Casto-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ James E. Casto (15 February 2023). "Huntington". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved 14 June 2023. (Includes timeline)

[3] History of West Virginia, Old and New. Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc. 1923. OCLC 42346040.

[LOC-4] "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[FOOTNOTEDickinson2016-5] Dickinson 2016.

[6] "A Narrative History of the Village of Barboursville". Village of Barboursville. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[Callahan1913-7] James Morton Callahan (1913). Semi-centennial History of West Virginia. Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia.

[FOOTNOTEMiller2006-8] Miller 2006.

[Hilton1960-9] George W. Hilton; John F. Due (2000) [1960]. "Individual Interurbans: West Virginia". Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. pp. 302–306. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2.

[bowker1918-10] American Library Annual, 1917-1918. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013751220. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-09.

[cinema-11] "Movie Theaters in Huntington, WV". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[Alicoate1939-12] Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: West Virginia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636

[13] "Huntington's History". Cityofhuntington.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2003. (Timeline)

[Alicoate1960-14] Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: West Virginia", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206

[aaslh2002-15] American Association for State and Local History (2002). "West Virginia". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.

[16] "West Virginia". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1979. hdl:2027/mdp.39015012846567. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-08 – via HathiTrust.

[17] "Cam Henderson Center Information". Marshall University. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

[18] "West Virginia Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[Brisbin1996-19] Richard A. Brisbin; et al. (1996). "Local Government". West Virginia Politics and Government. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1271-2. Archived from the original on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2017-03-08.

[20] "Museum of Radio and Technology Information". Retrieved July 16, 2024.

[21] "City of Huntington, West Virginia". Archived from the original on August 17, 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.

[22] Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: West Virginia". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.

[23] Chambers, Bryan (May 3, 2009). "Former Mayor Enjoys New Life at Home". Herald Dispatch. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

[24] "Huntington city, West Virginia". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[GovTrack-25] Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[26] Morehouse, Keith (June 21, 2023). "Marshall to name baseball facility after Jack Cook". WSAZ. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

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