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The following is a
timeline of the
history of the city of
Huntsville, Alabama , USA.
1809 - Town of Twickenham incorporated in U.S.
Mississippi Territory .
[1]
1811 - Twickenham renamed "Huntsville".
[1]
1812 - Green Academy established.
[1]
1817
1818 - Huntsville social library active.
[3]
1819
Alabama Territory constitutional convention held in Huntsville.
Town becomes part of
new U.S. state of Alabama.
Newly formed
Alabama Legislature convenes in Huntsville.
[1]
1820 - Alabama state capital relocated from Huntsville to
Cahaba .
[1]
1822 -
Maple Hill Cemetery in use (approximate date).
1825 - Southern Advocate and Huntsville Advertiser newspaper in publication.
[2]
1835 - A large fire near the Courthouse Square destroys about a dozen buildings.
[5]
1840 - Population: 2,496.
1844 - Huntsville was chartered as a city.
1855 -
Memphis and Charleston Railroad begins operating.
1860 -
Huntsville Depot built.
1862 - Huntsville occupied by
Union forces during the
American Civil War .
1870 - Population: 4,907.
1888 - Old Federal Square U.S. Post Office and Courts built on corner of Randolph St and Green St
1888 -
Monte Sano Railroad Workers' House built.
1896 -
Oakwood College founded.
1898 - B’nai Israel Synagogue built.
[9]
1900 - Population: 8,068.
2006 - November 20:
2006 Huntsville bus crash .
2008 -
Tommy Battle becomes mayor.
2010
2014
Area of city: 210 square miles.
Twickenham Square shopping/residential complex built.
[20]
Restore our Roads initiative created to fund a large amount of infrastructure projects to handle projected growth.
[21]
2018 - A Huntsville police officer, William Darby, shoots and kills a suicidal man seconds after arriving at the scene.
[22]
[23] The city council votes to pay the officer's legal defense. Cleared of wrong-doing by the police review board,
[24] Darby is convicted of murder.
[25] The mayor and police chief continued to support the officer after the guilt verdict.
[26]
[27]
2020
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a
b
c
d
e Greg Schmidt.
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a
b
c
"US Newspaper Directory" .
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^ Davies Project.
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^
"Fire on Square - copy, 1835" . UAH Archives and Special Collections . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^
"Huntsville, Alabama" . Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities . Jackson, Mississippi:
Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life . Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
^
"Alabama Mob Hangs Nergo" (PDF) . The New York Times . No. Page 1. 8 September 1904. Retrieved 6 August 2021 .
^
"Movie Theaters in Huntsville, AL" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
^
"Alabama" . American Library Annual, 1917-1918 . New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1918. pp. 7 v.
hdl :
2027/mdp.39015013751220 .
^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939),
"Alabama" , Radio Annual , New York: Radio Daily,
OCLC
2459636
^
"Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society" . Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960),
"Television Stations: Alabama" , Radio Annual and Television Year Book , New York: Radio Daily Corp.,
OCLC
10512206
^
a
b
"Goodbye to the Huntsville News" ,
Congressional Record , Washington DC, March 6, 1996
^
a
b
American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Alabama: Huntsville".
Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. pp. 18–19.
ISBN
0759100020 .
^
"Huntsville city, Alabama" . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
^
Discover Huntsville , Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County, 2015
^
"Restore Our Roads" . City of Huntsville . Retrieved 2020-07-22 .
^ Beachum, Lateshia (8 May 2021).
"Alabama police officer convicted of murder for shooting suicidal man in 2018" . The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
^
"Huntsville Police Officer William Darby found guilty of murder" . Nexstar Media Inc. WHNT News 19. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
^
"Jury convicts Alabama officer of murder in 2018 shooting" . FOX News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
^
"Officer convicted of murder still gets paid in Alabama" . The Associated Press. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
^
"Police Chief, Mayor release statements on Murder conviction of Officer Darby" . WHNT News 19. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
^ Remkus, Ashley (7 May 2021).
"Huntsville police officer William Ben Darby convicted of murder for shooting Jeffery Parker" . AL.com. The Huntsville Times. Retrieved 6 June 2021 .
^ CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^ Klapp, Caroline (23 April 2021).
"Breakdown of 248 page report on Huntsville Police response to June 2020 protests" . WAFF 48 News . Gray Media Group, Inc. Station. NBC. Retrieved 30 August 2021 .
^ Remkus, Ashley (23 April 2021).
"Protest review finds 'unprofessional' behavior, policy violations by Huntsville police" . The Huntsville Times . Retrieved 29 August 2021 .
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"UPDATED: Downtown Huntsville protest ends with riot gas, arrests" . WAFF 48 News . Gray Media Group, Inc. NBC. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021 .
John P. Campbell, ed. (1854).
"Alabama: Huntsville" . Southern Business Directory . Charleston, SC: Press of Walker & James.
R.H. Long (1863),
"Huntsville" , Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States , Pittsburgh, Pa.: John P. Hunt
Saffold Berney (1878),
"Huntsville" , Handbook of Alabama , Mobile: Mobile Register print.
"Huntsville" , Northern Alabama , Birmingham, Ala: Smith & De Land, 1888,
OCLC
4215188 – via
Internet Archive
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Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 955.
Edward Chambers Betts (1916).
Early History of Huntsville, Alabama, 1804-1870 . Brown Printing Company.
Thomas McAdory Owen (1921).
"Huntsville" . History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography . Vol. 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.
hdl :
2027/mdp.39015078279430 .
Federal Writers' Project (1941),
"Huntsville" , Alabama; a Guide to the Deep South ,
American Guide Series , New York: Hastings House,
hdl :
2027/uc1.b4469723 – via
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Huntsville Historical Review , Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society,
ISSN
1048-3152 1971-
Sarah Huff Fisk (1997). Civilization Comes to Big Spring: Huntsville, Alabama 1823 . Pinhook.
Lynda Brown; et al. (1998). "Chronology".
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ISBN
978-0-313-28223-2 .
Trimble (2004). "Early Aviation in Rocket City, U.S.A.".
Alabama Review . 57 .
ISSN
0002-4341 .
Christine Dee (2005). "Trying James Hickman: The Politics of Loyalty in a Civil War Community". Alabama Review . 58 .
Ranee G. Pruitt, ed. (2005), Eden of the South: A Chronology of Huntsville, Alabama 1805-2005 , Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Alabama: Huntsville".
Historical Gazetteer of the United States . Taylor & Francis. p. 13.
ISBN
1-135-94859-3 .
Whitney Adrienne Snow (2010). "Cotton Mill City: The Huntsville Textile Industry, 1880-1989". Alabama Review . 63 .
Deane K. Dayton (ed.).
"Huntsville History Collection" . 2011- (
Local wiki )
Huntsville . Images of America. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia. 2013.
ISBN
978-0-73859-891-8 .
The Big Picture , City of Huntsville, 2016 . (
City plan )