Timeline of Huntington, West Virginia

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

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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]
  • 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.

See also

• Huntington history
• List of mayors of Huntington, West Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia
• Other cities in West Virginia:
  • Timeline of Charleston, West Virginia
  • Timeline of Wheeling, West Virginia

References

1. Federal Writers' Project 1941.
2. 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.
4. "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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7. James Morton Callahan (1913). Semi-centennial History of West Virginia. Semi-Centennial Commission of West Virginia.
8. Miller 2006.
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.
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20. "Museum of Radio and Technology Information". Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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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.
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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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• "Huntington". West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1882.
• Huntington (West Virginia) Directory, Potts & Cammack, 1891
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• 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.
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• 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.
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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)