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=== Timeline === {{hidden begin | title = Timeline of Lynchburg, Virginia | titlestyle = background:#F8F8FF;width:90% }} * 1786 β Lynchburg founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1791 β Tobacco warehouse built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1798 β [[South River Friends Meetinghouse]] built. * 1805 β Town of Lynchburg incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1806 ** [[Old City Cemetery (Lynchburg, Virginia)|City Cemetery]] established. ** Construction of Thomas Jefferson's [[Poplar Forest]] begins near Lynchburg.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1830 ** [[Elijah Fletcher]] becomes mayor. ** [[1830 United States census#City rankings|Population]]: 4,630.<ref name=census1998>{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> * 1840 ** [[James River and Kanawha Canal]] to Richmond opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} ** [[1840 United States census#City rankings|Population]]: 6,395.<ref name=census1998 /> * 1850 β [[1850 United States census#City rankings|Population]]: 8,071.<ref name=census1998 /> * 1852 ** [[Virginia & Tennessee Railroad]] begins operating.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} ** City of Lynchburg incorporated.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} ** ''Lynchburg Daily Virginian'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Virginia&city=Lynchburg&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=[[Chronicling America]] |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> * 1855 β [[Lynchburg Courthouse]] built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1856 β Methodist Protestant Lynchburg College established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1864 β June 17β18: [[Battle of Lynchburg]] fought near city during the [[American Civil War]].{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1866 β Southern Memorial Association founded.<ref name=aaslh2002>{{cite book |title=Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada |year=2002 |edition=15th |isbn=0-7591-0002-0 |author=American Association for State and Local History |chapter=Virginia: Lynchburg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC |pages=824+|publisher=Rowman Altamira |author-link=American Association for State and Local History }}</ref> * 1870 β September: Flood.<ref name=CityHistory>{{cite web |url=http://lynchburgva.gov/history |title=History of Lynchburg, Virginia |publisher=City of Lynchburg |access-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> * 1879 β George D. Witt Shoe Corporation in business. * 1880 β [[James Albert Bonsack]] invents [[cigarette]] rolling machine. * 1886 β [[First Baptist Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)|First Baptist Church]] built. * 1888 β [[Virginia University of Lynchburg|Virginia Theological Seminary]] founded.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1893 β [[Randolph-Macon Woman's College]] opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1895 β [[St. Paul's Church (Lynchburg, Virginia)|St. Paul's Church]] built. * 1898 β "Confederate Infantryman" monument erected.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1900 β Population: 18,891. * 1903 β [[Lynchburg College|Virginia Christian College]] founded.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1908 β [[Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Virginia)|Jones Memorial Library]] opens.<ref name=Jones>{{cite web |url=http://www.jmlibrary.org/history-of-the-library/ |title=History of the Library |publisher=Jones Memorial Library |access-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref> * 1912 β Equal Suffrage League formed.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1913 β Statue of [[John Warwick Daniel]] erected.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1920 β Little Theater established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1928 β Monument Terrace built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1930 ** WLVA [[List of radio stations in Virginia|radio]] begins broadcasting.<ref name=Alicoate1939>{{Cite book|title=Radio Annual |oclc=2459636 |year=1939 |editor=Jack Alicoate |location=New York |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual193900radi#page/396/mode/2up |chapter=Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Virginia|publisher=Radio Daily }} {{free access}}</ref> ** Population: 40,661. * 1932 β Civic Art League founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}} * 1940 β [[Calvin Falwell Field|City Stadium]] opens.{{sfn|Nagy|1995}} * 1953 β WLVA-TV ([[List of television stations in Virginia|television]]) begins broadcasting.<ref name=Alicoate1960>{{citation |title=Radio Annual and Television Year Book |oclc=10512206 |year=1960 |editor=Charles A. Alicoate |publisher=Radio Daily Corp. |location=New York |chapter=Television Stations: Virginia |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/radio00radi#page/858/mode/2up}} {{free access}}</ref> * 1954 β [[Carter Glass Memorial Bridge]] opens. * 1959 β Pittman Plaza shopping centre in business.{{sfn|Nagy|1995}} * 1966 ** Lynchburg Public Library opens.<ref name=Jones /> ** [[Central Virginia Community College]]{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} and Lynchburg Baseball Corporation established.{{sfn|Nagy|1995}} * 1971 β [[Liberty University|Lynchburg Baptist College]] (later Liberty University) founded.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}} * 1978 β [[Point of Honor]] house museum opens. * 1980 β Population: 66,743. * 1990 β President [[George H. W. Bush]] gives commencement speech at Liberty University.<ref name=wapo2017 /> * 1993 β [[Bob Goodlatte]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Virginia's 6th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1993 |chapter=Virginia |chapter-url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=350 |via=[[HathiTrust]]|title-link=Official Congressional Directory |series=1991/1992- : S. Pub. |hdl=2027/uc1.l0072691827?urlappend=%3Bseq=350 }}</ref> * 1995 β [[Lynchburg Hillcats]] baseball team active. * 2000 β City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000618015931/http://www.ci.lynchburg.va.us/main.htm |url=http://www.ci.lynchburg.va.us/main.htm |archive-date=June 18, 2000 |title=City of Lynchburg, Virginia |via=Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000824034922/http://officialcitysites.org/Virginia/Cities/L/ |url=http://officialcitysites.org/WestVirginia/Cities/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 24, 2000 |title=United States of America: Virginia |work=Official City Sites |editor1=Kevin Hyde |editor2=Tamie Hyde |location=Utah |oclc=40169021}}</ref> * 2010 β Population: 75,568.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/51680 |title=Lynchburg city, Virginia |work=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref> * 2016 β Joan Foster becomes mayor. * 2017 β President [[Donald Trump]] gives commencement speech at Liberty University.<ref name=wapo2017>{{citation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/13/trump-at-liberty-university-commencement-in-america-we-dont-worship-government-we-worship-god |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 13, 2017 |title=Trump at Liberty University commencement: 'In America, we don't worship government; we worship God'}}</ref> * 2023 - Stephanie Reed becomes mayor. {{hidden end}}
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