Timeline of Lubbock, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lubbock, Texas, USA.

19th century

• 1876 - Lubbock County established; named after Thomas Saltus Lubbock.[1]
• 1890 - Lubbock settlement formed by merger of Old Lubbock and Monterey.[2]
• 1891
  • Lubbock designated seat of Lubbock County.[2][3]
  • Leader newspaper begins publication.[1]
  • Nicolett Hotel building moved to Lubbock from nearby North Town (approximate date).[4]
• 1900 - Lubbock Avalanche newspaper begins publication.[5]

20th century

• 1909
  • Railroad begins operating.
  • City of Lubbock incorporated.[2]
  • Frank E. Wheelock becomes mayor.
• 1910 - Population: 1,938.
• 1913 - Chamber of Commerce formed.[6]
• 1914
  • South Plains Fair begins.
  • St. Paul's-on-the-Plains Church established.[7]
• 1917 - Lubbock Sanitarium (hospital)[1] and Mt. Gilead Baptist Church[8] established.
• 1920 - Population: 4,051.
• 1924 - San Jose Catholic Church and Palace Theatre built.[8]
• 1925
  • Texas Technological College opens.[2]
  • The Daily Toreador student newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • Rex Theatre in business.[9]
• 1926 - Texas Technological College Dairy Barn built.[7][10]
• 1929 - West Texas Museum established.
• 1930
  • Guadalupe School built.[8]
  • Population: 20,520.
• 1931 - Lubbock High School built.[11]
• 1932 - KFYO (AM) radio begins broadcasting from Lubbock.[8]
• 1933
  • Baptist Church established.
  • Texan Theatre in business.[9]
• 1936
  • September 7: Musician Buddy Holly born.
  • Lubbock Lake Site archaeological remains discovered.[1]
• 1937
  • South Plains Airport begins operating.
  • Shaareth Israel Synagogue established.[12]
• 1940
  • New Lindsey Theatre built.[9][8]
  • Population: 31,853.
• 1941 - U.S. Army Flying School established near city.
• 1942 - U.S. Army South Plains Flying School established.
• 1943-1944 - Royal Air Force airmen cadets flew routinely to Lubbock on training missions from the RAF training base at Terrell, Texas.[13]
• 1945 - Chatman Hospital opens.[8]
• 1946
  • Lubbock Symphony Orchestra formed.[1]
  • Plains Theatre in business.[9]
• 1949 - U.S. military Reese Air Force Base active.
• 1950 - Population: 71,747.
• 1951
  • Regional "High Plains Water Conservation District #1" established.[14][15]
  • Country Club Drive-In cinema in business.[9]
• 1952 - KCBD-TV and KDUB-TV (television) begin broadcasting.[16]
• 1953 - KDAV radio begins broadcasting.
• 1957 - Lubbock Christian College opens.[1]
• 1959 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal newspaper in publication.[5]
• 1960 - Population: 128,691.[17]
• 1961 - South Plains Genealogical Society founded.[18]
• 1962 - San Jose Catholic Church rebuilt.[19]
• 1965 - Green Fair Manor apartment building constructed.[20]
• 1966 - City "urban renewal relocation housing project" completed.[20]
• 1969
  • Lubbock State School opens.[1]
  • Texas Tech University School of Medicine[8] and Lubbock Civic Ballet[1] established.
  • Preston Smith of Lubbock becomes Governor of Texas.[8]
• 1970
  • May 11: 1970 Lubbock tornado.[21]
  • Population: 149,101.[17]
• 1977 - Lubbock Memorial Civic Center built.
• 1978 - May 19 Bombing at Faith Club Alcoholics Anonymous. Stevie Ray Vaughn played at Stubbs BBQ and AC/DC played at the Municipal Coliseum.
• 1979 - Lubbock Heritage Society formed.[22]
• 1980 - Population: 173,979.[17]
• 1983 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Lubbock established.[23]
• 1990 - Population: 186,206.[17]
• 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[24]
• 2000 - Population: 199,564.

21st century

• 2003 - Randy Neugebauer becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 19th congressional district.[25][26]
• 2008 - Tom Martin becomes mayor.[27]
• 2010 - Population: 229,573.[28]
• 2012 - Glen Robertson becomes mayor.[27]
• 2016 - Dan Pope becomes mayor.[27]

See also

• Lubbock, Texas history
• List of mayors of Lubbock, Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lubbock County, Texas
• Timelines of other cities in the West Texas area of Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, El Paso, Midland

References

1. "Handbook of Texas Online". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
2. "About Lubbock". City of Lubbock, Texas. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
3. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
4. Federal Writers' Project 1940.
5. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
6. Jan Blodgett (1988). Land of Bright Promise: Advertising the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, 1870-1917. University of Texas Press.
7. "Historic Lubbock". Lubbock Heritage Society. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
8. Abbe 2008.
9. "Movie Theaters in Lubbock, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
10. University of Texas Libraries. "(Lubbock)". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
11. Awbrey 2013.
12. "Texas: West Texas: Lubbock". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
13. AT6 Monument
14. "About: History Timeline". Lubbock, TX: High Plains Water District. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
15. Gregory Curtis (December 1974). "Lubbock: World's Largest City with No Water". Texas Monthly – via Google Books. (fulltext)
16. Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Texas", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
17. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
18. "About Us". Lubbock, Texas: South Plains Genealogical Society. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
19. Simons 1996.
20. Edgley 1968.
21. "List of the top 10 worst tornadoes in Texas history". Amarillo, TX: National Weather Service. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
22. "LHS Timeline". Lubbock Heritage Society. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
23. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
24. "Lubbock Virtual City Government". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
25. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
26. "Texas". Official Congressional Directory: 109th Congress. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2005 – via HathiTrust.
27. "History of City Council Members". City of Lubbock, Texas. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
28. "Lubbock city, Texas". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2016.

Bibliography

• "Lubbock". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
• Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Lubbock", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, pp. 521–522 – via HathiTrust
• Lawrence L. Graves, ed., A History of Lubbock (Lubbock: West Texas Museum Association, 1962)
• Charles K. Edgley, W. G. Steglich and Walter J. Cartwright (1968). "Rent Subsidy and Housing Satisfaction: The Case of Urban Renewal in Lubbock, Texas". American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 27 (2): 113–124. doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150.1968.tb01032.x. JSTOR 3485264.
• Lawrence L. Graves, ed., Lubbock: From Town to City (Lubbock: West Texas Museum Association, 1986)
• Helen Simons; Cathryn A. Hoyt, eds. (1996). "Lubbock and the Plains". A Guide to Hispanic Texas (Abridged ed.). University of Texas Press. pp. 287–322. ISBN 978-0-292-77709-5.
• David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Lubbock, Texas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
• Donald R. Abbe; Paul Howard Carlson (2008). Historic Lubbock County: an Illustrated History. San Antonio: Historical Publishing Network. ISBN 978-1-893619-90-6.
• Russell Hill (2011). Lubbock. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-7968-9.
• Betty Dooley Awbrey; Stuart Awbrey (2013). "Lubbock". Why Stop?: A Guide to Texas Roadside Historical Markers (6th ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 287+. ISBN 978-1-58979-790-1.
• Lubbock. Images of America. Arcadia. 2013. ISBN 978-0-7385-9608-2.

External links

• "(Subject: Lubbock (Tex.))". Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Digital Collections. Texas Tech University.
• "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Lubbock". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
• "Lubbock". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
• Items related to Lubbock, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).