Timeline of Newport News, Virginia
# Timeline of Newport News, Virginia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Newport News, Virginia, United States.

## 19th century

* 1862 – Naval Battle of Hampton Roads fought near Newport News village during the American Civil War.
* 1880 – Old Dominion Land Company created by Collis Potter Huntington "to secure railway right-of-ways" on the Virginia Peninsula.
* 1882 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway begins operating.
* 1883 – Hotel Warwick in business.
* 1884 – Courthouse built.
* 1886 – Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Company (later Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.) in business.
* 1888 – Warwick County seat moves temporarily to Newport News from Denbigh.
* 1889
   * Newport News Light & Water Company in business.
   * YMCA branch organized.
* 1890
   * Citizens Railway (Hampton-Newport News) begins operating.
   * Horse-drawn Newport News Street Railway begins operating (approximate date).
   * Population: 4,449.
* 1891
   * Courthouse built.
   * First National Bank established.
* 1894 – Adath Jeshurun synagogue built.
* 1896
   * January 16: City of Newport News incorporated, independent of Warwick County.
   * Daily Press newspaper begins publication.
   * Fire station built.
* 1897 – First Baptist Church rebuilt.
* 1900 – Population: 19,635.

## 20th century

* 1901 – Star and Times-Herald newspapers begin publication.
* 1904 – U.S. Custom House and Post Office built.
* 1906 – Buxton Hospital established.
* 1908
   * Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children opens.
   * Chamber of Commerce formed.
* 1910 – Olympic Theatre in business.
* 1914 – Curtis Flying Field begins operating near Newport News.
* 1917
   * U.S. military Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation headquartered in Newport News during World War I.
   * U.S. War Department Camp Alexander, Camp Hill, and Camp Stuart begin operating in vicinity of Newport News (approximate date).
* 1918
   * Jefferson Avenue Park (housing) established.
   * U.S. military Camp Eustis (later Fort Eustis) begins operating near Newport News.
   * Influenza outbreak.
* 1919
   * Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company's Apprentice School established.
   * Hilton Village (housing) built.
   * Newport News Victory Arch erected.
* 1920
   * Council–manager form of government begins.
   * Philip W. Hiden becomes mayor.
* 1923 – WNEW radio begins broadcasting.
* 1924 – Collis P. Huntington High School built.
* 1927 – Kecoughtan becomes part of Newport News.
* 1928
   * James River Bridge opens.
   * WGH (AM) radio begins broadcasting.
* 1929 – Newport News Public Library built.
* 1930
   * Dodge Boat & Plane Co. in business.
   * Mariners' Museum founded.
* 1932 – James River Country Club founded.
* 1933
   * August 23: Hurricane.
   * U.S. military aircraft carrier USS Ranger launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.
* 1937 – Aberdeen Gardens (housing) built in nearby Hampton for shipworkers.
* 1942 – U.S. military Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation headquartered in Newport News during World War II.
* 1945 – Citizens Rapid Transit Co. founded.
* 1946 – Electric streetcar stops operating.
* 1947 – WTID radio begins broadcasting.
* 1949 – Patrick Henry Airport begins operating.
* 1950 – Population: 42,358.
* 1952
   * Anchor Drive-In cinema in business.
   * Warwick County becomes the City of Warwick.
* 1954 – October 15: Hurricane Hazel occurs.
* 1956 – Newmarket Shopping Center in business.
* 1958 – July 1: City of Warwick consolidated into city of Newport News.
* 1959 – U.S. Army Transportation Museum established in nearby U.S. military Fort Eustis.
* 1960
   * Interstate 64 highway construction completed.
   * Population: 113,662.
* 1961 – Christopher Newport College opens.
* 1967 – Todd Stadium opens.
* 1968 – Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Hampton Roads branch formed.
* 1971 – September: School "court-ordered busing" begins.
* 1972 – City Hall built.
* 1975 – Newmarket North Mall in business.
* 1979 – September: Hurricane David occurs.
* 1980 – Population: 144,903.
* 1981 – Amtrak Newport News station built.
* 1982 – Virginia Port Authority's affiliate Virginia International Terminals begins operating the Newport News Marine Terminal.
* 1984 – U.S. Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (later Jefferson Lab) established.
* 1987 – Patrick Henry Mall in business.
* 1992
   * Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel opens.
   * Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport new terminal built.
* 1993 – Bobby Scott becomes U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district.
* 1996
   * July: Hurricane Bertha occurs.
   * Warwick SRO housing created.
   * City website online (approximate date).

## 21st century

* 2005 – Ferguson Center for the Arts opens.
* 2010
   * McKinley L. Price becomes mayor.
   * U.S. military Joint Base Langley–Eustis in operation near city.
   * Warwick County Historical Society active.
   * Population: 180,719 in city; 1,676,822 in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
