Timeline of Anaheim, California

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Anaheim, California, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 20th century

• 1858 - Settlement named "Annaheim."^[1]
• 1859 - Anaheim Water Company founded.^[2]
• 1862 - Flood.^[3]
• 1869 - Schoolhouse rebuilt.^[3]
• 1870
  • City of Anaheim incorporated.^[1]
  • Anaheim Gazette newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • Anaheim Police Department established.
  • Population: 8,881.^[1]
• 1871 - City Hall built.^[2]
• 1875 - Southern Pacific railway begins operating.^[3]
• 1878 - California Brewery in business.^[5]
• 1887 - Santa Fe Railroad begins operating.^[1][6]
• 1895 - Anaheim Chamber of Commerce established.

20th century

• 1902 - Anaheim Public Library established.^[7]
• 1911 - Anaheim Orange Growers Association incorporated.^[8]
• 1919
  • Anaheim Citrus Packing House built.^[9]
  • Public park established (approximate date).^[10]
• 1923 - Anaheim Morning Bulletin begins publication.^[4]
• 1938 - Los Angeles flood of 1938.^[1]
• 1941 - Prado Dam built in vicinity of Anaheim.^[1]
• 1944 - Yorba Orange Growers Association established.^[8]
• 1955 - Disneyland^[1] and Anaheim Drive-In cinema^[11] in business.
• 1964 - Anaheim Stadium opens.
• 1967 - Anaheim Convention Center and the public library's Anaheim History Room open.^[7]
• 1968 - Fox Cinemaland theatre in business.^[11]
• 1970 - Population: 166,701.^[12]
• 1974 - Living Stream Ministry relocated to Anaheim (approximate date).^[13]
• 1976 - Anaheim Historical Society founded.^[14]
• 1987 - Anaheim Museum established.^[15]
• 1990 - Population: 266,406.^[12]
• 1991 - East West Community Church established.^[16]
• 1992 - Tom Daly becomes mayor.
• 1993
  • Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (arena) opens.
  • Mighty Ducks ice hockey team formed.
• 1994 - South Baylo University relocated to Anaheim.^[13]
• 1997
  • City website online.^[17]
  • Loretta Sanchez becomes U.S. representative for California's 46th congressional district.^[18][19]
• 1998 - Anaheim Transportation Network established.^[13]

21st century

• 2000 - Population: 328,014.^[20]
• 2001
  • Islamic Institute of Orange County built.^[16]
  • Disney California Adventure opens adjacent to Disneyland.
• 2002 - Curt Pringle becomes mayor.
• 2008 - Garden Walk cinema in business.^[11]
• 2010
  • Tom Tait becomes mayor.^[21]
  • Population: 336,265; metro 12,828,837.^[22]
• 2012 - July 21: Anaheim police shooting and protests begin.

See also

• Anaheim history
• List of mayors of Anaheim, California
• Timeline of California^[23]

Other cities in California

• Timeline of Bakersfield, California
• Timeline of Fresno, California
• Timeline of Long Beach, California
• Timeline of Los Angeles
• Timeline of Mountain View, California
• Timeline of Oakland, California
• Timeline of Riverside, California
• Timeline of Sacramento, California
• Timeline of San Bernardino, California
• Timeline of San Diego
• Timeline of San Francisco
• Timeline of San Jose, California
• Timeline of Santa Ana, California

References

1. Nergal 1980.
2. Vollmar 1998.
3. Dickson 1919.
4. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 2015.
5. "Anaheim Brewery Blog". May 31, 2010 – via Wordpress.
6. Samuel Armor (1921). History of Orange County, California. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company.
7. Anaheim Public Library. "Library History Timeline". City of Anaheim. Retrieved May 2015.
8. "Packing 'em In", Los Angeles Times, January 1990
9. "Packing House". Anaheim Packing District.com. Anaheim: Packing District LLC. Retrieved May 2015.
10. "Pacific Municipalities" 33. League of California Municipalities. July 1919 – via Hathi Trust.
11. "Movie Theaters in Anaheim, CA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved May 2015.
12. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
13. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Anaheim, California". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved May 2015.
14. "About". Anaheim Historical Society. Retrieved May 2015.
15. American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
16. Pluralism Project. "Anaheim, California". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved May 2015.
17. "Anaheim, California: City's Official Web Site". Archived from the original on March 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
18. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved May 2015.
19. "California". Official Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1997.
20. "Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000". Anaheim city, California QuickLinks. State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau.
21. "Past Anaheim City Officials". California: City of Anaheim. Retrieved May 2015.
22. "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". US Census Bureau. 2012.
23. Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chronology", California: Guide to the Golden State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Open Library

Bibliography

• Lucile E. Dickson (1919). "Founding and Early History of Anaheim, California". Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California 11 – via HathiTrust.
• Margaret Miller Rocq (1976). "Anaheim". California Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0908-8.
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Anaheim, CA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• Rainer Vollmar (1998). "Übersicht zu wichtigen Daten der historischen Entwicklung Anaheims (Overview of important dates in the historical development of Anaheim)". Anaheim: Utopia Americana [Anaheim: American Utopia]. Erdkundliches Wissen (Geographical Knowledge) (in German). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-515-07308-0.
• "Orange County: Anaheim", California, Lonely Planet, 2003, OL 8647775M

External links

• "Brief History of Modern Day Anaheim". City of Anaheim.
• Items related to Anaheim, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).