Timeline of Aurora, Colorado

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aurora, Colorado, 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

• 1890 - Settlement named "Fletcher."^[1]
• 1891
  • Fletcher incorporated as a town.^[2]
  • H.M. Miliken becomes mayor.^[3]
• 1892 - Schoolhouse burns down.^[1]
• 1893 - Denver-Fletcher trolley begins operating.

20th century

• 1902 - Section of town becomes part of Adams County; the other section becomes part of South Arapahoe County.^[1][4]
• 1906
  • Town Hall built.^[1]
  • Democrat-News begins publication.^[1]
• 1907
  • Fletcher renamed "Aurora."^[2]
  • First Presbyterian Church built.^[1]
• 1908 - Electricity begins operating.^[1]
• 1918 - US Army General Hospital No. 21 opens.^[2]
• 1924 - Colfax Avenue becomes part of U.S. Route 40.^[2]
• 1925
  • Aurora Woman's Club formed.^[5]
  • Hollywood cinema opens.^[6]
• 1929
  • Aurora Public Library established.^[5]
  • Stapleton Aerodrome begins operating near Aurora.^[2]
• 1938 - US military Lowry Technical Training Center built.^[2]
• 1939 - Population: 3,494.^[2]
• 1942 - US military Buckley Air Force Base built.
• 1946
  • Fox Theatre in business.^[7]
  • City Planning Commission established.^[2]
• 1949 - City Water Department established.^[2]
• 1950 - East 70 Drive-In cinema in business.^[7]
• 1954 - Hoffman Heights becomes part of Aurora.^[2]
• 1965 - Norma Walker becomes mayor.^[3]
• 1966 - Arapahoe Junior College opens.^[1]
• 1971
  • Buckingham Square Mall in business.^[2]
  • Camelot hi-rise offices built.^[8]
• 1972
  • Aurora Advocate Sentinel and Aurora Sun newspapers begin publication.^[9]
  • Little League baseball team formed.^[6]
• 1974 - Quincy Reservoir constructed.^[2]
• 1975 - Aurora Mall in business.^[2]
• 1979
  • Aurora History Museum founded.^[10]
  • Marketplace Tower I office building constructed.
• 1981 - Aurora Genealogical Society founded.
• 1982 - Aurora Public Library Central building constructed.^[8]
• 1985 - City Historic Preservation Commission established.
• 1990 - Population: 222,103.^[11]
• 1992 - Sister city relationship established with Seongnam, South Korea.^[12]
• 1993 - December 13: 1993 Aurora shooting.
• 1994 - US Lowry Air Force Base closes.^[2]
• 1996
  • City website online (approximate date).^[13][14]
  • Arabian Horse Association headquartered in Aurora (approximate date).^[15]
• 1998 - Century cinema in business.^[7]

21st century

• 2003
  • Aurora Municipal Center built.^[2]
  • Ed Tauer becomes mayor.^[3]
• 2004 - Population: 298,303.^[2]
• 2007 - Children's Hospital Colorado opens.^[15]
• 2009 - Mike Coffman becomes U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district.^[16][17]
• 2010 - Population: 325,078.^[18]
• 2011
  • Steve Hogan becomes mayor.
  • Colorado's 6th congressional district remapped.^[19]
• 2012 - July 20: 2012 Aurora shooting.
• 2014 - Sister city relationship established with Adama, Ethiopia.^[12]

See also

• Aurora history
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Colorado
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Arapahoe County, Colorado
• Timeline of Colorado history

Other cities in Colorado

• Timeline of Boulder, Colorado
• Timeline of Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Timeline of Denver

References

1. Nergal 1980.
2. Aurora History Museum. "Aurora, Colorado Historic Timeline" (PDF). Retrieved January 2016 – via AuroraGov.org.
3. "Timeline of Mayors and City Council officials". AuroraGov.org. City of Aurora Colorado. Retrieved January 2016.
4. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Colorado: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved January 2016.
5. Colorado's Century of Public Libraries. Denver: Colorado State Library. 1959.
6. Arcadia 2008.
7. "Movie Theaters in Aurora, CO". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 2016.
8. Historitecture 2015.
9. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 2016.
10. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "Colorado". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada. ISBN 0759100020.
11. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
12. "Aurora Sister Cities International". Retrieved January 2016.
13. "Cities Webbing Their Way On Line Into Cyberspace", Rocky Mountain News, June 30, 1996 – via Denver Public Library
14. "City of Aurora, Colorado". Archived from the original on December 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
15. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Aurora, Colorado". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved January 2016.
16. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved January 2016.
17. "Colorado". Official Congressional Directory: 111th Congress. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2009.
18. "Aurora (city), Colorado". State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 2016.
19. New York Times 2011.

Bibliography

• McFadden. Early Aurora. 1978.
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Aurora, Colorado", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• Steven F. Mehls; et al. (1985). Aurora: Gateway to the Rockies. Cordillera Press. ISBN 978-0-917895-05-0.
• Sherah J. Collins (2008). Aurora. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4824-1.
• "Trying to Shine in the Shadow of a Neighbor", New York Times, December 12, 2011
• Historitecture LLC (2015), Guide to the City of Aurora’s Historic Architecture – via History Colorado

External links

• Items related to Aurora, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
• Items related to Aurora, various dates (via U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)