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 (CV-4) 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.