Timeline of Shreveport, Louisiana

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

19th century

 * 1836 – Shreve Town Company organized; named for Henry Miller Shreve, one of its members.
 * 1837 – Shreve Town Company begins selling plots of land.
 * 1838 – Shreve Town becomes seat of newly formed Caddo Parish.
 * 1839
 * Town of Shreveport incorporated.
 * John Octavius Sewall elected mayor.
 * 1841 – Caddo Gazette newspaper begins publication.
 * 1847 – Burial ground established.
 * 1850
 * Population: 1,728.
 * Brewer's Hall built (approximate date).
 * 1852 – South-Western newspaper begins publication.
 * 1853 – Yellow fever outbreak.
 * 1858 – Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad begins operating.
 * 1860 – Population: 2,190.
 * 1861 – St. Mary's Convent founded.
 * 1863 – Shreveport designated Louisiana Confederate capital (until 1865).
 * 1866 – Charity Hospital established.
 * 1870 – Population: 4,607.
 * 1871
 * Shreveport becomes a city.
 * Daily Shreveport Times newspaper begins publication.
 * Crisp's Gaiety Theater built.
 * 1873
 * Dallas-Shreveport railway in operation.
 * Yellow fever outbreak.
 * 1879 – Shreveport Daily Standard newspaper begins publication.
 * 1880
 * First Presbyterian Church built.
 * Population: 8,009.
 * 1886 – Grand Opera House built.
 * 1887 – Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station built.
 * 1890
 * Shreveport Library Association formed.
 * Population: 11,979.
 * 1895 – Evening Judge newspaper in publication.
 * 1896 – Holy Trinity Catholic Church rebuilt.
 * 1899 – Genevieve Orphanage established.
 * 1900 – Population: 16,013.

20th century

 * 1901 – People's Library established.
 * 1902 – Shreveport Journal newspaper in publication.
 * 1905 – Agudath Achim Synagogue dedicated.
 * 1906 – Oil discovered at Caddo Lake in vicinity of Shreveport.
 * 1907 – Nearby Bossier City incorporated.
 * 1909 – Centenary College of Louisiana relocated to Shreveport from Jackson.
 * 1910
 * Schumpert Memorial Hospital and Chamber of Commerce established.
 * Population: 28,015.
 * 1912 – United States Post Office and Courthouse built.
 * 1915 – Traffic Street Bridge built.
 * 1920 – Population: 43,874.
 * 1922
 * Shreveport Art Club active.
 * Shriners Hospitals for Children opened.
 * 1923 – Public library built.
 * 1925 – Strand Theatre built.
 * 1926
 * KWKH radio begins broadcasting.
 * Caddo Parish courthouse built.
 * 1927 – Dodd College established.
 * 1928
 * KRMD and KTBS radio begin broadcasting.
 * Woman's Auxiliary to the Shreveport Medical Society formed.
 * 1929 – Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium built.
 * 1930
 * East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.
 * Population: 76,655.
 * 1931 – Shreveport Downtown Airport begins operating.
 * 1933 – U.S. military Barksdale Airfield dedicated.
 * 1934 – Long–Allen Bridge opens.
 * 1935 – Rodessa oil field discovered in vicinity of Shreveport.
 * 1940 – Population: 98,167.
 * 1948
 * U.S. military Barksdale Air Force Base active.
 * KWKH's Louisiana Hayride radio programme begins broadcast.
 * 1950
 * Shreveport metropolitan area was started
 * Population: 127,206.
 * 1952 – North Louisiana Historical Association established.
 * 1954 - KSLA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1955 - KTBS-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1960
 * Shreveport metropolitan area Added Bossier Parish
 * Population: 164,372.
 * 1965 - LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport opened.
 * 1967 – Louisiana State University in Shreveport opens.
 * 1970 – Population: 182,064.
 * 1972 – Quail Creek Cinema in business.
 * 1973 - Shreveport metropolitan area Added Webster Parish
 * 1977 – Pioneer Heritage Center and Spring Street Historical Museum founded.
 * 1980 – Population: 205,820.
 * 1981 – General Motors plant begins operating in Shreveport.
 * 1983 - Shreveport metropolitan area Removed Webster Parish
 * 1986
 * Roman Catholic Diocese of Shreveport established.
 * Commercial National Bank Tower (hi-rise) built.
 * 1988 – Jim McCrery becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
 * 1990 – Population: 198,525.
 * 1993 - Shreveport metropolitan area Redded Webster Parish
 * 1994
 * Stephens African American Museum founded.
 * Harrah's casino built.
 * 1998
 * Keith Hightower becomes mayor.
 * City website online (approximate date).

21st century

 * 2003
 * Shreveport – Bossier City metropolitan area Replaced Webster Parish to De Soto Parish
 * 2004 – Convention Center built.
 * 2006 – Cedric Glover becomes first African-American in city elected mayor.
 * 2009 – John Fleming becomes U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
 * 2010 – Population: 199,311.
 * 2014 – Ollie Tyler becomes first African-American woman in city elected mayor.