The following is a timeline of the
history
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of the city of
Midland, Texas, USA.
19th century
* 1884 - Midland Post Office established.
* 1885 -
Midland County created.
* 1886 - First Baptist Church founded.
* 1888 - ''Midland Reporter'' newspaper begins publication.
20th century
* 1906 - City of Midland incorporated.
* 1909 - County jail built.
* 1910
** Midland Christian College established.
** Population: 2,192.
* 1924 - Chamber of Commerce formed.
* 1929
** ''
Reporter-Telegram'' newspaper begins publication.
** Yucca Theatre in business.
* 1932 - Midland County Historical
Museum
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founded.
* 1935 - KRLH
radio
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begins broadcasting.
* 1940 - Population: 9,352.
* 1946 - U.S. military Midland Army Air Force Base closes.
* 1952 - Midland County Historical Society established.
* 1953 - KMID-TV (
television
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) begins broadcasting.
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* 1958 -
Midland County Library built.
* 1960 - Population: 62,625.
* 1961 - KDCD-TV (
television
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) begins broadcasting.
* 1968 - U.S. Supreme Court decides
redistricting-related ''
Avery v. Midland County
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Background
Having already held in 1965 in '' Reynolds v. Sims'' that disp ...
'' lawsuit.
* 1972
**
Midland College
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active.
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Ernest Angelo becomes mayor.
* 1987 - "
Baby Jessica" incident occurs
* 1990 - Population: 89,443.
* 1991 -
American Airpower Heritage Museum
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relocates to Midland.
* 1999 - City website online (approximate date).
21st century
* 2010 - Population: 111,147.
* 2014 - Jerry Morales becomes mayor.
* 2019 - A
spree shooting
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occurs in Midland and nearby
Odessa, killing eight including the gunman and injuring another 25.
See also
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Midland history
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The University of Birmingham (informally ...
*
List of mayors of Midland, Texas
* Timelines of other
cities
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in the
West Texas
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No consensus exists on the boundary betwee ...
area of Texas:
Abilene,
Amarillo
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,
El Paso
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,
Lubbock
Lubbock ( )
is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...
References
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* Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. Oil Booms: Social Change in Five Texas Towns. University of Nebraska Press, 1982. (About McCamey, Midland, Odessa, Snyder, Wink)
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