Orange County Indexed
The Drakeford surname
The Drakeford name in Orange County Indexed: 3 people in the chronology.
- In the chronology
- 1928 to 2025 3 people in 72 entries, most in the 1970s
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In the chronology 3 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
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Drakeford, Bob 16 entries, 1928–1982
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- 1971–1980: Students win and keep the vote in Orange County, 1971–1980
- 1968–1990: Droughts, the Durham lines and Hillsborough water, 1968–1990
- 1970–1993: Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. in Chapel Hill, 1970–1993
- 1974–1994: Public housing and the Chapel Hill Housing Authority, 1974–1994
- January 8, 1976: Carrboro aldermen keep the town's appointees on the water and sewer authority
- January 16, 1976: Carrboro Mayor Ruth West names Mack Poole chairperson of the Planning Board
- November 8, 1977: Braxton Foushee leads the voting for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen
- November 9, 1977: Carrboro aldermen agree to seat defeated mayoral candidate John Boone on the board
- October 21, 1977: Bob Drakeford asks the county elections board to look into questioning of student voters
- August 25 to 26, 1978: The National Conference of Black Mayors' board meets in Carrboro
- July 23, 1978: Orange County Young Democrats rally for John Ingram at the Mad Hatter
- about December 1980: Carrboro sues the Census Bureau for a recount of its 1980 population
- January 25, 1980: Carrboro Mayor Bob Drakeford speaks at a symposium of Black planning students
- December 1, 1980: OWASA stops buying water from Hillsborough as rain eases the 1980 shortage
- January 15, 1981: Carrboro Mayor Bob Drakeford proclaims Martin Luther King Day
- January 26, 1982: Carrboro aldermen lend $10,000 toward 30 public housing units on North Greensboro Street
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Drakeford, Robert 55 entries, 1965–2025
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- 1965–1977: Chapel Hill and Carrboro town and school board elections, 1965–1977
- 1969–2024: Carrboro’s Black political firsts
- 1971–1986: Carrboro and the Chapel Hill buses, 1971–1986
- 1971–1992: Carrboro's town government, 1971–1992
- 1971–1992: Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the bicycle, 1971–1992
- 1974–1980: Taxing the University's property, 1974–1980
- December 9, 1975: Carrboro aldermen fire Town Manager Jesse L. Greeson
- November 4, 1975: Carrboro elects Drakeford, Patterson and Farrell aldermen as the Community Coalition gains the board
- December 1975: Carrboro Mayor Ruth West names aldermen to plan bus service for the town
- February 4, 1976: Carrboro's mayor breaks a tie to reject a referendum on a bus tax
- November 30, 1976: Carrboro voters narrowly defeat a $1 million street improvement bond
- October 10, 1977: Orange County's elections chairman declines to investigate student registration complaints
- October 7, 1978: Carrboro's mayor on a bicycle beats the police chief in a car to University Mall
- March 1978: Carrboro Mayor Robert Drakeford is elected president of the North Carolina Conference of Black Mayors
- February 27-28, 1978: Chapel Hill and Carrboro ask Southern Bell to pay taxes on the former University telephone system
- October 14, 1979: Mayor Robert Drakeford accepts a federal energy grant for the N.C. Conference of Black Mayors
- 1979–1990: Carrboro's annexations and census fights, 1979–1990
- October 7, 1979: Carrboro Community Coalition endorses Drakeford, Patterson and Rose
- November 1979: The Carrboro Economic Development Corporation is chartered
- January 9, 1979: Carrboro's mayor breaks a tie to approve duplexes on West Main Street
- November 1979: Carrboro is named a Governor's Community of Excellence
- April 2-8, 1979: Carrboro Mayor Drakeford proclaims Bike Safety Week
- November 6, 1979: Robert Drakeford is re-elected mayor of Carrboro
- September 11, 1979: Carrboro Mayor Robert Drakeford announces he will seek a second term
- September 25, 1979: Larry Carroll files to run against Carrboro Mayor Robert Drakeford
- 1979–1989: Town elections and bond votes, 1979–1989
- by March 28, 1980: Carrboro adopts a fair housing ordinance
- April 8, 1980: Carrboro aldermen ask the state to name the town an area growth center
- April 8, 1980: Carrboro Town Manager Richard Knight resigns to take a post in Gainesville, Florida
- by September 24, 1980: Carrboro aldermen vote to sue the Census Bureau over the 1980 count
- 1980–1982: Curbing drive-in businesses in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, 1980–1982
- 1980–1986: Public drinking and the drinking age in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, 1980–1986
- September 8, 1980: Wendy's opens in Carrboro under a court restraining order
- by July 1, 1981: Carrboro raises its tax rate in the 1981-82 budget
- by March 26, 1981: Carrboro aldermen approve a subdivision near University Lake over objections about runoff
- October 5, 1981: Association for a Better Carrboro candidates stay away from the Coalition's candidate forum
- November 3, 1981: Carrboro re-elects Mayor Drakeford but seats the ABC slate over three Coalition aldermen
- by March 26, 1981: Carrboro sells its 1939 Chevrolet fire truck for $1
- October 7, 1981: Carrboro's special census counts 8,264 residents
- August 26, 1981: Chapel Hill and Carrboro announce a crackdown on beer sales to minors
- by October 28, 1981: The South Orange Black Caucus endorses candidates for the Chapel Hill and Carrboro elections
- June 16, 1982: Mayor Drakeford's vote clears Carrboro Town Manager Richard Hunter of residents' charges
- January 12, 1982: Carrboro aldermen oppose spending Carrboro's bus money on Chapel Hill drivers' uniforms
- January 1982: Carrboro's fire department earns a Class 4 insurance rating
- by November 5, 1982: Public-drinking arrests climb in Chapel Hill as the alcohol-class alternative to prosecution ends
- November 8, 1983: Carrboro elects Jim Porto mayor and an aldermen board made up wholly of ABC members
- April 1983: Carrboro officials count eight Black members among 87 appointees to town boards
- August 22, 1983: Carrboro puts Stage One water conservation into effect as University Lake falls
- by September 20, 1983: Carrboro Mayor Robert Drakeford decides not to seek a fourth term
- September 6, 1983: Mandatory water restrictions take effect in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and southern Orange County
- October 7, 1983: Candidate filing closes for the 1983 municipal elections with Mayor Joe Nassif unopposed
- April 10, 1984: Carrboro aldermen abolish two staff posts, including that of the town's only Black department head
- December 5, 2023: Barbara Foushee is sworn in as Carrboro's first Black woman mayor
- October 15–November 7, 2024: Carrboro and Orange County name the Drakeford Library Complex
- February 2025: Drakeford Library Complex opens
- Drakeford, Robert Bob 2 entries, 1977–2025
