State Historical Markers
Across the United States sites of historical significance are designated with placards or markers. The following are guides to markers in each state:
Alabama
• The Alabama Historical Association (www.alabamahistory.net/historical-markers.html)
• The Alabama Historical Commission (www.preserveala.org)
Alaska
• Alaska Historical Society (www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org)
Arizona
• Arizona Memory Project (http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/ref/collection/statepubs/id/10100)
HISTORICAL MARKERS USA Photo Gallery
Arkansas
• Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (www.arkansaspreservation.com/historical-markers-in-arkansas)
California
• California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation (http://ohp.parks.ca.g ov) Colorado
• History Colorado (www.historycolorado.org/researchers/historic-marker-database) Connecticut
• Connecticut Historical Society Museum & Library (www.chs.org)
Delaware
• Delaware’s Historic Markers Program (http://archives.delaware.gov/markers/markers-search.shtml)
District of Columbia
• Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (www.historydc.org)
Florida
• Florida Division of Historical Resources (http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/preservation/historical-markers/)
Georgia
• Georgia Historical Society (http://georgiahistory.com)
Hawaii
• State Historic Preservation (http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/shpd)
Idaho
• Idaho State Historical Society (http://history.idaho.gov/highway-historical-markers) Illinois
• Illinois State Historical Society (www.historyillinois.org/FindAMarker.aspx)
Indiana
• Indiana Historical Bureau (www.in.gov/history/2350.htm)
Iowa
• State Historical Society of Iowa (https://iowaculture.gov/history/sites)
Kansas
• Kansas Historical Society (www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-markers/14999) Kentucky
• Kentucky Historical Society (http://history.ky.gov)
Louisiana
• Louisiana Office of Tourism (www.crt.state.la.us)
Maine
• Maine Historic Preservation Commission (www.maine.gov/mhpc)
Maryland
• Maryland Historical Trust (http://mht.maryland.gov/historicalmarkers/) Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Historic Commission (www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhcidx.htm) Michigan
• Michigan Historical Commission (www.michmarkers.com)
Minnesota
• Minnesota Department of Transportation (www.dot.state.mn.us)
Mississippi
• Mississippi Historic Preservation (http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/preserve/state-historic-preservation-office/)
Missouri
• State Historical Society of Missouri (http://shs.umsystem.edu/index.shtml)
Montana
• Montana Memory Project (http://mtmemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p267301coll1/id/4345)
Nebraska
• Nebraska State Historical Society (www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts) Nevada
• State Historic Preservation Office (http://shpo.nv.gov/home/historical-markers)
New Hampshire
• New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (www.nh.gov/nhdhr/markers)
New Jersey
• New Jersey Historic T rust (www.njht.org/dca/njht/touring)
New Mexico
• New Mexico Historic Preservation Division (www.nmhistoricmarkers.org)
New York
• New York State Museum (www.nysm.nysed.gov)
North Carolina
• North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (www.ncmarkers.com/Home.aspx) North Dakota
• State Historical Society of North Dakota (http://history.nd.gov/index.html)
Ohio
• Ohio Historical Society (www.remarkableohio.org)
Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Historical Society (www.okhistory.org/sites/markers)
Oregon
• Oregon Travel Experience (http://ortravelexperience.com/oregon-historical-markers/historical-marker-map)
Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
(www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/communitv/pennsvlvania historical marker program/2539)
Rhode Island
• State of Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (www.preservation.ri.gov/resources/library comm.php)
South Carolina
• State Historic Preservation Office (http://shpo.sc.gov/programs/Pages/Markers.aspx)
South Dakota
• South Dakota Historical Society (http://history.sd.gov/preservation/OtherServices/HistoricalMarkers.aspx)
Tennessee
• Tennessee Historical Commission (https://tn.gov/environment/article/thc-state-historical-markers)
Texas
• Texas Historical Commission (www.thc.state.tx.us/preserve/projects-and-programs/state-historical-markers)
Utah
• Utah State Historical Society (http://heritage.utah.gov/history/historic-markers)
Vermont
• Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (http://historicsites.vermont.gov/roadside markers)
Virginia
• Virginia Department of Historic Resources (www.dhr.virginia.gov/hiway markers/hwmarker info.htm)
Washington
• Washington State Department of Transportation (www.wsdot.wa.gov/localprograms/scenicbyways/markers.htm)
West Virginia
• West Virginia Archives & History (www.wvculture.org/history/markers.html) Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Historical Society (www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:1475)
Wyoming
• State Historic Preservation Office (http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/MM/Index.aspx)
Historical Marker Database
Historical Marker Database (HMDB, www.hmdb.org), managed by an organization of self-directed volunteers, is an illustrated and searchable online catalog of worldwide historical roadside and other permanent outdoor markers, monuments, and plaques.
HMDB listed 132,172 markers as of April 2016, distributed by category as follows:
20th century: 2,207
Abolition & Underground Railroad: 478
African-Americans: 2,773
Agriculture: 1,292
Air & Space: 984
Animals: 561
Antebellum, Southern U.S.: 994
Arts, letters, music: 1,544
Bridges & viaducts: 885
Cemeteries & Burial sites: 3,388
Charity & Public works: 1,443
Churches: 5,365
Civil rights: 775
Colonial era: 4,615
Communications: 624
Disasters: 518
Education: 3,813
Entertainment: 1,265
Environment: 911
Exploration: 1,285
Forts, Castles: 2,264
Fraternal and Sororal organizations: 1,050
Government: 1,874
Heroes: 1,295
Hispanic-Americans: 278
Horticulture & Forestry: 735
Industry & Commerce: 7,211
Man-made features: 2,809
Native-Americans: 3,547
Natural features: 861
Natural resources: 877
Notable buildings: 8,112
Notable events: 3,002
Notable persons: 7,547
Notable places: 4,057
Patriots & Patriotism: 3,306
Political subdivisions: 1,019
Politics: 1,762
Railroads & Streetcars: 2,242
Roads & Vehicles: 2,513
Science & Medicine: 1,050
Settlements & Settlers: 9,888
Sports: 775
War of 1812: 1,045
War, French and Indian: 523
War, Mexican-American: 275
War, Spanish-American: 368
War, Texas Independence: 281
War, U.S. Civil: 12,221
War, U.S. Indian: 1,038
War, U.S. Revolutionary: 4,592
War, Vietnam: 975
War, World I: 1,481
War, World II: 2,579
Waterways & Vessels: 3,000
