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Information about historical markers and historical plaques,
and historic preservation in Texas, USA.

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Main Types of Landmarks in Texas

Texas Historical Markers Texas Historical Commission
National Register of Historic Places: National Parks Service
National Historic Landmarks National Parks Service

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Lists of Texas historical landmarks and markers at Markeroni

Markeroni List Code Description What's Input
TX Texas: State Historical Markers 2942
TX_C Texas: Centennial Markers 123
TX_HC Texas: Historic Texas Cemeteries 30
TX_HL Texas: Recorded Historic Landmarks 459
TX_SR Texas: Recorded Historic Landmarks 197
TX_NR Texas: National Register of Historic Places 1824
TX_NHS Texas: National Historic Sites 49
TX_MUS Texas: Museums 5
TX_CC Texas: City of Corpus Christi Landmarks 19
TX_P Texas: City of Plano Designated Landmarks 30
TX_DAR Texas: Daughters of the American Revolution Markers 1
TX_KHS Texas: Katy Heritage Society Markers 10
TX_MSM Texas: Monuments, Statues and Memorials 30
TX_WM Texas: War Memorials 13
TX_M Texas: Wildcards 21

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Guide Books

Texas Guide

Texas: Why Stop?

Betty Dooley Aubrey

The Historical Markers of Hill County

Virginia Sullins

A listing of historical markers in Hill County, $15.00 plus $3 s&h.

Write to Margaret McKown, P.O. Box 1, Abbott TX 76621

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What information about historical markers and landmarks to expect for Texas, USA

Unsurprisingly, Texas has the largest historical marker system in the United States, with over 13,000 markers of various kinds in its databases. It is also fantasically well-maintained and well-documented.

We started off by entering them all in the same list, but later realized that there were distinctions, and split them into different groupings. It is possible that you will find a misclassified marker; please let us know and we will fix it.

You can find data in a comprehensive searchable database maintained by the Texas Historical Commission. Using advanced search you can choose to see only data about historical markers or National Register. You can even download the data for your own county to do your research. We can enter your county for you; just request it, but it will go in without locations; we feel the best source of information is the THC site.

The distinctions we make are as follows:

  1. Historical Markers: these are large informative signs, usually on poles, which give information about a site or person. There are two sizes. A third size is a small plaque which is attached to a person's grave site.

  2. Recorded Texas Historical Landmarks: these are actual buildings and have a medallion and informational plate.

  3. Centennial Markers: these are generally large granite slabs with text engraved into them.

  4. Texas Historic Cemeteries: A separate designations for cemeteries of particular historic significance.

All of the above, and National Register properties, can be entered one county at a time for you. All others will need to be requested individually, though we have come across a few city-wide landmark systems and if you find information about one, let us know and we will add that, too.

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