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Database Counts and Statistics
 
Database Counts
1 gigabytes in text store
460.6 gigabytes in image store
47,222 markers published in this database
188,359 photographs
47,423 links to other information
9 marker pages awaiting publication
2,585 correspondents
22 editors and contributing editors
3 correspondents or editors signed on now
28.87 million marker views*
43,741 distinct visitors in the last seven days**
160,801 distinct visitors in the last 31 days**
* number of times a marker page has been requested
** calculated using the unique IP-address method
Statistics calculated in 410 ms.
  * requests from search engine crawls not counted
 
Marker Submission History
1Q06
179
2Q06
374
3Q06
503
4Q06
716
1Q07
824
2Q07
1,330
3Q07
2,451
4Q07
4,033
1Q08
6,159
2Q08
7,900
3Q08
10,826
4Q08
13,489
1Q09
15,826
2Q09
18,479
3Q09
20,725
4Q09
23,635
1Q10
26,632
2Q10
29,393
3Q10
32,697
4Q10
35,299
1Q11
37,047
2Q11
39,345
3Q11
42,776
4Q11
45,742
1Q12
Total markers in this database 47,222
Graphic composed in 47 ms.
 
Fifteen Oldest Markers
1787 •Richard Montgomery New York, New York
1797 •The Penitentiary House Trenton, New Jersey
1799 •Battle of Lexington Monument Lexington, Massachusetts
1799 •John Adams Newport, Rhode Island
1808 •The Nelson Column, Montreal Montreal, Quebec
1813 •Captain James Lawrence & Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow New York, New York
1815 •The Battle Monument Baltimore, Maryland
1815 •To George Washington Baltimore, Maryland
1816 •Joseph & Theodosia Burr Alston Pawleys Island, South Carolina
1817 •Aquila Randall Monument Dundalk, Maryland
1817 •Paoli Massacre Monument Malvern, Pennsylvania
1818 •The Cadet Monument West Point, New York
1825 •The De Kalb Monument Camden, South Carolina
1827 •Josiah and Abiah Franklin Boston, Massachusetts
1828 •Kosciuszko West Point, New York
1829 •Battle of Red Bank National Park, New Jersey
1830 •Groton Battle Monument Groton, Connecticut
1832 •The Spirit of 1775 Shepherdstown, West Virginia
1834 •Arnold’s Picket Driven In Richmond, Virginia
1834 •The Old Portage Rail Road Monument Duncansville, Pennsylvania
The database may hold older markers whose exact dates are not known.Table composed in 20 ms.
 
Plenty of Markers Here
1081 •Adams County, Pennsylvania
586 •Washington County, Maryland
539 •Hardin County, Tennessee
463 •Charleston County, South Carolina
452 •Washington, District of Columbia
339 •Dane County, Wisconsin
339 •New York County, New York
318 •Prince William County, Virginia
309 •Baltimore, Maryland
305 •New Haven County, Connecticut
299 •Orange County, New York
299 •Travis County, Texas
296 •Chatham County, Georgia
286 •Greenville County, South Carolina
280 •Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Table composed in 51 ms.
 
Prolific Marker Contributors
4,213 •Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia
3,772 •William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas
3,561 •Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey
2,256 •Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina
1,830 •Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia
1,716 •David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia
1,683 •Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland
1,362 •Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California
1,300 •Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut
1,275 •J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia
1,071 •Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona
1,012 •Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina
970 •Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
871 •Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana
845 •Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio
Table composed in 195 ms.
 
Top 20 Most Viewed Markers
1 •Mission San Francisco Solano Sonoma, California
2 •Convict Lake Mammoth Lakes, California
3 •The Thomas Viaduct Relay, Maryland
4 •Golden Spike Nenana, Alaska
5 •Robert F. Kennedy Speech on Death of Martin L. King Indianapolis, Indiana
6 •The Masterson House Carrollton, Kentucky
7 •Upside-Down House Lee Vining, California
8 •Morgan’s Raid Salineville, Ohio
9 •Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Crow Agency, Montana
10 •South Point Complex Naalehu, Hawaii
11 •Japanese Stone Lantern The Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
12 •The Clara Barton House Glen Echo, Maryland
13 •Negro Mountain Grantsville, Maryland
14 •Old Fort Sumner and “Billy the Kid’s” Grave Fort Sumner, New Mexico
15 •1907 Indiana Eugenics Law Indianapolis, Indiana
16 •Women Suffrage Prisoners at Occoquan Workhouse Occoquan, Virginia
17 •Three White Men Were Hung Here Pendleton, Indiana
18 •A Trolley Returns to Glen Echo Glen Echo, Maryland
19 •John Wilkes Booth and David Herold Bel Alton, Maryland
20 •Carleton Martello Tower Saint John, New Brunswick
Table composed in 47 ms.
 
Markers By Erected Date
Earlier
804
1900s
504
1910s
739
1920s
1,018
1930s
1,727
1940s
984
1950s
2,544
1960s
2,266
1970s
2,593
1980s
2,616
1990s
3,707
2000s
5,807
2010s
773
There are 21,140 undated markers in the database
Graphic composed in 23 ms.
 
Most Marked Categories
11,081 •War, US Civil
7,905 •Notable Persons
7,299 •Settlements & Settlers
6,959 •Notable Buildings
5,293 •Industry & Commerce
4,326 •Churches, Etc.
4,210 •Colonial Era
4,171 •Notable Places
4,113 •War, US Revolutionary
3,850 •Military
Table composed in 27 ms.
 
Ten Most Viewed Categories
1 •War, US Civil
2 •Notable Persons
3 •Notable Buildings
4 •Settlements & Settlers
5 •Notable Events
6 •Notable Places
7 •Colonial Era
8 •Industry & Commerce
9 •Military
10 •War, US Revolutionary
Table composed in 125 ms.
 
Plenty of Markers Here
5,596 •Virginia
3,678 •Pennsylvania
3,133 •South Carolina
2,912 •California
2,841 •Georgia
2,587 •Maryland
2,257 •Ohio
2,220 •New York
2,046 •New Jersey
1,661 •Tennessee
 
1,610 •Wisconsin
1,572 •Texas
1,533 •North Carolina
1,122 •Alabama
1,058 •Connecticut
927 •Indiana
851 •Arizona
769 •West Virginia
699 •Florida
647 •Kansas
Table composed in 105 ms.
 
Prolific Photo Contributors
16,381 •Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia
15,936 •William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas
15,171 •Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey
11,667 •Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina
9,108 •Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina
7,194 •Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California
6,625 •Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia
6,458 •Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana
5,435 •David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia
4,903 •Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut
4,517 •J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia
4,157 •Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland
4,026 •Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona
3,799 •Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio
3,798 •Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Table composed in 148 ms.
 


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