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Database Counts
| 1.1 | gigabytes in text store | | 454.2 | gigabytes in image store | | 46,583 | markers published in this database | | 185,830 | photographs | | 47,016 | links to other information | | 59 | marker pages awaiting publication | | 3 | day delay, more or less, for publication | | 2,557 | correspondents | | 22 | editors and contributing editors | | 3 | correspondents or editors signed on now | | 28.51 | million marker views* | | 41,360 | distinct visitors in the last seven days** | | 144,707 | 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 376 ms.
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* requests from search engine crawls not counted
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Marker Submission History
| 1Q06 | | | 2Q06 | | | 3Q06 | | | 4Q06 | | | 1Q07 | | | 2Q07 | | | 3Q07 | | | 4Q07 | | | 1Q08 | | | 2Q08 | | | 3Q08 | | | 4Q08 | | | 1Q09 | | | 2Q09 | | | 3Q09 | | | 4Q09 | | | 1Q10 | | | 2Q10 | | | 3Q10 | | | 4Q10 | | | 1Q11 | | | 2Q11 | | | 3Q11 | | | 4Q11 | | | 1Q12 | | Total markers in this database 46,583 |
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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 • | Wesleyan Methodist Church Victoria, British Columbia |
The database may hold older markers whose exact dates are not known.Table composed in 16 ms.
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Plenty of Markers Here
| 1081 • | Adams County, Pennsylvania | | 586 • | Washington County, Maryland | | 539 • | Hardin County, Tennessee | | 459 • | Charleston County, South Carolina | | 451 • | Washington, District of Columbia | | 338 • | Dane County, Wisconsin | | 338 • | New York County, New York | | 318 • | Prince William County, Virginia | | 309 • | Baltimore, Maryland | | 304 • | New Haven County, Connecticut | | 299 • | Travis County, Texas | | 296 • | Chatham County, Georgia | | 285 • | Greenville County, South Carolina | | 284 • | Orange County, New York | | 280 • | Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
Table composed in 48 ms.
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Prolific Marker Contributors
| 4,213 • | Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia | | 3,705 • | William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas | | 3,535 • | Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey | | 2,248 • | Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina | | 1,830 • | Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia | | 1,716 • | David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia | | 1,682 • | Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland | | 1,360 • | Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California | | 1,270 • | J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia | | 1,262 • | Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut | | 1,071 • | Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona | | 1,012 • | Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina | | 968 • | Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin | | 871 • | Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana | | 838 • | Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio |
Table composed in 188 ms.
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Top 20 Most Viewed Markers
| 1 • | Convict Lake Mammoth Lakes, California | | 2 • | Mission San Francisco Solano Sonoma, 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 • | South Point Complex Naalehu, Hawaii | | 10 • | Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Crow Agency, Montana | | 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 123 ms.
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Markers By Erected Date
| Earlier | | | 1900s | | | 1910s | | | 1920s | | | 1930s | | | 1940s | | | 1950s | | | 1960s | | | 1970s | | | 1980s | | | 1990s | | | 2000s | | | 2010s | |
There are 20,843 undated markers in the databaseGraphic composed in 90 ms.
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Most Marked Categories
| 11,009 • | War, US Civil | | 7,865 • | Notable Persons | | 7,211 • | Settlements & Settlers | | 6,890 • | Notable Buildings | | 5,199 • | Industry & Commerce | | 4,288 • | Churches, Etc. | | 4,180 • | Colonial Era | | 4,155 • | Notable Places | | 4,086 • | War, US Revolutionary | | 3,832 • | Military |
Table composed in 30 ms.
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Ten Most Viewed Categories
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Plenty of Markers Here
| 5,596 • | Virginia | | 3,589 • | Pennsylvania | | 3,099 • | South Carolina | | 2,838 • | Georgia | | 2,768 • | California | | 2,585 • | Maryland | | 2,253 • | Ohio | | 2,186 • | New York | | 2,042 • | New Jersey | | 1,607 • | Wisconsin |
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Table composed in 105 ms.
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Prolific Photo Contributors
| 16,378 • | Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia | | 15,634 • | William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas | | 15,048 • | Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey | | 11,615 • | Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina | | 9,108 • | Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina | | 7,170 • | Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California | | 6,624 • | Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia | | 6,458 • | Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana | | 5,433 • | David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia | | 4,767 • | Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut | | 4,504 • | J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia | | 4,153 • | Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland | | 4,026 • | Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona | | 3,788 • | Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin | | 3,759 • | Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio |
Table composed in 150 ms.
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