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Database Counts and Statistics
 
Database Counts
0.3 gigabytes in text store
198.7 gigabytes in image store
25,696 markers published in this database
97,052 photographs
26,991 links to other information
118 marker pages awaiting publication
1,126 correspondents
19 editors and contributing editors
0 correspondents or editors signed on now
11.03 million marker views*
* number of times a marker page has been requested Statistics calculated in 1,422 ms.
  * requests from search engine crawls not counted
 
Marker Submission History
1Q06
179
2Q06
375
3Q06
504
4Q06
717
1Q07
825
2Q07
1,332
3Q07
2,454
4Q07
4,040
1Q08
6,167
2Q08
7,913
3Q08
10,844
4Q08
13,508
1Q09
15,846
2Q09
18,498
3Q09
20,745
4Q09
23,654
1Q10
Total markers in this database 25,696
Graphic composed in 78 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
1813 •Captain James Lawrence & Lieutenant Augustus C. Ludlow New York, New York
1815 •The Battle Monument Baltimore, Maryland
1815 •To George Washington Baltimore, Maryland
1817 •Aquila Randall Monument Dundalk, Maryland
1817 •Paoli Massacre Monument Malvern, Pennsylvania
1818 •The Cadet Monument West Point, New York
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
1834 •Arnold’s Picket Driven In Richmond, Virginia
1835 •The Thomas Viaduct Relay, Maryland
1836 •Concord Battle Monument Concord, Massachusetts
1836 •Site of the Home of Thomas J. Rusk Nacogdoches, Texas
1839 •First Term of Court Edgefield, South Carolina
1845 •Dade and his Command West Point, New York
1846 •Captain Nathan Hale Monument Coventry, Connecticut
The database may hold older markers whose exact dates are not known.Table composed in 47 ms.
 
Plenty of Markers Here
1038 •Adams County, Pennsylvania
556 •Washington County, Maryland
308 •Prince William County, Virginia
293 •Baltimore, Maryland
287 •Washington, District of Columbia
285 •Chatham County, Georgia
280 •Spotsylvania County, Virginia
269 •Travis County, Texas
227 •Greenville County, South Carolina
218 •Hunterdon County, New Jersey
213 •Williamson County, Texas
207 •Anne Arundel County, Maryland
200 •Mercer County, New Jersey
198 •Henrico County, Virginia
197 •Orange County, New York
Table composed in 234 ms.
 
Prolific Marker Contributors
3,380 •Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia
2,097 •Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey
1,753 •William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio
1,475 •Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina
1,334 •Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland
1,096 •David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia
1,064 •J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia
1,005 •Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California
883 •Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia
706 •Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina
655 •Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia
558 •Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina
536 •Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas
530 •Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut
466 •Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Table composed in 188 ms.
 
Top 20 Most Viewed Markers
1 •The Thomas Viaduct Relay, Maryland
2 •Convict Lake Mammoth Lakes, California
3 •Golden Spike Nenana, Alaska
4 •Robert F. Kennedy Speech on Death of Martin L. King Indianapolis, Indiana
5 •Japanese Stone Lantern The Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
6 •South Point Complex Naalehu, Hawaii
7 •Morgan’s Raid Salineville, Ohio
8 •Carleton Martello Tower Saint John, New Brunswick
9 •A Trolley Returns to Glen Echo Glen Echo, Maryland
10 •The Clara Barton House Glen Echo, Maryland
11 •Negro Mountain Grantsville, Maryland
12 •Upside-Down House Lee Vining, California
13 •Francis Scott Key Park Georgetown, Washington, DC
14 •1907 Indiana Eugenics Law Indianapolis, Indiana
15 •Three White Men Were Hung Here Pendleton, Indiana
16 •John C. Brown Memorial Bridge Rockville, Maryland
17 •The Bicentennial Legacy Monument Zanesville, Ohio
18 •Women Suffrage Prisoners at Occoquan Workhouse Occoquan, Virginia
19 •Natural Bridge Natural Bridge, Virginia
20 •Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal Fall River, Massachusetts
Table composed in 78 ms.
 
Markers By Erected Date
Earlier
652
1900s
350
1910s
547
1920s
656
1930s
909
1940s
543
1950s
1,567
1960s
1,228
1970s
1,354
1980s
1,441
1990s
1,998
2000s
3,163
2010s
3
There are 11,285 undated markers in the database
Graphic composed in 109 ms.
 
Most Marked Categories
7,406 •War, US Civil
5,692 •Notable Persons
4,148 •Notable Buildings
3,603 •Settlements & Settlers
2,860 •Notable Places
2,817 •Military
2,677 •Colonial Era
2,653 •War, US Revolutionary
2,525 •Notable Events
2,458 •Churches, Etc.
Table composed in 47 ms.
 
Ten Most Viewed Categories
1 •War, US Civil
2 •Notable Persons
3 •Notable Buildings
4 •Settlements & Settlers
5 •Notable Events
6 •Colonial Era
7 •Military
8 •Notable Places
9 •War, US Revolutionary
10 •Industry & Commerce
Table composed in 94 ms.
 
Plenty of Markers Here
4,332 •Virginia
2,487 •Pennsylvania
2,374 •Maryland
2,063 •Georgia
1,952 •South Carolina
1,531 •Ohio
1,470 •California
1,240 •New Jersey
1,052 •New York
725 •Texas
 
607 •Tennessee
594 •North Carolina
504 •Indiana
502 •West Virginia
429 •Connecticut
402 •Wisconsin
294 •Alabama
289 •District of Columbia
271 •Massachusetts
267 •Arizona
Table composed in 94 ms.
 
Prolific Photo Contributors
13,223 •Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia
8,487 •Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey
7,133 •William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio
6,591 •Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina
5,215 •Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California
4,898 •Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina
3,679 •J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia
3,417 •Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana
3,359 •Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia
3,209 •Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland
2,804 •Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia
2,668 •David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia
2,114 •Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina
1,801 •Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut
1,774 •Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland
Table composed in 359 ms.
 


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