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Database Counts and Statistics
 
Database Counts
0.1 gigabytes in text store
163.3 gigabytes in image store
21,945 markers published in this database
82,268 photographs
23,622 links to other information
20 marker pages awaiting publication
906 contributing correspondents
17 editors and contributing editors
3 correspondents or editors signed on now
8.85 million marker views*
* number of times a marker page has been requested Statistics calculated in 844 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
7,914
3Q08
10,846
4Q08
13,510
1Q09
15,848
2Q09
18,500
3Q09
20,747
4Q09
Total markers in this database 21,945
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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
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
1839 •First Term of Court Edgefield, South Carolina
1845 •Dade and his Command West Point, New York
1846 •Captain Nathan Hale Monument Coventry, Connecticut
1848 •Mexican War Midshipmen's Monument Annapolis, Maryland
1850 •Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Georgetown, Washington, DC
The database may hold older markers whose exact dates are not known.Table composed in 47 ms.
 
Plenty of Markers Here
1028 •Adams County, Pennsylvania
553 •Washington County, Maryland
306 •Prince William County, Virginia
293 •Baltimore, Maryland
279 •Chatham County, Georgia
279 •Spotsylvania County, Virginia
264 •Washington, District of Columbia
215 •Hunterdon County, New Jersey
214 •Greenville County, South Carolina
207 •Anne Arundel County, Maryland
199 •Mercer County, New Jersey
189 •Frederick County, Maryland
186 •Hanover County, Virginia
186 •Hardin County, Tennessee
184 •Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Table composed in 109 ms.
 
Prolific Marker Contributors
3,228 •Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia
2,043 •Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey
1,299 •Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina
1,293 •Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland
1,219 •William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio
1,020 •J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia
882 •David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia
856 •Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California
728 •Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia
691 •Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina
652 •Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia
552 •Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina
447 •F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland
443 •Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana
423 •Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Table composed in 156 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 •Carleton Martello Tower Saint John, New Brunswick
8 •A Trolley Returns to Glen Echo Glen Echo, Maryland
9 •Morgan’s Raid Salineville, Ohio
10 •The Clara Barton House Glen Echo, Maryland
11 •Francis Scott Key Park Georgetown, Washington, DC
12 •Negro Mountain Grantsville, Maryland
13 •Upside-Down House Lee Vining, California
14 •1907 Indiana Eugenics Law Indianapolis, Indiana
15 •John C. Brown Memorial Bridge Rockville, Maryland
16 •Three White Men Were Hung Here Pendleton, Indiana
17 •Women Suffrage Prisoners at Occoquan Workhouse Occoquan, Virginia
18 •The Bicentennial Legacy Monument Zanesville, Ohio
19 •Natural Bridge Natural Bridge, Virginia
20 •White’s Ferry Dickerson, Maryland
Table composed in 63 ms.
 
Markers By Erected Date
Earlier
610
1900s
315
1910s
519
1920s
614
1930s
764
1940s
493
1950s
1,303
1960s
1,007
1970s
1,084
1980s
1,096
1990s
1,664
2000s
2,592
There are 9,884 undated markers in the database
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Most Marked Categories
6,818 •War, US Civil
4,895 •Notable Persons
3,308 •Notable Buildings
2,940 •Settlements & Settlers
2,477 •Notable Places
2,435 •Military
2,392 •War, US Revolutionary
2,356 •Colonial Era
2,293 •Notable Events
1,990 •Industry & Commerce
Table composed in 16 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 141 ms.
 
Plenty of Markers Here
4,044 •Virginia
2,356 •Maryland
2,312 •Pennsylvania
1,814 •Georgia
1,652 •South Carolina
1,206 •California
1,189 •Ohio
1,159 •New Jersey
890 •New York
546 •North Carolina
 
497 •Tennessee
467 •Indiana
461 •West Virginia
365 •Wisconsin
266 •District of Columbia
260 •Massachusetts
236 •Texas
201 •Illinois
192 •Florida
184 •Nevada
Table composed in 78 ms.
 
Prolific Photo Contributors
12,695 •Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia
8,210 •Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey
5,663 •Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina
4,660 •William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio
4,380 •Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California
4,301 •Brian Scott of Greenville, South Carolina
3,504 •J. J. Prats of Springfield, Virginia
3,278 •Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana
3,096 •Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland
2,769 •Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia
2,705 •Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia
2,093 •Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina
1,899 •David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia
1,546 •Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland
1,418 •Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio
Table composed in 313 ms.
 


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