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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.
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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 | | Total markers in this database 25,696 |
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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 | | 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Markers By Erected Date
| Earlier | | | 1900s | | | 1910s | | | 1920s | | | 1930s | | | 1940s | | | 1950s | | | 1960s | | | 1970s | | | 1980s | | | 1990s | | | 2000s | | | 2010s | |
There are 11,285 undated markers in the databaseGraphic composed in 109 ms.
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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. |
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Ten Most Viewed Categories
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Plenty of Markers Here
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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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