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There are several sources for lists of Virginia historical highway markers. If you follow the link External Database Search, it will take you to a page offering three options for searching Virginia’s highway markers online. Also, A Guidebook to Virginia’s Historical Markers, compiled by Scott Arnold and published in 2007, is available from ...
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia.
Information shown on these maps is derived from public records that are constantly undergoing change. This information does not replace a site survey and is not warranted for content or accuracy.
DHR manages the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register programs in Virginia. Both Registers are lists of historically and culturally significant properties in Virginia, including buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects, that have been recognized for their significance in Virginia’s history, architecture, archaeology ...
The Highway Marker Program identifies and documents Virginia's significant historical persons, events, and places. Our focus is on educating the public and providing accurate historical informatio...
Virginia Capital Trail Official Historical Highway Markers Audio Tour. Download the IZI.Travel mobile app to experience the tours.
This third edition of A Guidebook to Virginia’s Historical Markers brings together and updates the texts of more than 1,850 official state historical markers placed along Virginia’s highways since 1927. Divided into six geographic-cultural regions, this edition contains maps and three individual indexes that assist the reader in locating ...
Interactive Database of the Virginia Landmarks Register & National Register of Historic Places. This database contains more than 3,000 sites, properties, and districts listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) and/or on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
RICHMOND – Among the six new historical markers coming to roadsides in Virginia are signs that will recall the work of James Pawpaw, an enslaved man who developed treatments for illnesses within enslaved communities in the 18th century; the former farm and residence of the Rev. Samuel Davies, a colonial-era Presbyterian pastor known for his ...
The Board of Historic Resources recently adopted new procedures for approving marker applications from the public. The next deadline for submitting applications is October 20, 2024 . Marker Application 2024 [docx] | Marker Application 2024 [PDF]