The 2024 Marker Application period will be from March 1st - 2 pm CDT May 15th.
The historical marker process in Texas begins at the county level. After you have reviewed all the relevant information on this page, contact your county historical commission chair if you are interested in submitting an application.
Please note that applying for a marker is highly competitive, all required components must be included when submitting an application. See Marker Toolkit for more information on how to apply. The entire process of application submission to marker dedication is very long; most applications take 12-18 months.
2024 Marker Applications will be available February 1, 2024. To view a sample, please click on format below to download:
- SAMPLE 2023 Subject Marker Application (Word Doc)
- SAMPLE 2023 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) Application (Word Doc)
- SAMPLE 2023 Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) Marker Application (Word Doc)
Please note that all marker applications must be approved and submitted by your county historical commission chair or marker chair to markers@thc.texas.gov during the open application period.
HTC Name & Date Plaque Applications (accepted year round)
An Historic Texas Cemetery designation is a pre-requisite for a cemetery marker. If your cemetery has been designated as historic through our Cemetery Preservation program and you wish to purchase a non-interpretive historical plaque, then you can submit the form below.
Note: For an interpretive historical marker for the cemetery, please submit an HTC Application during the regular Spring application period (see section above to download HTC Marker Application when available).
The HTC Medallion with Name & Date Plaque application is available in Word doc and pdf format, please click on the link to download:
HTC Medallion with Name & Date Plaque Application (Word doc)
HTC Medallion with Name & Date Plaque Application SAMPLE (Word doc)
Marker program staff offer several online webinars explaining the marker research and application process. Look here for a list of dates and times for these training opportunities.
Helpful Tools for Markers
Marker Program Policies, Forms and Procedures
Marker Types (PDF)
Marker Statewide Themes/Topics (PDF)
2023 Historical Markers Program Work Plan (PDF)
2024 Historical Markers Program Work Plan (PDF)
Official Texas Historical Marker Procedures (PDF) (for new marker applications)
Scoring Criteria (PDF)
Official Texas Historical Marker Policies (PDF) (for existing and new markers)
2020 Amendment Relocation Replacement Retirement Procedures (PDF) (for existing markers)
For an outline of the basic steps of the marker application process, please see this Marker Process Timeline (PDF).
Last year's approved 2022 marker topics:
| County | Title |
| Aransas | Kline's Cafe |
| Atascosa | Peanut Farmer in Atascosa County |
| Atascosa | Poteet United Methodist Church |
| Austin | National Cemetery (HTC) |
| Austin | St. James Lutheran Church |
| Bastrop | Alum Creek DeShay Cemetery (HTC) |
| Bastrop | Henry Barnett Family |
| Bastrop | Hopewell Rosenwald School |
| Bastrop | Mount Olive Evergreen Cemetery (HTC) |
| Bastrop | Saul Wright Cemetery (HTC) |
| Bastrop | St. Mary's Colony Cemetery (HTC) |
| Bexar | Malvina Nelson House (RTHL) |
| Bexar | Jacobs Chapel United Methodist Church |
| Bexar | John Willian and Maria Jesusa Curbelo-Delgado Smith House Site |
| Bexar | Alexander Joske House (RTHL) |
| Bexar | Southwestern Bell Telegraph Building (RTHL) |
| Blanco | Girl Scout Camp Blanco |
| Brazos | City of College Station |
| Brazos | Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana de Bryan |
| Brazos | Shiloh Baptist Church |
| Brown | George Edward Smith |
| Brown | The Greenleaf Fisk House (RTHL) |
| Caldwell | Martindale Motor Corporation Building (RTHL) |
| Calhoun | The Port Lavaca Shrimp Industry |
| Cameron | Bobby Joe Morrow |
| Cameron | Stonewall Jackson Hotel (RTHL) |
| Camp | Carroll Hall Shelby |
| Cherokee | History of Landrum, Texas |
| Childress | Childress army Airfield |
| Collin | Bethany Cemetery (HTC) |
| Collin | Lair Cemetery (HTC) |
| Collin | Yates - Strickland House (RTHL) |
| Colorado | The Masonic Lodge of Eagle Lake |
| Comal | Edgar Alfred Grist, DVM |
| Comanche | Bibb Community |
| Comanche | Board Church Cemetery (HTC) |
| Cooke | First Presbyterian Church (RTHL) |
| Coryell | Carver School |
| Dallas | Elm Thicket / Northpark Neighbrhood |
| Dallas | Junior League of Dallas |
| Dallas | Manuel and Maria Valle Family |
| Dallas | Salem Institutional Baptist Church |
| Duval | Santa Cruz Cemetery (HTC) |
| Ellis | Heman Sweatt |
| Erath | Chalk Mountain Masonic Lodge #894 |
| Falls | Booker T. Washington Schools |
| Fayette | Katy Depot La Grange, TX |
| Fayette | The Morgan Family of Plum |
| Fayette | P. Breymann Building (RTHL) |
| Fayette | Stevens Chapel UMC (RTHL) |
| Gillespie | Local African American Community History |
| Gonzales | St. James Missionary Baptist Church |
| Gonzales | Terryville Community |
| Grayson | Kendall Chapel Cemetery (HTC) |
| Gregg | Butcher C. Christian Sr. |
| Gregg | History of Boy Scout Troop 201 |
| Gregg | Trinity Episcopal Church of Longview |
| Gregg | Utzman Farm House (RTHL) |
| Grimes | St. Louis Cemetery (HTC) |
| Hardeman | The Demise of Joe Earle |
| Hardeman | Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway |
| Hardeman | McDonald - Matthews Shootout |
| Harris | 1940 Knapp Chevrolet Building |
| Harris | Sikh Center of the Gulf Coast Area, Inc. |
| Harris | Charles W. Luckie School |
| Harris | Goose Creek Oil Field |
| Harris | Harris County Poor Farm, 1894-1992 |
| Harris | Hill of Rest Cemetery (HTC) |
| Harris | Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church |
| Harris | Southside Place Park |
| Harris | Willis Wood Cemetery (HTC) |
| Harrison | The Cooperville Rosenwald School |
| Harrison | First Telegraph Office in Texas |
| Harrison | Marshal Fire Department |
| Hays | 108 South Nance (RTHL) |
| Hays | Danforth - Kerbow House (RTHL) |
| Hays | Max E. Schiwitz Homestead (RTHL) |
| Hays | Peal-Pleasant Valley Cemetery (HTC) |
| Hays | San Vicente Cemetery (HTC) |
| Henderson | Baxter School |
| Hill | Bragg Williams Lynching |
| Jasper | Roganville Baptist Church |
| Kaufman | Founding of Terrell |
| Kendall |
Casper Sueltenfuss |
| Kendall | Battle of Walker's Creek |
| Kendall | Dan & Frances Holkamp |
| Kimble | Cobb Ranch House |
| Lamar | Paris Grocery Company |
| Lamar | Paris Post Office |
| Lamar | George W. Wright |
| Lamar | William J. McDonald |
| La Salle | Florita Plaza |
| Lavaca | Menger School |
| Lavaca | Pleasant Grove School |
| Lavaca | Shiner Game & Fish Protective League |
| Leon | Taylor Cemetery (HTC) |
| Liberty | Bailey's Corner |
| Liberty | The Pounds House (RTHL) |
| Lubbock | Bess Hubbard |
| Lubbock | Mollie Abernathy |
| Lubbock | Paul Whitfield Horn |
| Lubbock | Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park (HTC) |
| Lubbock | Texas Tech University Administration Building (RTHL) |
| Madison | Daniel Larrison |
| Matagorda | Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce & Jonathan Edwards Pierce |
| Matagorda | Allenhurst Community and Cemetery |
| Matagorda | Casa de Dios |
| McLennan | Alpha Theater (RTHL) |
| McLennan | Katy Park |
| Medina | Castro Out-lot No. 60 |
| Milam | Gause Baptist Church |
| Mitchell | Spade Community and Wild Horse Creek Bridge |
| Montgomery | Chilton-Dean House (RTHL) |
| Nacogdoches | Robert Bruce Blake |
| Navarro | Bethel AME Church |
| Navarro | GW Jackson |
| Navarro |
Merrit Drane |
| Parker | Prince Memorial CME Church |
| Parker | Martha Elizabeth (Cockburn) Turner |
| Parker | Red Ochre Reburials / Annetta Cemetery |
| Polk | Bluff Creek Cemetery (HTC) |
| Potter | Matthew "Bones" Hooks |
| Rockwall | New Hope Baptist Church |
| Runnels |
Fairview Cemetery (HTC) |
| San Saba |
Edgar T. Neal |
| Tarrant |
Board and Chorn Drugstore |
| Tarrant | Haley's Meat Market |
| Tarrant | Stagecoach Ballroom |
| Tarrant | Fort Worth Poetry Society |
| Travis | Cisco's Restaurant Bakery and Bar |
| Travis | Olivet Baptist Church |
| Travis | Oswaldo "A.B" Cantu Pan American Recreational Center |
| Travis |
The Richard Moya House (RTHL) |
| Travis | Dr. Sidney and Helen White House (RTHL) |
| Travis | Darnall House (RTHL) |
| Upshur | Bethlehem Colored School (RTHL) |
| Upshur | St. James Baptist Church |
| Van Zandt | Canton HS Eagles 1964 Football Team |
| Van Zandt | Potters Brown |
| Van Zandt | Railroad Spur Line of Van Oil Field |
| Victoria | Zion Lutheran Church - Mission Valley |
| Washington | Jaeger Witte Cemetery (HTC) |
| Wharton | Drastata Farm |
| Wharton | Roberts Family Cemetery (HTC) |
| Wharton | St. James Missionary Baptist Church |
| Wichita | Church of the Good Shepherd |
| Wood | East Texas Serenaders |
| Wood |
Site of New Hope Common School No. 33 |
| Young | 1921 Young County Jail |
