This year's 2021 marker topics have been chosen. See the bottom of this webpage for the list of approved marker topics.
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.
2022 Marker Applications will be available in Word doc and PDF format starting January 2022, please click on format below to download a sample:
- Subject Marker Application (Word doc - Sample Only)
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) Application (Word doc - Sample Only)
- Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) Marker Application (Word doc - Sample Only)
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. 2022 marker applications will not be considered for approval if received by the Texas Historical Commission before or after the open marker application period of March 1st - May 16th, 2022.
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) (PDF)
HTC Medallion with Name & Date Plaque Application SAMPLE (Word doc) (PDF)
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 Statewide Themes/Topics (PDF)
2021 Historical Markers Program Work Plan (PDF)
2022 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).
This year's 2021 received marker topics to be evaluated:
| County | Title |
| Atascoas | Shiloh Community |
| Bandera | Water Tower Complex (RTHL) |
| Bell | MKT of Texas Railway Passenger Depot (RTHL) |
| Bexar | Henry Porter Field (P.F.) Roberts |
| Brazos | Edge Community and Its Settlers |
| Brazos | A&M Methodist Church |
| Brazos | College Station Cemetery (HTC) |
| Brown | Weakley-Watson Building (RTHL) |
| Burleson | Belltown Community |
| Calhoun | Louis Antoine Andry |
| Calhoun | Matagorda Island Lighthouse |
| Cameron | Original Site of St. Joseph School |
| Cameron | Miguel Fernandez Hide Yard Building (RTHL) |
| Cameron | Ullman-Stern-Krausse Grocery Warehouse / Alamo Iron Works (RTHL) |
| Cameron | Dean and Gladys Porter Home (RTHL) |
| Cameron | Judith Calderoni-Yturria and Richard Champion House (RTHL) |
| Cherokee | Jacksonville's Public Square |
| Collin | Orenduff Cemetery (HTC) |
| Colorado | Alley Cemetery (HTC) |
| Comal | York Creek Cemetery (HTC) |
| Comal | Market Plaza |
| Comal | Comal Cemetery (HTC) |
| Comanche | Sand Hill Cemetery (HTC) |
| Cooke | Dissent In North Texas |
| Crosby | Silver Falls Pavilion |
| Dallas | Collins Radio Echo 1 Project |
| Dallas | Atty. J.L. Turner Sr. |
| Dallas | St. John Missionary Baptist Church |
| Dallas | Kiest Memorial Garden |
| Dallas | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1966 speech |
| Dallas | New Hope Baptist Church |
| Dallas | Junius Heights |
| Dallas | Hall of Negro Life |
| Denton | Landrum Cemetery (HTC) |
| Denton | Wilson Cemetery (HTC) |
| Denton | Roark-Griffith Pottery Site |
| DeWitt | Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Insurance Association |
| Ellis | Cotton Industry in Ellis County |
| Ellis | Old Bardwell |
| Fayette | The Willow Springs Road Bridge (RTHL) |
| Fort Bend | Orchard Cemetery (HTC) |
| Galveston | The Home of Sealy and Mary Hutchings (RTHL) |
| Galveston | Congregation B'nai Israel Rabbi Henry Cohen Memorial Temple (RTHL) |
| Gray | Alanreed Cemetery (HTC) |
| Gregg | 1919 Longview Race Riot |
| Guadalupe | Schertz-Cibolo Cemetery (HTC) |
| Guadalupe | Ridley Cemetery (HTC) |
| Hale | Finney Field |
| Hall | Ham's Barber Shop (RTHL) |
| Harris | Houston Heights Odd Fellows Lodge No. 225 Hall (RTHL) |
| Harris | Mt. Vernon Baptist Church |
| Harris | The Brick Yards on Cedar Bayou |
| Harris | The Turkey Day Classic |
| Harris | George Thomas "Mickey" Leland, III |
| Harris | Sabine Street |
| Harrison | St. Paul's Episcopal Mission Church at Leigh |
| Harrison | Woodlawn Cemetery (HTC) |
| Harrison | New Hope Missionary Baptist Church |
| Jefferson | C. Homer & Edith Fuller Chambers Home (RTHL) |
| Jefferson | St. Elizabeth Catholic Community |
| Karnes | Czerner-Kowalik House (RTHL) |
| Kendall | Wren Cemetery (HTC) |
| Lamar | Culbertson Fountain |
| Lamar | Origins of 1896 Paris Fire |
| Lamar | First Federal Community Bank |
| Lampasas | Smith Cemetery (HTC) |
| Lavaca | Yoakum Community Hospital |
| Live Oak | Weston-Chapa Cemetery (HTC) |
| Lubbock | Harmon Farms |
| Lubbock | Wolfforth Cemetery (HTC) |
| Lubbock | Willie Lusk, Jr. |
| Marion | Pyland African American Cemetery (HTC) |
| Matagorda | Harmon Jerome McAllister |
| Matagorda | James Henry Selkirk |
| Matagorda | West Side Elementary |
| McLennan | Pleasant Grove Cemetery (HTC) |
| McLennan | Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and School of Gholson |
| Montague | Nocona Cemetery (HTC) |
| Nacogdoches | El Salto |
| Nacogdoches | The Mansola Road of Nacogdoches |
| Nueces | Roosevelt-Camacho Meeting |
| Nueces | USS Lexington |
| Panola | Fair Play Baptist Church |
| Red River | Fairground Cemetery (HTC) |
| Runnels | First Baptist Church |
| San Augustine | Cotton Gin (RTHL) |
| Shelby | Providence Missionary Baptist Church |
| Tarrant | Downtown Arlington, Texas & Pacific Train Depot and Platform |
| Tarrant | Kennedale United Methodist Church |
| Travis | Lydia Street Fire Station |
| Travis | Evergreen Cemetery (HTC) |
| Travis | Willie Wells Home (RTHL) |
| Travis | Broken Spoke |
| Travis | Comanche Peak |
| Trinity | Gibson Hotel |
| Upshur | Concord Cemetery (HTC) |
| Van Zandt | Myrtle Springs Cemetery (HTC) |
| Victoria | William A. Wood Memorial School |
| Wheeler | The Battle of Sweetwater Creek |
| Wheeler | Glenn Truax |
| Wheeler | Bill Mack |
| Wheeler | Episcopal Church of St. Michael and All Angels |
| Wichita | Providence Baptist Church |
| Wichita | Ralph Harvey, Jr. |
| Wichita | Lloyd Ruby |
| Wood | The Episcopal Church of St. Dunstan |
| Wood | Dr. George Baber |
| Wood | William Richard Phillips |
| Young | John Conner |
