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.
This year 237 marker applications were received for the 2019 Marker Application Period. Please scroll down to see the list of 168 recommended interpretive plaques to proceed to inscriptions.
The THC accepts applications for historical markers each fall for the following calendar year. The next application period is from September 1 through November 15, 2019, for 2020 markers. 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.
The following applications will be available in Word doc and pdf format starting in August 2019:
- Subject Marker Application (Word doc) (PDF) See last year's application as a sample.
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) Application (Word doc) (PDF) Sample 2019 RTHL App
- Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) Marker Application (Word doc) (PDF) Sample 2019 HTC App
Please note that all marker applications must be approved and submitted by your county historical commission chair or marker chair to markerapplication@thc.texas.gov.
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 Fall application period (see section above to download HTC Marker Application when available).
HTC Medallion with Name & Date Plaque Application (PDF)
SAMPLE HTC Medallion with Name & Date Plaque Application (Word doc)
Marker program staff are offering several online webinars explaining the marker research and application process through the summer and fall of 2018. 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)
2020 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)
For an outline of the basic steps of the marker application process, please see this Marker Process Timeline(PDF).
The following 2019 Marker Applications will proceed to inscriptions:
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County |
Topic |
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Austin |
Bednar Family Homestead |
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Austin |
Peters-Hacienda Schuetzenverein |
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Bee |
NAS Chase Field |
|
Bell |
Temple Chamber of Commerce |
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Bell |
The Rotary Club of Temple |
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Brazoria |
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church |
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Bastrop |
Rosanky Cemetery (HTC) |
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Bastrop |
Paige Private School Society |
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Bosque |
The Cayote Community |
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Bosque |
Greenock Community |
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Bosque |
Dr. Russell Daniel Holt |
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Brown |
Emanuel Chapel United Methodist Church |
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Burnet |
Marble Falls Cemetery (HTC) |
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Burnet |
Watson Cemetery (HTC) |
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Burnet |
Haynie Flat Cemetery (HTC) |
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Burleson |
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church |
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Bexar |
Charles F.A. Hummel House (RTHL) |
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Bexar |
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital |
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Bexar |
Blue Hole |
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Brazos |
Earl Graham Post 159 |
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Brazos |
Boonville Cemetery (HTC) |
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Callahan |
Home of Robert E. Howard |
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Castro |
Big Square Community |
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Colorado |
Chesterville |
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Cameron |
Friedman-Hollowell House (RTHL) |
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Cameron |
El Rancho Granjeno Cemetery (HTC) |
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Comanche |
St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Depot (RTHL) |
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Comanche |
Big Eye Cemetery (HTC) |
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Calhoun |
The Springs of Calhoun County |
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Comal |
Weisser Dairy Farm/Pfeiffer Ranch |
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Comal |
711 Ranch |
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Comal |
Heimer House |
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Cooke |
Thadd H. Blanton |
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Collin |
Bankhead Highway |
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Collin |
Snow Hill Community |
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Collin |
Aldridge House (RTHL) |
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Collin |
Community Independent School District |
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Collin |
Gallagher House (RTHL) |
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Coryell |
Seaton Cemetery (HTC) |
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Coryell |
Dr. John C. Bates |
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Caldwell |
Martindale School and Gymnasium |
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Dallas |
Greater El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church |
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Dallas |
Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church |
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Dallas |
Antioch Life Park Cemetery (HTC) |
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Dallas |
Christ Church Episcopal (RTHL) |
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Denton |
Woodrum-Boyd House (RTHL) |
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Duval |
Antonio López Family Cemetery (HTC) |
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DeWitt |
Alex & Clare Wofford Hamilton Home (RTHL) |
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DeWitt |
Dempsey Benton Cain House (RTHL) |
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DeWitt |
Yoakum National Bank (RTHL) |
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Ector |
First 911 System in State of Texas |
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Ector |
Ghost Towns & Vanished Communities of Ector County |
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Edwards |
Substation No. 14 |
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El Paso |
Second Baptist Church |
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El Paso |
1966 NCAA Men's Championship Victory of TWC |
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Erath |
Community of Bluff Dale |
|
Erath |
Historic Shapard Street |
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Fort Bend |
Mamie and A.P. George |
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Fort Bend |
First United Methodist Church, Fulshear |
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Fort Bend |
Sugar Land First United Methodist Church |
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Fayette |
Connersville Primitive Baptist Church African American Cemetery (HTC) |
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Fayette |
Psencik Cemetery (HTC) |
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Fayette |
Fayette County Poor House and Farm |
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Goliad |
Kilgore Cemetery (HTC) |
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Goliad |
Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church Congregation |
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Gregg |
Robert A. McLain and the Longview Cannibals |
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Grayson |
Mt. Tabor Cemetery (HTC) |
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Guadalupe |
Blumberg Cemetery (HTC) |
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Galveston |
Smith-Hartley House (RTHL) |
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Galveston |
Santa Maria/Miss Galveston |
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Hutchinson |
Town of Isom |
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Henderson |
J. W. Brownlow |
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Henderson |
Corporal David Brady Shelton & American Legion Post No. 173 |
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Henderson |
Virginia Lucille "Ginger" Murchison |
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Henderson |
New Hope Methodist Church |
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Hidalgo |
Peñitas Common School |
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Hall |
Lakeview Cemetery (HTC) |
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Hall |
Walls Family Cemetery (HTC) |
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Hall |
Estelline Cemetery (HTC) |
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Hall |
1928 Phillips 66 Service Station (RTHL) |
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Hopkins |
Old Jefferson Road |
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Hopkins |
Old Saltillo Cemetery (HTC) |
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Harris |
Ethel Reed Coop House (RTHL) |
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Harris |
Memorial Baptist Church |
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Harris |
The Edmundson House (RTHL) |
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Harris |
Beth Yeshurun Synagogue (RTHL) |
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Harris |
African American Library at the Gregory School |
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Harris |
Bob Harris Station, Federal Post Office (RTHL) |
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Harrison |
C.G. Lancaster |
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Harrison |
Fred Lewis |
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Hays |
Riverhead Farm |
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Hays |
Kyle Depot (RTHL) |
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Hays |
La Sociedad Mutualista de Cuauhtémoc |
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Jasper |
First Baptist Church of Buna |
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Kendall |
The Pinta Trail Crossing of the Guardalupe River |
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Kaufman |
Pleasant Grove Cemetery (HTC) |
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Kerr |
Methodist Encampment Community |
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Kerr |
Glen Rest Cemetery (HTC) |
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Liberty |
Yettie Kersting |
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Liberty |
Annie Colbert - Rosenwald School |
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Liberty |
Ryan Cemetery (HTC) |
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Lavaca |
Queen of Peace Catholic Church |
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Lavaca |
Dr. Hugo J. Strieder |
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Lavaca |
Katolika Jednota Zen Texaskych Catholic Women's Fraternal of Texas |
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Lavaca |
The Patek Orchestras |
|
Lavaca |
Bluecher Park and Dance Hall |
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Live Oak |
First Baptist Church of George West |
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Live Oak |
Don Victoriano and Don Prisciliano Chapa (1812-1919) |
|
Leon |
Greer Family Cemetery (HTC) |
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Lamar |
Sanitarium of Paris |
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Lamar |
Jefferies Wagon Yard |
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Limestone |
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church |
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Lubbock |
Texas Tech Alumni Association |
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Lubbock |
St. John's United Methodist Church |
|
Lubbock |
County Line Community |
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Lubbock |
The Fujita Scale |
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Madison |
Ten Mile Cemetery (HTC) |
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Medina |
Hondo Army Air Field |
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McLennan |
The Grange |
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Marion |
1897 Howe Truss Train Trestle (RTHL) |
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Montague |
Bob Stone Confederate Camp |
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Nacogdoches |
Immaculate Conception Cemetery (HTC) |
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Nacogdoches |
Nacogdoches Veterans of War of 1812 |
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Nueces |
James Downing |
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Nueces |
Del Mar College |
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Nueces |
Robstown's Vegetable Growing and Railroad Shipping History |
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Navarro |
Braniff International Flight 352 |
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Polk |
James M. Parker, Jr., Doolittle Raider |
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Panola |
Panola College |
|
Parker |
Bud Clark Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Parker |
Blue-Jones House (RTHL) |
|
Parker |
Bear Creek Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Randall |
The Sad Monkey Railroad |
|
Randall |
J. Evetts Haley in Canyon |
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Rusk |
Elderville Cemetery (HTC) |
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Red River |
James & Andrew Jackson Titus |
|
Red River |
Savannah Cemetery (HTC) |
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Robertson |
Wheelock School House (RTHL) |
|
Sabine |
McMahan Chapel Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Smith |
Carmel Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Smith |
Bascom United Methodist Church |
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San Saba |
Regency Suspension Bridge (RTHL) |
|
San Saba |
St. Luke's Episcopal Church |
|
Taylor |
Hardin-Simmons University Campus Triangle (HTC) |
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Trinity |
Zion Hill Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Tarrant |
Fountain G. and Mary Oxsheer House (RTHL) |
|
Tarrant |
Vinnedge-Loicano House (RTHL) |
|
Tarrant |
Kennedale First United Methodist Church |
|
Tarrant |
Woody-Kutch Livestock Commission Company 1923-1981 |
|
Tarrant |
Thompson Public Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Tarrant |
Site of the First Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of TX |
|
Tarrant |
Daggett's Crossing |
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Travis |
Montopolis |
|
Van Zandt |
Morton Salt Company in Grand Saline |
|
Walker |
Pine Prairie Free Will Baptist Church and Cemetery |
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Wichita |
Saint John Baptist Church |
|
Wichita |
Mytinger-Richardson House (RTHL) |
|
Wood |
Webster Community |
|
Wood |
The Historic Steel Truss Bridge |
|
Wharton |
Old Jerusalem Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Wharton |
Louise State Bank Building |
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Wharton |
Wharton Training School |
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Wharton |
Wharton County Library |
|
Williamson |
Post Oak Island |
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Wise |
Old U.S. Post Office - Depression Era Projects in Wise County |
|
Wise |
Bridgeport Schools |
|
Washington |
Farquhar Cemetery (HTC) |
|
Washington |
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Association |
