Markers

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission maintains a list of historical markers to capture the memory of people, places, events, and innovations.

In Search, the Markers tab provides basic search fields as shown below. You do not need to fill all of them. If you enter search terms in multiple fields, only results that exactly match all of your search terms will be returned. Letters can be upper or lower case. In text fields, partial search terms are acceptable.

Click the Search button in the lower left corner to apply your search terms. The Results tab will display your search results. Click the View, Go To, or Zoom buttons next to a marker result to open a popup window about the marker, go to the Marker Details page, or Zoom to the Marker point on the map.

The Markers tab on the Search page contains various fields to input your search:

•Marker Number: PA SHPO’s identifying number for markers. This number is in the format 2021HM00157, where 2021 is a 4-digit year (2021 in this example) and 00157 is a 5-digit sequence number.

•Marker Title: The title of the marker. Since spelling or naming conventions may differ, you may wish to enter only part of the name to increase the chance of finding a match.

•Marker Text: The text of the marker. You may wish to enter only part of the description to increase the chance of finding a match.

•Municipality: The Municipality to in which the marker is located.

Additional fields are available to include in a search for Markers in Advanced Search.