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The link below is to an Excel file which contains information on all Dallas County Historical Markers, including the marker text and location. You can view the file in your browser by clicking on the link, or you can download the file by following the instructions for your browser.

Dallas County Markers (300KB)

The abbreviations used in the "Codes" column are:

[AA] = African American topics (often used in conjunction with another code)
[AC] = archeology - pre-historic and historic archeological sites (see [NA] for historic Native American/Indian topics)
[AD] = Art Deco [architectural style]
[AG] = agriculture, general (not specific farms, ranches, or plantations); includes cultivation of the soil, production of crops, livestock raising not including cattle, land conservation, and land management; use in conjunction with [BG] to code agricultural buildings
[AL] = Alsatian immigrants/immigration
[AM] = African Methodist Episcopal or Colored/Christian Methodist Episcopal (AME/CME) denominations; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [BE], [RL]
[AN] = animals; wild or domestic, not including cattle
[AR] = artists; folk or fine artists (painters, sculptors, etc.); does not include literature or architecture
[AS] = Asian topics, general (see specific codes for Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese)
[AT] = Arts and Crafts [architectural style]
[AU] = automobile topics (use in conjunction with [IN] to denote tourist courts, or with [BC] to denote dealerships or with [OL] to denote gas stations)
[AV] = aviation; includes aeronautical and space exploration topics, including prominent individuals in these fields; does not include astronomy
[AY] = astronomy
[BA] = Beaux Arts [architectural style]
[BC] = commercial buildings (includes bank buildings, mercantiles, office buildings)
[BE] = ecclesiastical buildings (churches, cathedrals, synagogues, convents, rectories, manses)
[BF] = factories, industrial buildings
[BG] = buildings; this is a very general code - check all specific codes carefully before selecting; must always be used in conjunction with secondary or tertiary clarifying codes, such as [BC], [BH], etc.
[BH] = houses, residential buildings (includes apartment buildings)
[BI] = institutional buildings (includes asylums, hospital buildings, orphanages, fraternal buildings, libraries, club buildings)
[BK] = banks, bankers, banking topics; use in conjunction with [BC] (commercial buildings) to indicate bank building
[BN] = Bungalow [architectural style]
[BP] = Baptist denomination; includes Missionary Baptist churches, Baptist associations; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [BE], [RL]
[BR] = bridges
[BS] = bandstands, public-speaking kiosks or stands (such as those found in public plazas)
[BT] = boats, ships, ferries, barges, and other marine vessels; does not include waterways
[BU] = business topics, general (could include companies, business leaders)
[BY] = botany; flowers, wild and domestic plants (as distinct from agriculture)
[CA] = cattle, cattle industry topics (brands, cattle drives, stockyards, cattle trails) does not include ranches, cowboys and cattlemen, or rodeos
[CB] = cabins, log houses
[CC] = Church of Christ denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [BE], [RL]
[CF] = Craftsman [architectural style]
[CG] = Carpenter Gothic [architectural style]
[CH] = churches; generally refers to church congregations; use in conjunction with denominational codes as available; does not include clergy [RL] or buildings [BE]
[CI] = Chinese immigrants/immigration
[CL] = colonization (replaces earlier code for empresarios); early colonizers, those who bring settlers into an area designated for settlement and development
[CM] = camp meetings; religious, social, military, political meetings, reunions, picnics; most commonly religious camp grounds, but can include chatauquas
[CN] = Colonial Revival [architectural style]
[CO] = counties; formation and development of a county, county seat elections
[CR] = Christian (Disciples of Christ) denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [BE], [RL]
[CS] = communications; radio, television, telegraph, computers; does not include newspapers, transportation, postal services
[CT] = courthouses; refers only to the structure (or site of a structure) that houses county government; does not refer to other county-related topic
[CV] = Civil War; generally used as a clarifying code with [ML]
[CW] = cowboys; individuals, including cattlemen (this is a code that distinguishes individuals from structures, places, events related to cattle industry)
[CY] = cities and towns; does not include ghost towns
[CZ] = Czech immigrants/immigration
[DC] = design and construction; individuals, processes, styles related to the design and construction of structures, such as architects, carpentry, cabinetry, lime kilns, brick kilns, architectural styles; does not include lumber or steel topics
[DG] = dugouts, sod houses, storm cellars
[DP] = railroad depots
[DS] = disasters, industrial/human-made (use [WT] for natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes
[DU] = duels, shoot-outs
[EA] = Eastlake [architectural style]
[EB] = educational buildings (includes schoolhouses, university campus buildings)
[ED] = educational topics; academies, schools, colleges, universities, teachers, educators; does not include special institutions such as orphanages or state schools for the handicapped; may be used in conjunction with other codes such as those for buildings
[EG] = engineering topics (dams, moonlight towers, etc.)
[EN] = English immigrants/immigration
EP = Episcopal denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [BE], [RL]
EX = exploration and expeditions; does not include cattle trails or early roads; usually will refer to early Spanish and French expeditions; does not include military expedition
FC = French immigrants/immigration
FD = fires and fire departments (use in conjunction with [BI] for fire stations)
[FL] = flags
[FM] = farms; land devoted to agricultural purposes (excluding ranches and plantations), includes special farms, such as fish hatcheries; does not include poor farms
[FN] = fences
[FO] = fraternal organizations; includes hunting clubs, does not include women's clubs [WC]
[FP] = federal programs; governmental programs such as the CCC, WPA, etc.
[FR] = fairs and festivals
[FS] = Four Square [architectural style]
[FT] = forts; includes stockades and other fortified structures
[FU] = funeral homes, undertakers
[GC] = Gothic Revival [architectural style]
[GE] = geology; includes any topic related to the history of the earth as recorded in rock, as well as geological features (caverns, canyons, etc.) and mines and mining; does not include iron mines or oil topics or mountains
[GK] = Greek Revival [architectural style]
[GM] = government officials; usually used in conjunction with a clarifying code to denote level of service
[GN] = German immigrants/immigration
[GO] = Georgian Revival [architectural style]
[GR] = grave sites; use [AC] for archeological burial sites
[GT] = ghost towns
[GV] = governors
[GY] = graveyards; cemeteries, not individual graves
[HO] = hospitals; includes medical clinics, research facilities; does not include doctors or health resorts; use in conjunction with [BI] for hospital buildings
[HR] = health resorts; resorts such as hot springs; does not refer to medical clinics
[IA] = Italian immigrants/immigration
[ID] = islands
[IL] = International [architectural style]
[IM] = immigration (replaces EU/European); generally used in conjunction with secondary or tertiary clarifying codes
[IN] = inns, hotels, motels; may be used with other codes to indicate special properties such as stagecoach inns [SG] or railroad inns [RR] or tourist courts [AU]
[IR] = Irish immigrants/immigration
[IS] = iron and steel; includes iron mining, steel industry
[IT] = Italianate [architectural style]
[IV] = inventors and inventions, as distinguished from scientific discoveries
[JA] = jails and prisons
[JL] = journalists
[JP] = Japanese immigrants/immigration
[JU] = judges, at all levels from local to national
[JW] = Jewish topics; refers to ethnicity as well as religion; often used in conjunction with other codes such as [BE] for synagogues or [RL] for rabbis
[KO] = Korean War
[LA] = labor topics; labor unions; labor leaders
[LB] = lumber topics; forests, trees, lumber mills and sawmills, recreational and commercial exploitation of forests and trees, conservation efforts
[LD] = land development; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns
[LE] = law enforcement
[LG] = land grants
[LI] = libraries; use in conjunction with [BI] to denote library buildings
[LT] = lighthouses
[LU] = Lutheran denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [RE], [RL]
[LV] = livery stables; includes wagon yards, public corrals, blacksmith shops
[LW] = law and lawyers; does not include judges [JU] or law enforcement officers [OF]
[MA] = media
[MC] = Mexican immigrants/immigration
[MD] = medical topics and physicians; does not include facilities such as hospitals, clinics, health resorts; may include epidemics
[ME] = Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [BE], [RL]
[MG] = manufacturing topics; all manufacturing topics not given specific codes (e.g., does not include oil industry, lumber industry, iron and steel industry, building construction, textile mills)
[MH] = merchants
[MI] = Mission [architectural style; see [MN] for mission sites]
[MK] = markets, mercantiles; does not include public market places such as farmers markets or mercantile buildings
[ML] = military topics; armies, battles, battle sites, military units, military expeditions, soldiers, veterans, wars; may be used in conjunction with [AV] for military aviation; do not use for forts; should be used in conjunction with secondary codes for specific wars:
[MM] = museums; museums of all types, including art, history, natural science, etc.; does not include buildings that later became museums
[MN] = missions
[MO] = monuments; structures erected to commemorate an event, person, topic
[MR] = Mediterranean [architectural style]
[MS] = mills - textile, fiber, gristmills, cotton gins; does not include steel mills or sawmills
[MT] = mountains and mountain passes; may be used in conjunction with other codes for more specific sites (e.g., [MT], [RR] for railroad mountain pass)
[MU] = music; does not include opera houses, bandstands, theaters
[MW] = Mexican War
[NA] = Native Americans; sites, individuals, groups, related topics
[NB] = neighborhoods
[NC] = Neoclassical [architectural style]
[NR] = Norwegian immigrants/immigration
[NW] = newspapers
[OC] = county official
[OF] = local law enforcement officers; does not include sheriffs or rangers
[OL] = oil/petroleum topics; includes oil wells, oil fields, boom towns, petroleum products and related oil industry topics
[OM] = municipal official
[ON] = national/federal official
[OP] = opera houses and theaters
[OR] = orphanages; includes state schools, foundling institutions, asylums, public homes, etc.; use in conjunction with [BI] to code historic orphanage buildings
[OS] = state official
[OU] = outlaws
[PC] = politics; political parties, organizations; political topics
[PF] = poor farms
[PH] = Polish immigrants/immigration
[PI] = pioneers; refers to individuals and families, not settlements
[PL] = plantations; usually associated with pre-Civil War period
[PK] = parks; includes plazas, public squares, public marketplaces, state and national parks
[PO] = post office; includes postal routes; use in conjunction with [BI] for historic post office buildings
[PR] = Presbyterian denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [RE], [RL]
[PS] = Prairie School [architectural style]
[PT] = ports
[QA] = Queen Anne [architectural style]
[RC] = Roman Catholic denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [RE], [RL]
[RD] = roads; includes traces, paths, highways; does not include cattle trails, stagecoach routes, postal routes, railroads; does not include individually marked bridges, but does include fords and crossings
[RE] = religious topics, general
[RG] = rangers; includes Texas Rangers, border patrol; does not include sheriffs, local law enforcement officers, military ranger companies
[RL] = religious leaders; includes ministers, missionaries, priests, bishops, rabbis, etc.
[RM] = Art Moderne [architectural style]
[RN] = ranches/ranching; land and/or dwellings related to ranching
[RQ] = Romanesque/Richardsonian Romanesque [architectural style]
[RR] = railroad; includes railway companies, urban streetcar lines, interurbans, railroad construction topics; does not include railroad depots [DP]
[RS] = restaurants
[RU] = Russian immigrants/immigration
[RV] = Classical Revival [architectural style]
[SA] = Spanish American War
[SC] = scientific topics; all scientific topics not covered by specific codes; does not include botany, medical topics, geology, conservation
[SE] = French Second Empire [architectural style]
[SF] = sheriffs
[SG] = stagecoach routes, stands, etc.
[SH] = Shingle [architectural style]
[SI] = Spanish immigrants/immigration
[SK] = Stick [architectural style]
[SL] = Spanish Colonial Revival [architectural style]
[SM] = settlements; includes early colonies
[SN] = saloons
[SP] = sports topics; use in conjunction with other codes, such as [BG] for gyms/stadiums, CW for rodeos
[SR] = Spanish Renaissance Revival [architectural style]
[ST] = Scottish immigrants/immigration
[SW] = Swedish immigrants/immigration
[TI] = Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas
[TP] = trading posts, customs stations
[TR] = Tudor Revival [architectural style]
[UB] = United Brethren denomination; generally used in conjunction with another clarifying code such as [CH], [RE], [RL]
[VC] = Victorian [architectural term - a period/era, rather than a style]
[VI] = Vietnamese immigrants/immigration
[VN] = Vietnam War
[VR] = vernacular [architectural term]
[WA] = water topics; all waterways and related topics, such as coastal waterways, harbors, canals, creeks, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, dams; does not include boats, bridges, or hot springs developed as health resorts
[WC] = women's clubs; can be used with clarifying codes such as [FO] for auxiliary clubs or
[LI] for literary codes
[WI] = World War I
[WL] = wildlife management
[WN] = women, women's history topics; may include individuals as well as more general topics such as woman suffrage
[WR] = writers and poets; includes writers of all types except journalists [JL]
[WT] = weather topics; includes hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, dust storms, droughts
[WW] = World War II
[YO] = youth organizations

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