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This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Parke County.

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Parke County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as recorded by the Historical Bureau. There are 13 historical markers located in Parke County.


Historical markers

Marker title Image Year placed Location Topics
Wabash & Erie Canal Wabash and Erie Canal historical marker in Montezuma.jpg 1966 Median between U.S. Route 36 and Crawford Street near the Wabash River bridge in Montezuma
39°47′33.6″N 87°22′22″W / 39.792667°N 87.37278°W / 39.792667; -87.37278 (Wabash & Erie Canal)
Transportation, Business, Industry, and Labor
Armiesburg Armiesburg historical marker.jpg 1966 Western side of Lafayette Road (County Road 600W) south of U.S. Route 36 and north of Armiesburg
39°46′13″N 87°21′4.5″W / 39.77028°N 87.351250°W / 39.77028; -87.351250 (Armiesburg)
Military, Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns, Early Settlement and Exploration
Roseville 1966 Along the Mecca-Roseville Road by the Roseville Covered Bridge near Coxville
39°39′6.6″N 87°17′39″W / 39.651833°N 87.29417°W / 39.651833; -87.29417 (Roseville)
Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns, Early Settlement and Exploration
Boyhood home of J.G. "Uncle Joe" Cannon JGCannon.jpg 1966 County Road 50W at the southern edge of Annapolis, 1 mile north of Bloomingdale
39°51′0″N 87°14′59.6″W / 39.85000°N 87.249889°W / 39.85000; -87.249889 (Boyhood home of J.G. "Uncle Joe" Cannon)
Politics
10 O'Clock Line 1968 Along U.S. Route 41, 4 miles south of Rockville at a church and the junction of W. Mecca Road and County Road 325W
39°43′51″N 87°18′0″W / 39.73083°N 87.30000°W / 39.73083; -87.30000 (10 O'Clock Line)
American Indian/Native American, Early Settlement and Exploration
10 O'Clock Line 1968 Northern side of the covered bridge and dam in northern Bridgeton
39°39′2″N 87°10′34″W / 39.65056°N 87.17611°W / 39.65056; -87.17611 (10 O'Clock Line)
American Indian/Native American, Early Settlement and Exploration
Mansfield circa 1820 Mansfield circa 1820 historical marker.jpg 1968 West of the covered bridge in Mansfield
39°40′35″N 87°6′9″W / 39.67639°N 87.10250°W / 39.67639; -87.10250 (Mansfield circa 1820)
Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns
Turkey Run 1968 Southern side of State Road 47 at the entrance to Turkey Run State Park
39°52′55″N 87°12′7″W / 39.88194°N 87.20194°W / 39.88194; -87.20194 (Turkey Run)
Nature and Natural Disasters, Early Settlement and Exploration
Dennis Hall Dennis Hall in Bloomingdale.jpg 1970 Across from the Quaker meetinghouse on the southern edge of Bloomingdale
39°49′50.7″N 87°15′6″W / 39.830750°N 87.25167°W / 39.830750; -87.25167 (Dennis Hall)
Education, Religion
[Parke County Museum] 1975 Southern side of Ohio Street, 2 blocks east of the intersection of U.S. Routes 36 and 41 in Rockville
39°45′44″N 87°14′0″W / 39.76222°N 87.23333°W / 39.76222; -87.23333 ([Parke County Museum])
Arts and Culture, Buildings and Architecture
Portland Mills Covered Bridge Portlandmillsbridge1.jpg 1998 Along County Road 650N southwest of Waveland
39°51′39″N 87°5′20″W / 39.86083°N 87.08889°W / 39.86083; -87.08889 (Portland Mills Covered Bridge)
Transportation, Buildings and Architecture
Rockville Chautauqua Pavilion 2001 Beechwood Park at the junction of W. Pennsylvania and S. College Streets in southwestern Rockville
39°45′34″N 87°14′6″W / 39.75944°N 87.23500°W / 39.75944; -87.23500 (Rockville Chautauqua Pavilion)
Buildings and Architecture, Special Events
Christmas (Noel) Dagenet 2004 Western side of Lafayette Road (County Road 600W), 0.25 miles north of Armiesburg
39°45′47″N 87°21′4.6″W / 39.76306°N 87.351278°W / 39.76306; -87.351278 (Christmas (Noel) Dagenet)
Politics, American Indian/Native American
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