This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Clark County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Clark 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 17 historical markers located in Clark County. [1]
Marker title | Image | Year placed | Location | Topics |
---|---|---|---|---|
Clarksville [2] | 1940s | Junction of Clark Boulevard and Harrison Avenue on a landscaped median in
Clarksville 38°17′12″N 85°45′47.4″W / 38.28667°N 85.763167°W |
Early Settlement and Exploration, Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns | |
Civil War Hospital [3] | 1962 | Northeastern lawn of 301 Park Place at Crestview, at the Holt Masonic Orphan's Home in the Port Fulton neighborhood of
Jeffersonville 38°16′56″N 85°43′16″W / 38.28222°N 85.72111°W |
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Military | |
General Jefferson C. Davis 1828-1879 [4] | 1963 | Junction of
U.S. Route 31 and Court Street in
Memphis 38°29′0″N 85°45′46.6″W / 38.48333°N 85.762944°W |
Military | |
Grave of Jonathan Jennings 1784-1834 (two blocks east) [5] | 1966 | Market Street/
State Road 3 at Pleasant Street in
Charlestown 38°26′46″N 85°39′53″W / 38.44611°N 85.66472°W |
Politics | |
Birthplace and Childhood Home of Col. Harland Sanders [6] | 1987 | Southern side of
State Road 160 at Exit 16 from northbound
Interstate 65 at
Henryville 38°32′24″N 85°46′34″W / 38.54000°N 85.77611°W |
Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Lewis and Clark Expedition 1803-1806 [7] | 1991 |
Falls of the Ohio State Park near the
George Rogers Clark Homesite at 1200 S. Harrison Street in
Clarksville 38°17′13″N 85°46′34″W / 38.28694°N 85.77611°W |
Early Settlement and Exploration | |
Clark State Forest [8] | 1992 |
U.S. Route 31 within
Clark State Forest, 100 yards past the entrance on the southern side of a forest road north of
Henryville 38°33′11″N 85°46′0″W / 38.55306°N 85.76667°W |
Nature and Natural Disasters, Science, Medicine, and Inventions | |
Borden Institute Site [9] | 1995 | 301 West Street at a school drive, near
Borden and
New Providence 38°28′10″N 85°56′48″W / 38.46944°N 85.94667°W |
Education, Agriculture | |
Fern Grove and Rose Island Resorts [10] | 1998 |
State Road 62 at the entrance to
Charlestown State Park near
Charlestown 38°26′58″N 85°38′45″W / 38.44944°N 85.64583°W |
Arts and Culture, Nature and Natural Disasters, Military | |
Tunnel Mill [11] | 2001 | 3709 Tunnel Mill Road near
Charlestown 38°28′54″N 85°37′34″W / 38.48167°N 85.62611°W |
Business, Industry, and Labor, Nature and Natural Disasters | |
Indiana State Prison [12] | 2006 | 1400 block of S. Clark Boulevard in
Clarksville 38°16′28.2″N 85°45′8″W / 38.274500°N 85.75222°W |
Government Institutions, Buildings and Architecture, Women | |
Hannah Toliver [13] | 2008 | Junction of Pearl Street and Riverside Drive in
Jeffersonville 38°16′8″N 85°44′23″W / 38.26889°N 85.73972°W |
[none] | |
John Work Home and Mill [14] | 2012 | 3709 Tunnel Mill Road,
Charlestown 38°28′52″N 85°37′32″W / 38.48111°N 85.62556°W |
Early Settlement; Business, Industry and Labor; Buildings and Architecture | |
WWII Army Ammunition Plant [15] | 2017 | Along Corporate Drive, just southeast of the River Ridge Development Authority at 300 Corporate Drive, Utica | Business, Industry, and Labor; Military; Buildings and Architecture | |
Sterilization & Eugenics [16] | 2017 | 1410 S Clark Blvd, Clarksville | ||
Mary Garrett Hay [17] | 2021 | Charlestown City Square, intersection of Main St. and Short St., Charlestown | ||
"Colonel" Harland Sanders [18] | 2022 | Across the street from 6012 Zollman Rd.,
Henryville 38°32′48″N 85°42′37″W / 38.54667°N 85.71028°W |
Business, Industry, & Labor |
This is a list of the Indiana state historical markers in Clark County.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Clark 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 17 historical markers located in Clark County. [1]
Marker title | Image | Year placed | Location | Topics |
---|---|---|---|---|
Clarksville [2] | 1940s | Junction of Clark Boulevard and Harrison Avenue on a landscaped median in
Clarksville 38°17′12″N 85°45′47.4″W / 38.28667°N 85.763167°W |
Early Settlement and Exploration, Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns | |
Civil War Hospital [3] | 1962 | Northeastern lawn of 301 Park Place at Crestview, at the Holt Masonic Orphan's Home in the Port Fulton neighborhood of
Jeffersonville 38°16′56″N 85°43′16″W / 38.28222°N 85.72111°W |
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Military | |
General Jefferson C. Davis 1828-1879 [4] | 1963 | Junction of
U.S. Route 31 and Court Street in
Memphis 38°29′0″N 85°45′46.6″W / 38.48333°N 85.762944°W |
Military | |
Grave of Jonathan Jennings 1784-1834 (two blocks east) [5] | 1966 | Market Street/
State Road 3 at Pleasant Street in
Charlestown 38°26′46″N 85°39′53″W / 38.44611°N 85.66472°W |
Politics | |
Birthplace and Childhood Home of Col. Harland Sanders [6] | 1987 | Southern side of
State Road 160 at Exit 16 from northbound
Interstate 65 at
Henryville 38°32′24″N 85°46′34″W / 38.54000°N 85.77611°W |
Business, Industry, and Labor | |
Lewis and Clark Expedition 1803-1806 [7] | 1991 |
Falls of the Ohio State Park near the
George Rogers Clark Homesite at 1200 S. Harrison Street in
Clarksville 38°17′13″N 85°46′34″W / 38.28694°N 85.77611°W |
Early Settlement and Exploration | |
Clark State Forest [8] | 1992 |
U.S. Route 31 within
Clark State Forest, 100 yards past the entrance on the southern side of a forest road north of
Henryville 38°33′11″N 85°46′0″W / 38.55306°N 85.76667°W |
Nature and Natural Disasters, Science, Medicine, and Inventions | |
Borden Institute Site [9] | 1995 | 301 West Street at a school drive, near
Borden and
New Providence 38°28′10″N 85°56′48″W / 38.46944°N 85.94667°W |
Education, Agriculture | |
Fern Grove and Rose Island Resorts [10] | 1998 |
State Road 62 at the entrance to
Charlestown State Park near
Charlestown 38°26′58″N 85°38′45″W / 38.44944°N 85.64583°W |
Arts and Culture, Nature and Natural Disasters, Military | |
Tunnel Mill [11] | 2001 | 3709 Tunnel Mill Road near
Charlestown 38°28′54″N 85°37′34″W / 38.48167°N 85.62611°W |
Business, Industry, and Labor, Nature and Natural Disasters | |
Indiana State Prison [12] | 2006 | 1400 block of S. Clark Boulevard in
Clarksville 38°16′28.2″N 85°45′8″W / 38.274500°N 85.75222°W |
Government Institutions, Buildings and Architecture, Women | |
Hannah Toliver [13] | 2008 | Junction of Pearl Street and Riverside Drive in
Jeffersonville 38°16′8″N 85°44′23″W / 38.26889°N 85.73972°W |
[none] | |
John Work Home and Mill [14] | 2012 | 3709 Tunnel Mill Road,
Charlestown 38°28′52″N 85°37′32″W / 38.48111°N 85.62556°W |
Early Settlement; Business, Industry and Labor; Buildings and Architecture | |
WWII Army Ammunition Plant [15] | 2017 | Along Corporate Drive, just southeast of the River Ridge Development Authority at 300 Corporate Drive, Utica | Business, Industry, and Labor; Military; Buildings and Architecture | |
Sterilization & Eugenics [16] | 2017 | 1410 S Clark Blvd, Clarksville | ||
Mary Garrett Hay [17] | 2021 | Charlestown City Square, intersection of Main St. and Short St., Charlestown | ||
"Colonel" Harland Sanders [18] | 2022 | Across the street from 6012 Zollman Rd.,
Henryville 38°32′48″N 85°42′37″W / 38.54667°N 85.71028°W |
Business, Industry, & Labor |