Markers & CemeteriesSample data for demonstration
Tennessee's historical markers and historic cemeteries, statewide. Records shown are sample data for the demo. Cemetery locations are approximate — exact GPS is withheld for preservation. For one county's full list, visit that county's page.
Propose a historical marker →Beale Street
goodShelby County
Beale Street in Memphis is a foundational home of the blues, associated with W. C. Handy, the 'Father of the Blues.'
Sullivan County
Blountville, the Sullivan County seat, retains one of Tennessee's notable concentrations of early log and frame structures.
Bristol Sessions
goodSullivan County
The 1927 Bristol Sessions, recorded here, launched the commercial recording of country music and are remembered as the genre's foundational sessions.
Washington County
Founded in 1779, Jonesborough is the oldest town in Tennessee and served as a capital of the lost State of Franklin.
Sullivan County
A sacred site of the Cherokee and a key treaty ground on the colonial frontier along the Holston River.
Shelby County
The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, is now the National Civil Rights Museum.
Roan Mountain
goodCarter County
Roan Mountain preserves the world's largest natural rhododendron gardens along the Appalachian highlands.
Rocky Mount
goodSullivan County
Rocky Mount served as the first capital of the Southwest Territory, 1790–1792, under Governor William Blount.
Ryman Auditorium
goodDavidson County
The Ryman Auditorium, the 'Mother Church of Country Music,' was the longtime home of the Grand Ole Opry.
Washington County
The State of Franklin (1784–1788), an early attempt at statehood, was centered in Jonesborough before Tennessee statehood in 1796.
Sun Studio
fairShelby County
Sun Studio in Memphis recorded early rock and roll, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins.
Sycamore Shoals
goodCarter County
Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River was the mustering ground of the Overmountain Men before the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
Davidson County
The Tennessee State Capitol, completed in 1859, is a National Historic Landmark and the seat of state government since 1843.
The Hermitage
goodDavidson County
The Hermitage was the plantation home of President Andrew Jackson and is a National Historic Landmark.
Washington County
Tipton-Haynes preserves frontier and antebellum buildings tied to the 1788 Battle of the State of Franklin between John Tipton and John Sevier.
Carter County
The Watauga Association (1772), one of the earliest self-governing bodies west of the Appalachians, organized in this area.
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