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Location of Boone County in Indiana

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

This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Boone 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 10 historical markers located in Boone County.[1]

Historical markers

Marker title Image Year placed Location Topics
Indian Cemetery/Eel River Tribe of Miamis[2] 1961 Northern side of State Road 47, 0.5 miles east of Thorntown
40°7′42.6″N 86°35′39.6″W / 40.128500°N 86.594333°W / 40.128500; -86.594333 (Indian Cemetery/Eel River Tribe of Miamis)
Cemetery, American Indian/Native American
Patrick H. Sullivan 1794-1879[3] 1962 225 W. Hawthorne at the P.H. Sullivan Museum in Zionsville
39°56′55″N 86°15′45″W / 39.94861°N 86.26250°W / 39.94861; -86.26250 (Patrick H. Sullivan 1794-1879)
Early Settlement and Exploration, Military
Geographical Center of Indiana[4]

(Marker no longer standing)

1966 US 421, 1.5 miles north of SR 334, Zionsville Geography
Michigan Road[5] 1966 Western side of U.S. Route 421 north of 121st Street, north and east of Zionsville
39°57′50″N 86°14′53.5″W / 39.96389°N 86.248194°W / 39.96389; -86.248194 (Michigan Road)
Transportation, American Indian/Native American
The Boone County REMC[6] 1985 Interstate 65 northbound rest stop, 1 mile north of the State Road 47 interchange at Exit 146, and 7.5 miles north of Lebanon
40°9′27″N 86°32′15″W / 40.15750°N 86.53750°W / 40.15750; -86.53750 (The Boone County REMC)
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Business, Industry, and Labor
The Boone County REMC[7] 1985 Interstate 65 northbound rest stop, 1.5 miles north of the State Road 47 interchange at Exit 146, and 7.5 miles north of Lebanon
40°10′18″N 86°33′9″W / 40.17167°N 86.55250°W / 40.17167; -86.55250 (The Boone County REMC)
Science, Medicine, and Inventions, Business, Industry, and Labor
Samuel M. Ralston[8] 2018 104 E. Washington St., Lebanon
40°2′54.17″N 86°28′4.26″W / 40.0483806°N 86.4678500°W / 40.0483806; -86.4678500 (Samuel M. Ralston)
Government
Sugar Creek Community[9] 2019 Colored Cemetery location, 6770 North 825 West, Thorntown
40°8′30″N 86°37′43″W / 40.14167°N 86.62861°W / 40.14167; -86.62861 (Sugar Creek Community Marker)
Early Settlement, African American
Herman B Wells[10] 2020 2 W. Main St., Jamestown
39°55′33.81″N 86°37′40″W / 39.9260583°N 86.62778°W / 39.9260583; -86.62778 (Herman B Wells)
Education
Henry C. Ulen, 1871-1963[11] 2021 Ulen Country Club, 100 Country Club Dr., Lebanon
40°4′0.27″N 86°27′57.51″W / 40.0667417°N 86.4659750°W / 40.0667417; -86.4659750 (Henry C. Ulen)
Buildings and Architecture; Business, Industry, and Labor; Transportation

See also

References

  1. ^ "Indiana Historical Markers by County". State of Indiana. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ^ Indian Cemetery/Eel River Tribe of Miamis, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  3. ^ Patrick H. Sullivan 1794-1879, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  4. ^ IHB (2020-12-15). "Geographical Center of Indiana". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  5. ^ Michigan Road, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  6. ^ The Boone County REMC, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  7. ^ The Boone County REMC, Indiana Historical Bureau, n.d. Accessed 2012-03-14.
  8. ^ IHB (2020-12-15). "Samuel M. Ralston". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  9. ^ IHB (2020-12-15). "Sugar Creek Community". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  10. ^ IHB (2020-12-15). "Herman B Wells". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  11. ^ IHB (2021-12-09). "Henry C. Ulen, 1871-1963". IHB. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

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