On foot · County in Missouri
Monuments and Memorials in Pike County, MO
Monuments, statues and memorials near you, with what each was built to remember and when.
Architecture is history you can still walk into. Pike County is one of 115 counties in Missouri. The trick is knowing which doors have a story behind them.
On the record near Pike County, MO
The 12 nearest
14 listed sites on the record match monuments and memorials within 200 miles of Pike County, MO, out of 23 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles. 17 listed sites carry Pike County as their county.
- Fountain Creek Bridge88 miles from the center of Pike County · Structure · Waterloo · listed 1978National Register of Historic Places
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall124 miles from the center of Pike County · Building · Peoria · listed 1976National Register of Historic Places
- Chief Wapello's Memorial Park127 miles from the center of Pike County · Site · Agency · listed 1975National Register of Historic Places
- Petersen, W. D., Memorial Music Pavillion152 miles from the center of Pike County · Structure · Davenport · listed 1983National Register of Historic Places
- Dillon Memorial152 miles from the center of Pike County · Structure · Davenport · listed 1983National Register of Historic Places
- Smith, Tina Weedon, Memorial Hall164 miles from the center of Pike County · Building · Urbana · listed 1996National Register of Historic Places
- Lincoln (Statue)165 miles from the center of Pike County · Object · Urbana · listed 2004National Register of Historic Places
- Memorial Bandstand of Long Point165 miles from the center of Pike County · Structure · Long Point · listed 2023National Register of Historic Places
- Broadway and North Fountain Street Historic District167 miles from the center of Pike County · District · Cape Girardeau · listed 2003National Register of Historic Places
- Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch186 miles from the center of Pike County · Structure · Kansas City · listed 1977National Register of Historic Places
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building187 miles from the center of Pike County · Building · Kansas City · listed 1985National Register of Historic Places
- Scott, Charles Smith, Memorial Observatory189 miles from the center of Pike County · Building · Parkville · listed 1992National Register of Historic Places
Distances are straight-line from the center of Pike County, MO. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.
Monuments in Pike County, step by step
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See every listed site of this kind in the area
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Sort by distance and pick the closest few
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Read the record for the year, the builder and the use
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View from the public way and note what has changed
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Collect the set and move on to the next county
What people in Pike County, MO ask first
How much does it cost to visit these sites in Pike County, MO?
Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.
Where does the information on these sites come from?
From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.
Are these buildings open to the public?
Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.
What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?
It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.
How a visit works in Pike County
- Step 1
Find the place
Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Pike County, MO the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.
- Step 2
Read the story
The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.
- Step 3
Get there under your own power
Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Pike County, MO are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.
- Step 4
Collect it and come back
Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.
The rules that make it work
The record comes first
Every site on these pages comes from a published register or marker program, with its source named. Nothing is listed that is not on the record.
Read the whole story
A marker is a few lines on a post. The story behind it is longer, and it includes the hard parts. Both are worth the stop.
Movement makes it stick
People remember the places they walked to. A route through five markers teaches more than fifty marker pages read on a couch.
Local beats famous
The marker two streets over usually has a better story than the one in the guidebook, and nobody else is standing in front of it.
Respect the ground
Many sites are private homes, working churches or cemeteries. View from the public way, follow posted hours, and leave it as you found it.
Every visitor can improve it
Markers go missing, get moved, or carry mistakes. A photo or a location fix from the person standing there is how the record stays right.
