Monument Inventory

Welcome to the Monument Inventory produced by Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia. Our interactive map allows you to explore more than 3,500 monuments across 43 counties and 14 independent cities that make up the Appalachian region of Virginia.

Embracing Monument Lab’s broad definition of a monument as “a statement of power and presence in public,” our Monument Inventory used publicly accessible websites to collect and categorize traditional and nontraditional monuments like statues, historical markers, interpretive signs, memorials, museums, murals, festivals, public art installations, and repurposed buildings. This study includes monuments that can be found online easily when applying the same internet-based search metrics to each county and city. 

Several broad blue brush strokes.

Monument Lab defines a monument as:

“a statement of power and presence in public.”

The entries are categorized based on monument type, demographic represented, and theme. This allows the public to better see what kinds of places, people, and ideas are represented on Appalachian Virginia’s cultural landscape.

Monuments Interactive Map