Waco Heritage Trails

Credits

Where everything here came from.

Data sources

Designations, addresses, marker numbers and dates
Texas Historical Commission Atlas — the State of Texas's official designation database, exported for McLennan County (county identifier 161) on 27 July 2026. This covers the National Register of Historic Places listings, Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks, State Antiquities Landmarks, official historical markers and the state museum register.
County boundary, rivers, lakes and town outlines
United States Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundary files (2023) and TIGER/Line hydrography (2024). Public domain. The map on this site is drawn directly from those files rather than from a commercial map service, which is why it loads instantly and works without an internet connection to a tile server.
Positions of individual destinations
OpenStreetMap contributors, via the Nominatim geocoding service. Open Database Licence. Two destinations could only be resolved to their nearest town and are labelled approximate location throughout the site.
Population and tourism context
United States Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Not displayed on this site; used in the accompanying research.

Images

Every photograph on this site is either in the public domain or published under a Creative Commons licence, and is hosted on this site rather than linked from elsewhere. Where a licence requires attribution, the photographer is named below. Where a licence is share-alike, any reuse of that image must carry the same licence.

ImagePhotographer or source LicenceUsed for
ALICO Building-01.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0ALICO Building, and Downtown Waco Walk
Austin Avenue at Eighth Street-Waco, Texas.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0Front page, downtown section
Baylor Science Building (panoramic picture) - Baylor University, Waco, Texas.jpgLpret (talk) (Uploads)Public domainBaylor University
Gas works and Brazos River at Waco River, by Jackson & Knight.jpgJackson & Knight -- PhotographerPublic domainFront page, provenance section
Waco June 2016 06 (Brazos River).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0The Brazos today
Waco June 2016 06 (Brazos River).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Cameron Park, Lover's Leap and Proctor Springs
The historic Waco Suspension Bridge, now a pedestrian and bicyclists' bridge across tCarol M. HighsmithPublic domainFront page hero
The Legend of Lovers' Leap and An Historical Sketch of Waco, Texas - Waco Suspension Bridge.jpgUnknown authorUnknown authorPublic domainHistoric engraving
Armstrong browning library baylor 2014.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Armstrong Browning Library, and Baylor and the Big Museums
Waco June 2016 88 (Cameron Park Zoo).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Cameron Park
The Cottonland Castle Northeast Elevation 2019.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Cottonland Castle
Texas Cotton Palace Exposition, Main Buildings, Waco, Texas, November 2 to 17, 1912 (30315728002).jpgSMU Central University LibrariesNo restrictionsSite of the Old Texas Cotton Palace
McLennan County Courthouse-002.jpgMyotusCC0McLennan County Courthouse
Part of Robert Summers's sculpture, "The Waco Chisholm Trail Heritage," near the histCarol M. HighsmithPublic domainFront page, crossings section
The Trains Just as They Struck, Views of the Head End Collision at Crush, Texas (cropped).jpgJervis C. Deane (b. 1860)Public domainThe Crash at Crush
Jacob De Cordova TxHM.jpgQuesterMarkCC BY-SA 2.0Jacob De Cordova
Doris (Dorie) Miller in uniform at Pearl Harbor (10006682).jpgEmerson Emory PapersCC0Doris Miller Memorial
Downtown Waco, Texas (47622943371).jpgTony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesCC BY 2.0Front page, downtown section
Dr Pepper Museum June 2024 1 Waco Texas.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Dr Pepper Museum
Earle napier kinnard house 2009.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Earle-Napier-Kinnard House
Magnolia Table Waco Texas 2024.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Elite Cafe
Waco June 2016 73 (Fort House).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Fort House
Waco June 2016 84 (Hebrew Rest Cemetery).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Hebrew Rest
Waco Suspension Bridge at night.JPG10chumphreysCC BY-SA 3.0Front page hero, and The River Route
Waco hippodrome 2008.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Waco Hippodrome
USACE Waco Lake and Dam.jpgU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknownPublic domainLake Waco
Lee Lockwood Library and Museum-001.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0Lee Lockwood Library and Museum
Waco mammoth site QRT.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Waco Mammoth National Monument, and Ice Age and Open Land
Baylor University June 2016 75 (Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Martin Museum of Art
Waco June 2016 22 (Grand Lodge of Texas).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Masonic Grand Lodge Library and Museum of Texas
Mayborn Museum.jpgUser:AboxorocksPublic domainMayborn Museum Complex
McCulloch House Museum, Waco, Texas.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0McCulloch House
Downtown McGregor Wiki (1 of 1).jpgRenelibraryCC BY-SA 4.0McGregor
Branch Davidian Compound Near Waco.jpgthe Federal Bureau of InvestigationPublic domainMount Carmel Center and the Branch Davidian Memorial
Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas.pngUnknown authorUnknown authorPublic domainPaul Quinn College, and African American Heritage
"Texas Ranger," San Antonio artist Don Hunt's sculpture of a 19th-Century ranger on horseback at the entrance to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas LCCN2014633944.tifCarol M. HighsmithPublic domainTexas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
Red men museum 2012.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Red Men Museum and Library
Waco June 2016 10 (Waco Riverwalk).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Front page, the river
Silos Baking Magnolia Market Waco Texas 2024.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Out in the County
Texas sports hall of fame 2008.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Texas Sports Hall of Fame
St James Methodist Episcopal Church Waco Texas 2021.jpgLarry D. MooreCC BY 4.0Saint James United Methodist Church
Taylor Museum of Waco History-01.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0Helen Marie Taylor Museum of Waco History
Taylor Museum of Waco History-02.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0The Taylor Museum, issuing page
Taylor Museum of Waco History-03.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0The Taylor Museum, issuing page
1953 Downtown Waco damage.webpJIMMIE WILLISPublic domainThe Waco Tornado Memorial Marker
Waco, Texas 1892. LOC 75696606.jpgWestyard, A. L.; D.W. Ensign & Co.Public domainFront page, 1892 bird's-eye view
Jesse Washington Lynching Historic Marker, Waco City Hall-01.jpgMyotusCC BY 4.0The Jesse Washington memorial marker
West-tx2015-3.jpgDarrylpearsonCC BY-SA 4.0History of West Museum
Waco June 2016 89 (Cameron Park Zoo).jpgMichael BareraCC BY-SA 4.0Cameron Park Zoo

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