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List of historical societies in the United States

This is a partial list of historical and heritage societies in the United States.

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National societies

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State societies

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Main article: List of U.S. state historical societies and museums

Territorial societies

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Federal District societies

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See also: History of Washington, D.C.

County and local societies

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Alaska

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See also: History of Alaska

California

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See also: History of California

Colorado

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See also: History of Colorado

Connecticut

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See also: History of Connecticut

Delaware

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See also: History of Delaware

Florida

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See also: History of Florida

Georgia

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See also: History of Georgia (U.S. state)

Idaho

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See also: History of Idaho

Illinois

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See also: History of Illinois

Indiana

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See also: History of Indiana

Iowa

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See also: History of Iowa

Kansas

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See also: History of Kansas

Kentucky

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See also: History of Kentucky

Louisiana

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See also: History of Louisiana

Maine

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See also: History of Maine

Maryland

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See also: History of Maryland

Massachusetts

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See also: History of Massachusetts

Berkshire County

  • Adams Historical Society
  • Great Barrington Historical Society and Museum

Bristol County

Essex County

Franklin County

Hampden County

  • Agawam Historical Association[2]
  • Chicopee Historical Society[3]

Hampshire County

  • Amherst Historical Society[4]
  • Historic Northampton[5]

Middlesex County

  • Acton Historical Society
  • Arlington Historical Society
  • Chelmsford Historical Society
  • Groton Historical Society
  • Lexington Historical Society
  • Marlborough Historical Society

Norfolk County

Plymouth County

Suffolk County

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Michigan

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Main article: List of historical societies in Michigan

Minnesota

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Main article: List of historical societies in Minnesota

Missouri

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See also: History of Missouri

Nebraska

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See also: History of Nebraska

Nevada

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See also: History of Nevada
Name Established Headquarters
Austin Historical Society  
Carlin Historical Society  Mar 2018[15]Carlin[15]
Carson City Historical Society  
Churchill County Museum & Archives  
Douglas County Historical Society  
Nevada Historical Society  31 May 1904Reno
Northeastern Nevada Historical Society  Elko[16]
Sparks Heritage Museum & Cultural Center  1984[17]
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Historical Society  

New Hampshire

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See also: History of New Hampshire
Name Established Headquarters
Abbot-Downing Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Acworth Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Albany Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Alexandria Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Allenstown NH Historical Society  1994[18]
Alstead Historical Society, New Hampshire  1937[18]
Alton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Andover Historical Society, New Hampshire  1911[19]
Antrim Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Ashland Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Association for Rollinsford Culture & History, New Hampshire  
Atkinson Historical Society, New Hampshire  1954[18]
Auburn Historical Association, New Hampshire  
Barnstead Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Barrington Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Bartlett Historical Society, New Hampshire  2006[20]
Bath Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Bedford Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Belknap Mill Society, New Hampshire  1970[18]
Belmont Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Bennington Historical Society, New Hampshire  1980[18]
Berlin & Coos County Historical Society, New Hampshire  1992[18]
Boscawen Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Bradford Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Brentwood Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Bridgewater Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Campton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Canaan Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Canterbury Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Centre Harbor Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Charlestown Historical Society, New Hampshire  1978[18]
Chatham Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Chester Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Chesterfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  1974[21]
Claremont Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Cohos Historical Society, New Hampshire  2002[18]
Colebrook Area Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Concord Historical Society, New Hampshire  2003[22]
Conway Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Cornish Historical Society, New Hampshire  1976[18]
Croydon Historical Society, New Hampshire  1999[18]
Dalton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Danbury New Hampshire Historical Society  
Deerfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  1972[18]
Deering Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Dublin Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Dummer Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Dunbarton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Durham Historic Association, New Hampshire  
East Kingston Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Effingham Historical Society, New Hampshire  1953[18]
Enfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Epping Historical Society, New Hampshire  1971[18]
Exeter Historical Society, New Hampshire  1928[18]
Farmington Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Fitzwilliam Historical Society Inc.  1961[18]
Fort at #4 Association, New Hampshire  
Francestown Improvement & Historical Society, New Hampshire  1923[18]
Franklin Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Freedom Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Friends of Kingston Historical Museum Association, New Hampshire  
Friends of Pisgah, Inc., New Hampshire  
Gilmanton Historical Society, New Hampshire  1967[23]
Gilsum Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Goffstown Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Gorham Historical Society and Railroad Museum, New Hampshire  1973[18]
Goshen NH Historical Society  
Grantham Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Greenfield NH Historical Society  
Greenland Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Groton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Hampstead Historical Society, New Hampshire  1974[18]
Hampton Falls Historical Society, New Hampshire  1983[18]
Hampton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Hancock Historical Society, New Hampshire  1903[18]
Hanover Historical Society, New Hampshire  1961[24]
Haverhill Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Henniker Historical Society, New Hampshire  1971[25]
Hill Historical Society, New Hampshire  1982[18]
Hillsborough Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Hinsdale Historical Society, New Hampshire  1971[18]
Historic Harrisville, Inc., New Hampshire  1971[18]
Historical Society of Amherst, New Hampshire  1957[18]
Historical Society of Cheshire County, New Hampshire  1927[18]Keene[26]
Historical Society of Cheshire Cty, New Hampshire  
Historical Society of Kensington NH  
Historical Society of Temple New Hampshire  
Holderness Historical Society, New Hampshire  28 Aug 1961[27]
Hollis Historical Society, New Hampshire  13 Jun 1958[28]
Hopkinton Historical Society, New Hampshire  1859[29]
Hudson Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Isles of Shoals Historical & Research Association, New Hampshire  
Jackson Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Jaffrey Center Village Improvement Society, New Hampshire  1906[18]
Jaffrey Historical Society, New Hampshire  1958[18]
Jefferson Historical Society, New Hampshire  1977[18]
Johns Historical Hotel, New Hampshire  
Keene Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Kingston Improvement & Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Laconia Historical & Museum Society, New Hampshire  
Laconia Indian Historical Association, New Hampshire  
Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Lakes Region Heritage Roundtable, New Hampshire  
Lancaster Historical Society, New Hampshire  1907[18]
Lebanon Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Lee Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Lempster Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Lisbon Area Historical Society, New Hampshire  1964[18]
Littleton Area Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Londonderry Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Loudon Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Madbury Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Madison Historical Society, New Hampshire  1959[18]
Manchester Historic Association  1896[19]
Marlborough Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Marlow NH Historical Society  
Meredith Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Merrimack Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Merrimack Society of Genealogists, New Hampshire  
Milford Historical Society, New Hampshire  1895[18]
Monadnock Center for History and Culture  
Moultonborough Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Nashua Historical Society, New Hampshire  1870[30]
Natural History Conference, New Hampshire  
New Boston, New Hampshire Historical Society  1968[18]
New Castle Historical Society, New Hampshire  
New Durham Historical Society, New Hampshire  
New Hampshire Historical Society  1823[18]
New Hampshire Sled Dog Rescue History and Education Center  
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists  
New Hampshire Supreme Courthistorical Society  
New Hampton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
New Ipswich Historical Society, New Hampshire  
New London Historical Society, New Hampshire  1954[18]
Newbury Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Newington Historical Society, New Hampshire  1912[18]
Newport Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Newton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
North Hampton Historical Society, New Hampshire  1957[18]
Northumberland Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Northwood Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Nottingham Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Orford Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Ossipee Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Park Hill Meeting House Society, New Hampshire  
Pelham Historical Society  1963[18]
Pembroke Historical Society  1982[18]
Penacook Historical Society, New Hampshire  1995[18]
Pequawaket Historical League, New Hampshire  
Piermont Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Pittsburg NH Historical Society  1982[18]
Pittsfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Plainfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Plaistow Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Plymouth Historical Society, New Hampshire  1973[18]
Poore Family Farm Foundation, New Hampshire  
Portsmouth Historical Society, New Hampshire  1917[18]
Racing History Preservation Group, New Hampshire  
Raymond Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Richmond Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Rindge Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Rochester Historical Society, New Hampshire  1950[18]
Rockingham County Society of Genealogists, New Hampshire  
Rollinsford Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Rumney Historical Society, New Hampshire  1982[18]
Rye Historical Society, New Hampshire  1976[18]
Salem Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Salisbury Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Sanbornton Historical Document Foundation, New Hampshire  
Sanbornton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Sandown Historical Society and Museum, New Hampshire  
Sandwich Historical Society, New Hampshire  1917[18]
Shelburne Heritage Commission, New Hampshire  
Springfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  1985[18]
Stoddard Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Strafford County Genealogical Society, New Hampshire  
Strafford Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Sugar Hill Historical Museum, New Hampshire  
Sugar Hill Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Summersworth Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Sunapee Historical Society  1970[31]
Surry Historical Committee, New Hampshire  
Sutton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Swanzey Historical Museum, New Hampshire  
Tamworth Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Tamworth History Center, New Hampshire  1952[32]Tamworth[33]
Thompson Ames Historical Society, New Hampshire  1943[18]
Thornton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Township of Grafton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Township of Milton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Troy Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Tuftonboro Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Twin Mountain-Bretton Woods Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Unity NH Historical Society  
Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Village Improvement and Red Schoolhouse Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Wakefield Heritage Commission, New Hampshire  1979[18]
Wakefield-Brookfield Historical Society, New Hampshire  1949[18]
Walpole Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Warner Historical Society, New Hampshire  9 Dec 1932[34]
Warren Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Washington Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Washington NH Historical Society  
Waterville Valley Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Weare Historical Society, New Hampshire  1971[18]
Wentworth Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Westmoreland Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Whitefield Historical Society, New Hampshire  1982[18]
Wilmot Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Wilton Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Winchester Historical Society, New Hampshire  
Wolfeboro Historical Society, New Hampshire  

New Jersey

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See also: History of New Jersey

New Mexico

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See also: History of New Mexico

New York

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See also: History of New York (state)

North Carolina

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See also: History of North Carolina

Ohio

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See also: History of Ohio

Oklahoma

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See also: History of Oklahoma

Oregon

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See also: History of Oregon

Pennsylvania

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See also: History of Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

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See also: History of Rhode Island

South Carolina

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See also: History of South Carolina

Tennessee

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See also: History of Tennessee

Texas

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See also: History of Texas

Utah

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See also: History of Utah
  • Alta Historical Society
  • Cache Valley Historical Society
  • Delta County Historical Society
  • Draper Utah Historical Society
  • Fort Harmony Historical Society
  • Iron County Historical Society
  • Lehi Historical Society and Archives
  • Morgan County Historical Society
  • Park City Historical Society
  • Riverton Historical Society
  • Smithfield Historical Society
  • Summit County Historical Society
  • Tooele County Historical Society
  • Washington County Historical Society
  • West Jordan Historical Society
  • West Valley Historical Society

Vermont

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See also: History of Vermont

Virginia

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See also: History of Virginia

Washington

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See also: History of Washington (state)

Wisconsin

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Main article: List of historical societies in Wisconsin

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References

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  1. ^ "County historical societies", Maryland Manual On-Line, Maryland State Archives, retrieved 2024-07-23
  2. ^ "Agawam Historical Association — Commonwealth Historical Collaborative". Commonwealth Historical Collaborative. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ "About". Chicopee Historical Society. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Amherst Historical Society and Museum — Commonwealth Historical Collaborative". Commonwealth Historical Collaborative. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ "About". Historic Northampton. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "About". Alden Kindred of America. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ "By-Laws of BAHS&HM". BAHistory.org. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ^ Vanke, Jeffrey (October 1999). "The Historical Society's First Convention". Historical Speaking. 1 (1): 7. doi:10.1353/hsp.1999.0006. S2CID 159653823. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Historic". The Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  10. ^ "History of the Hyde Park Historical Society". HydeParkHistoricalSociety.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  11. ^ "About - Jamaica Plain Historical Society". JPHS.org. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Boston". NorthEndBoston.org. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Home". RoslindaleHistoricalSociety.org. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  14. ^ "About RHS - Roxbury Historical Society". RoxburyHistoricalSociety.org. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  15. ^ a b https://carlinhistoricalsociety.com/
  16. ^ http://www.museumelko.org/index.htm
  17. ^ https://archive.org/details/directoryofhisto0000unse_s7k3
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  19. ^ a b GRID Release 2017-05-22 (2017-05-22 ed.), 22 May 2017, doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.5032286, Wikidata Q30141628
  20. ^ https://www.bartletthistory.net/_files/ugd/fa72d9_c516218ba8a24b538f49d27be4d37ee8.pdf
  21. ^ https://www.chesterfieldhistoricalsociety-nh.org/blank-page3a0c26a8
  22. ^ https://concordhistoricalsociety.org/mission/
  23. ^ https://gilmantonhistoricalsociety.org/about-the-gilmanton-historical-society/
  24. ^ https://hanoverhistory.org/timeline-of-hanover-new-hampshire-history/
  25. ^ https://www.hennikerhistory.org/who-we-are
  26. ^ https://hsccnh.org/plan-a-visit/historical-society-of-cheshire-county-information/contact-us/
  27. ^ https://holdernesshistoricalsociety.org/
  28. ^ https://www.hollishistoricalsociety.org/about-us.html
  29. ^ https://www.hopkintonhistory.org/history.html
  30. ^ https://www.nashuahistoricalsociety.org/
  31. ^ https://www.sunapeehistoricalsociety.org/about
  32. ^ https://www.tamworthhistorycenter.org/
  33. ^ https://www.tamworthhistorycenter.org/new-page
  34. ^ https://www.warnerhistorical.org/history-of-the-whs.html

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