Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

Failing re-election in 1840, Martin Van Buren returned to his recently purchased estate only two miles from the small New York village of Kinderhook where he was born and raised. He immediately began planning his return to the White ...

Van Buren County / Van Buren County Courthouse

Van Buren County

Settlers attracted by lumbering came to this area in the 1830s. By the 1860s a mild climate, rich soil and easy access to the Chicago markets created a thriving fruit industry in Van Buren County. The county was ...

National Historic Landmark-Lindenwald Martin Van Buren Home

National Historic Landmark- Lindenwald (Martin Van Buren Home)

Home for 21 years, until his death in 1862, of Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States.

Courtesy National Historic Landmarks

Image Courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey

The Village of Van Buren

Side A:

The Village of Van Buren was laid out December 28, 1833, by John Trout and George Ensminger on the boundary of Portage and Cass Townships. It was comprised of 53 lots surrounding a public square, and was named in ...

Martin Van Buren

1782 – 1862

Eighth President of the United States

Born, Raised and Buried in the Village of Kinderhook

Gift of:   Friends of Lindenwald

Sculptor:   Edward Hlavka

Dedicated July 14, 2007

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street ...

Van Buren

(Front):

Van Buren, settled as the seat of Ripley County, organized, 1833, became the seat of Carter County when it was organized from parts of Ripley and Shannon counties, 1859.

Nearby Big Spring State Park, 4582 acres of Ozark grandeur, founded 1924, ...

Veedersburg - VanBuren Township War Memorial

1919 - 1991

American Legion

Veedersburg Post 288

In Memory of those from

Veedersburg & Vanburen Twp.

who served, and those who

gave their lives in the

service of their Country.

[Left Side]:

World War I

Lozan R. Bantz • Robert Edwards • Charles Forrest • Alva Gressmire • Frank ...

Van Buren County Poorhouse

This two and a half story brick building was constructed in 1884 as the county poorhouse and infirmary. Here lived the indigent and mentally retarded from Van Buren County. Able-bodied residents worked on the grounds and on the adjacent farm ...

Site of Martin Van Buren Residence

Martin Van Buren

1782 - 1862

resided at 92 State Street

on this site

while serving as 9th Governor of

the State of New York 1828 - 1829

He is famed for his distinguished career as boy-lawyer, surrogate, judge, state senator, Attorney General, United States Senator, ...

Van Buren Township, Bonebrake Corner

Church: Established by United Brothers in 1828.

Building erected 1847 - Used until 1900.

Cemetery 1837 to present time.

The last resting place of pioneers and soldiers who served our country in seven wars.

Marker is on East Bonebrake Road near ...