List of massacres in the United States

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the United States and in land that is presently part of the United States (numbers may be approximate):

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Alabama

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Fort Mims massacre August 30, 1813 near Bay Minette 517
Geneva County massacre March 10, 2009 Geneva and Samson 11 6 injured

Arizona

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
2011 Tucson shooting January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona 6
Kelvin Grade Massacre November 2, 1889 near Globe, Arizona Territory 2 1 wounded
Wickenburg Massacre November 5, 1871 Wickenburg, Arizona Territory 6
Camp Grant Massacre April 30, 1871 Camp Grant, Arizona Territory 144
Mowry Massacres 1863 - 1865 Mowry, Arizona Territory 16

Arkansas

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Westside Middle School massacre March 24, 1998 Jonesboro, Craighead County 5 10 injured

California

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Achulet Massacre 1854 Village of Achulet near Lake Earl 65
Bloody Island Massacre May 15, 1850 Bo-no-po-ti, Clear Lake, Lake County 60-400
Bridge Gulch Massacre April 23, 1852 Trinity County 150
Cleveland School massacre January 17, 1989 Stockton 6 29 children and 1 teacher/ 30 injured
Covina massacre December 24, 2008 Covina 10 3 injured
Cupertino quarry massacre October 5, 2011 Cupertino 4 7 injured; death toll includes perpetrator
Golden Dragon massacre September 4, 1977 San Francisco 5 11
Newhall massacre April 6, 1970 Newhall 5 death toll includes 4 officers and perpetrator
Pauma Massacre December 1846 Escondido 33-40
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre July 18, 1984 San Diego 21
Seal Beach massacre October 12, 2011 Seal Beach 8 One injured
Temecula Massacre December 1846 Temecula 33-40
Yontoket Massacre 1853 Yontocket 450

Colorado

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Columbine High School massacre April 20, 1999 Littleton, Colorado 15 24 injured. Both gunmen commit suicide.
Columbine Mine massacre November 21, 1927 Columbine, Colorado 6
Ludlow Massacre April 20, 1914 Ludlow, Colorado 19
Sand Creek massacre November 29, 1864 Kiowa County, Colorado Territory 70–163

Connecticut

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Mystic massacre May 26, 1637 near the Mystic River in present-day Connecticut 400-700

Florida

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Apalachee massacre January 25–26, 1704 Ayubale, Apalachee Province, Spanish Florida

(near present-day Tallahassee)

247
Dade Massacre December 28, 1835 Central Florida 110
Rosewood massacre January 1923 Rosewood 8 Entire population of African-Americans in and near Rosewood, about 350, were forced from their homes and never returned.

Hawaii

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Hanapepe massacre September 9, 1924 Hanapepe 20
Olowalu, Hawaii January, 1790 Olowalu, Hawaii 100

Idaho

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Bear River Massacre January 29, 1863 Southeastern Washington Territory (Present-day Franklin County) 247

Illinois

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Brown's Chicken massacre January 8, 1993 Palatine 7
Haymarket massacre May 4, 1886 Chicago unknown 8 police officers were killed. The civilian death toll was unknown.
Herrin massacre June 21, 1922 Herrin 23
Northern Illinois University massacre February 14, 2008 Dekalb 6
Saint Valentine's Day massacre February 14, 1929 Chicago 7
St. Vrain massacre May 24, 1832 Near present day Pearl City 4

Iowa

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Spirit Lake Massacre March 8–12, 1857 various settlements 35-40
Villisca Massacre June 10, 1912 Villisca 8 6 members of the Moore family, 2 members of the Stillinger family
University of Iowa shooting November 1, 1991 Iowa City 6 4 faculty members and 1 student killed (in addition to the perpetrator), 1 student injured and paralyzed

Kansas

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Kidder massacre June 29, 1867 near Goodland 12
Lawrence Massacre August 21, 1863 Douglas County 185-200
Wichita Massacre December 8–14, 2000 Wichita 5

Kentucky

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Long Run Massacre September 13, 1781 Floyds Fork 60 (estimate)
Bloody Monday August 6, 1885 Louisville 22-100+

Louisiana

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Colfax massacre April 13, 1873 Colfax 83-153
Coushatta massacre August 1874 Coushatta 11-26
Thibodaux massacre November 22, 1887 Thibodaux 35 (minimum estimate) massacre of striking sugar-cane workers

Maine

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Candlemas Massacre Early 1692 York, Maine district of the Province of Massachusetts Bay 100

Massachusetts

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Blackfriars Massacre June 28, 1978 Boston 4
Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 Boston 5 11 injured
Wakefield massacre December 26, 2000 Wakefield 7
Chinatown massacre January 1, 1991 Boston 5 1 injured
O'Leary Family Massacre June 8, 1973 Boston 7 Includes the suspect

Michigan

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan mass murder July 7, 2011 Grand Rapids 7 3 injured
Bath School Disaster May 18, 1927 Bath 45 Largest mass killing at a school in U.S. History; Average victim age: 11

Minnesota

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Red Lake massacre March 21, 2005 Red Lake 10 Death toll includes perpetrator. 5 injured.

Missouri

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Haun's Mill massacre October 30, 1838 Fairview Township 19
Kansas City massacre June 17, 1933 Kansas City 5

Montana

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Marias Massacre January 23, 1870 Montana, along the Marias River 217
Battle of the Little Bighorn,

a.k.a. Battle of the Greasy Grass

June 25, 1876 Southeastern Montana, west bank of the Little Bighorn River, near present-day Crow Agency ~270 Army, ~36-136 warrior Combined Lakota/Northern Cheyenne warrior force, led by Crazy Horse and Chief Gall among others, completely annihilated five companies of U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment, including regimental commanding officer LTC George Armstrong Custer. Most successful resistance of direct military force by American Indians in the West.

Nebraska

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Westroads Mall shooting December 5, 2007 Omaha 9 4 people injured

New Jersey

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Baylor Massacre September 27, 1778 River Vale 15 54 captured or wounded

New Mexico

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Gallinas Massacre September 2, 1861 Gallinas Mountains, Confederate Arizona (present day Lincoln County) 3+
Acoma Massacre January 22-24, 1599 Acoma Pueblo ~300

New York

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Schenectady massacre February 8, 1690 Schenectady 60
September 11 attacks September 11, 2001 New York City 2753 more victims in Virginia and Pennsylvania
Wendy's massacre May 24, 2000 Flushing, Queens, New York City 5 2 injured

North Carolina

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Pyle's Massacre February 25, 1781 present-day Alamance County 90
Shelton Laurel Massacre January 18, 1863 Madison County 13

Ohio

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Gnadenhutten massacre March 8, 1782 Gnadenhutten 96
Kent State shootings May 4, 1970 Kent State University 4

Oklahoma

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Goingsnake Massacre April 15, 1872 Tahlequah, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) 22 Death toll includes 8 Deputy US Marshals and 14 Cherokee citizens
Washita Massacre November 27, 1868 Roger Mills County, Oklahoma 21 13 wounded

Pennsylvania

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Lattimer massacre September 10, 1897 near Hazleton 19
Flight 93 of September 11 attacks September 11, 2001 Shanksville 40
Wyoming Massacre July 3, 1778 Wyoming 343
Amish school shooting October 2, 2006 Nickel Mines 6

Puerto Rico

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Ponce massacre March 21, 1937 Ponce 19
Río Piedras massacre October 24, 1935 Río Piedras 5

South Carolina

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Orangeburg Massacre February 8, 1968 Orangeburg 3 Civil Right's Protest
Hamburg Massacre July 4, 1876 Hamburg 7
Waxhaw Massacre May 29, 1780 Lancaster 118

South Dakota

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Crow Creek massacre 1325 area now known as Chamberlain 486
Wounded Knee Massacre December 29, 1890 Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota 150

Tennessee

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Fort Pillow massacre April 12, 1864 Fort Pillow, Henning 297 277 injured

Texas

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Dawson Massacre September 17, 1842 near San Antonio de Bexar 36 15 injured
Fort Hood shooting November 5, 2009 Ft. Hood 13
Fort Parker massacre May 19, 1836 near Groesbeck 5
Goliad massacre March 27, 1836 Goliad 300+ 28 escaped, 100 spared as prisoners
Killough massacre October 5, 1838 near Larissa 6
Luby's massacre October 16, 1991 Killeen 24
Nueces massacre August 10, 1862 Kinney County 34
Waco siege April 19, 1993 Waco 76 Deaths after fifty-day siege
University of Texas massacre August 1, 1966 Austin 16

Utah

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Mountain Meadows massacre September 7–11, 1857 Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory 100-140

Vermont

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Westminster massacre March 13, 1775 Westminster (then part of the New Hampshire Grants) 2

Virginia

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Indian massacre of 1622 March 22, 1622 Colony of Virginia 347
Draper's Meadow massacre July 8, 1755 Draper's Meadow, Virginia 5
September 11 attacks September 11, 2001 Arlington 184
Virginia Tech massacre April 16, 2007 Blacksburg, Virginia 33 One death was perpetrator. 25 were injured.

Washington

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Whitman massacre November 29, 1847 Walla Walla County 13 Also known as the Walla Walla massacre and the Whitman Incident
Capitol Hill massacre March 25, 2006 Seattle 6
Centralia Massacre November 11, 1919 Centralia 6
Everett massacre November 5, 1916 Everett 2-5
Wah Mee massacre February 18, 1983 Seattle 13

Wisconsin

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Spafford Farm massacre June 14, 1832 Near present day South Wayne 5

Wyoming

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Grattan massacre August 19, 1854 Fort Laramie, Nebraska Territory (in present-day Goshen County) 29
Rock Springs massacre September 2, 1886 Rock Springs 28 15 injured