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):
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Middle School massacre | March 24, 1998 | Jonesboro, Craighead County | 5 | 10 injured |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystic massacre | May 26, 1637 | near the Mystic River in present-day Connecticut | 400-700 |
| 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. |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanapepe massacre | September 9, 1924 | Hanapepe | 20 | |
| Olowalu, Hawaii | January, 1790 | Olowalu, Hawaii | 100 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear River Massacre | January 29, 1863 | Southeastern Washington Territory (Present-day Franklin County) | 247 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Run Massacre | September 13, 1781 | Floyds Fork | 60 (estimate) | |
| Bloody Monday | August 6, 1885 | Louisville | 22-100+ |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candlemas Massacre | Early 1692 | York, Maine district of the Province of Massachusetts Bay | 100 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lake massacre | March 21, 2005 | Red Lake | 10 | Death toll includes perpetrator. 5 injured. |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haun's Mill massacre | October 30, 1838 | Fairview Township | 19 | |
| Kansas City massacre | June 17, 1933 | Kansas City | 5 |
| 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. |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westroads Mall shooting | December 5, 2007 | Omaha | 9 | 4 people injured |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor Massacre | September 27, 1778 | River Vale | 15 | 54 captured or wounded |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnadenhutten massacre | March 8, 1782 | Gnadenhutten | 96 | |
| Kent State shootings | May 4, 1970 | Kent State University | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponce massacre | March 21, 1937 | Ponce | 19 | |
| Río Piedras massacre | October 24, 1935 | Río Piedras | 5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Pillow massacre | April 12, 1864 | Fort Pillow, Henning | 297 | 277 injured |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Meadows massacre | September 7–11, 1857 | Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory | 100-140 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster massacre | March 13, 1775 | Westminster (then part of the New Hampshire Grants) | 2 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spafford Farm massacre | June 14, 1832 | Near present day South Wayne | 5 |
| 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 |
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