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National Register Information System, an offline database of the National Park Service. Warning: Template:NRISref used with invalid value for version= parameter (help).

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This template provides a standardized inline reference for the National Register of Historic Places' NRIS database as a source.

Usage

Template syntax is as follows:

{{NRISref |version=see below for available database versions |dateform=format |accessdate=date |link=no |refnum=NRIS ID |name=title}}

For example, {{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=December 9, 2025|refnum=66000030|name=Lincoln Memorial}} renders:

"National Register Information System – Lincoln Memorial (#66000030)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2025.

Parameters

Acceptable values for the |version= parameter represent specific versions of the NRIS database:

• 2025a: Spreadsheet of NRHP listed and removed properties, updated June 24, 2025. Downloaded from this link: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/data-downloads.htm
• 2024point: Geospatial dataset updated August 28, 2024. Downloaded from this link: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2305746
• 2013a: Database released November 2013, with changes up to September 30, 2014.
• 2010a: Database released December 2010, with changes up to July 9, 2010.
• 2009a: Database available until July 2010, with changes up to March 13, 2009. Used in probably 10,000+ Wikipedia articles. It was soon reuploaded on the NPS Focus website at http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html (now a deadlink).
• 2008b: Database containing updates through April 24, 2008. Used in 1,206 articles that still included this as of January 2011 (according to this report).
• 2008a: Database containing updates through April 15, 2008. Used in several thousand Wikipedia articles.
• 2007b: Database containing updates through June 30, 2007. Used in 296 Wikipedia articles as of January 2011.
• 2007a: Database containing updates through January 23, 2007. Used in several thousand Wikipedia articles.
• 2006a: Database containing updates through March 15, 2006. Used in 315 Wikipedia articles as of January 2011.

Any year in which only one database version is present may drop the \"a\" at the end (e.g. \"2010\" will work in place of \"2010a\"). It is also possible to simply make the database the first unnamed parameter used in the template (e.g. {{NRISref|2009a}} works exactly the same as {{NRISref|version=2009a}}). If the database value in |version= is incorrectly specified or missing, the article is added to Category:NRISref errors. There are currently 0 pages in the error category.

Optional parameters

• |dateform=
  • "dmy" gives 9 July 2010
  • "mdy" gives July 9, 2010, this is the default if no dateform is specified.
  • "ymd" and "iso" give 2010-07-09
• |accessdate= - Set this to the date on which the database was accessed.
• |link= - Setting this to no removes links to the database download website.
• |refnum= - Setting this to the NRIS ID creates a link to the specific page on the database.
• |name= - Setting this to the title of the property adds a name to the link created by refnum.

Tracking categories

• Category:Articles using NRISref without a reference number (70,164)
• Category:Pages using NRISref with unknown parameters (1)

TemplateData

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TemplateData for NRISref

This template provides a standardized inline reference for the National Register of Historic Places' NRIS database as a source.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Database version	version 1	One of the database versions in the list on this template's page.	String	required
Name	name	Name of the historic place Example Lincoln Memorial	String	suggested
NRIS reference number	refnum	The NRIS ID used to create the database link. Example 66000030	Number	suggested
Access date	accessdate access-date	Set this to the date on which the database was accessed.	Date	suggested
Date format	dateform 2	Setting this to "dmy" gives 9 July 2010, "mdy" gives July 9, 2010, and both "ymd" and "iso" give the default 2010-07-09.	String	optional
Link to NPS article	link	If not set to no, a link will be created to the National Park Service and National Register of Historic Places articles.	Unknown	optional
Demo mode.	demo	Disables error checking (with any content); do not use in article space.	Unknown	optional

Format: inline

This template provides a standardized inline reference for the National Register of Historic Places' NRIS database as a source.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Database version	version 1	One of the database versions in the list on this template's page.	String	required
Name	name	Name of the historic place Example Lincoln Memorial	String	suggested
NRIS reference number	refnum	The NRIS ID used to create the database link. Example 66000030	Number	suggested
Access date	accessdate access-date	Set this to the date on which the database was accessed.	Date	suggested
Date format	dateform 2	Setting this to "dmy" gives 9 July 2010, "mdy" gives July 9, 2010, and both "ymd" and "iso" give the default 2010-07-09.	String	optional
Link to NPS article	link	If not set to no, a link will be created to the National Park Service and National Register of Historic Places articles.	Unknown	optional
Demo mode.	demo	Disables error checking (with any content); do not use in article space.	Unknown	optional

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