Carillons, musical instruments of bells in the percussion family, are found throughout the United States. Several institutions register and count them. Some registries specialize in counting specific types of carillons. For example, the War Memorial and Peace Carillons registry counts instruments that serve as war memorials or were built in the name of promoting world peace. TowerBells counts carillons played via a baton keyboard as "traditional carillons" and those with computerized or electronic mechanisms as "non-traditional carillons", among other bell instruments. It also publishes maps, technical specifications, and summary statistics. As the World Carillon Federation does not consider non-traditional carillons to be carillons, it counts only those played via a baton keyboard and without computerized or electronic mechanisms. According to TowerBells and the World Carillon Federation, there are about 170 existing traditional carillons in the United States.

According to the , the carillons in the United States account for 25 percent of the world's total and is consequently considered one of the "great carillon countries" along with the Netherlands and Belgium.

Criteria for inclusion The defines a carillon as an instrument of at least 23 cast bronze bells hung in fixed suspension, played with a traditional keyboard of batons, and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together. It may designate instruments of 15 to 22 bells built before 1940 as "historical carillons". Its member organizationsincluding for example The Guild of Carillonneurs in North Americaalso define a carillon with those restrictions. This list contains only carillons that meet the definition outlined by these organizations.

Alabama Birmingham: Rushton Memorial Carillon at Samford University in the Harwell Goodwin Davis Library. 60 bells. Each inscribed with a quote from the Bible or meaningful literary inscription. First Presbyterian, 1924. 37 bells. Originally 25 from the John Taylor Bell Foundry in Loughborough, England. 12 added in 1967 from the van Bergen Bell Foundry. Huntsville: First Baptist Church, 1990. 48 bells by The Verdin Company. Carillon housed in the world's tallest prefabricated steeple: 229 ft (70 m). Traditional keyboard + 2 non-traditional electronic consoles. Tuscaloosa: Denny Chimes, a well-known landmark of the University of Alabama's campus. Houses 25 bells, which are played both manually and electronically.

Arizona + Location City Bells Bourdon weight Total weight Range andtransposition Bellfounder(s) lb kg lb kg Saint Barnabas on the Desert Paradise Valley 25 colspan="2" colspan="2" Up 8 semitones Royal Eijsbouts 2006

California

Berkeley: The Berkeley Carillon in Sather Tower at University of California, Berkeley, 1917. 61 bells, originally 12 bells (a chime), with an additional 49 bells installed in 1978 and 1983. Garden Grove: Christ Cathedral, 50 major-third bells. Royal Eijsbouts, Netherlands. Los Angeles: Von Kleinsmid Center Carillon at the University of Southern California, 167-foot tall tower. Completed in 1966 and designed by Edward Durell Stone. Riverside: The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, 1944, designed by G. Stanley Wilson. University of California, Riverside, The carillon and tower were a gift from former University of California regent Philip L. Boyd and his wife Dorothy. The bells range in weight from 5,091 pounds to 28 pounds and are housed in the bell chamber at the top of the high tower. The dedication of the carillon and tower took place on October 2, 1966. San Diego: Hardy Memorial Tower at San Diego State University, built in 1931. Contains the Fletcher Symphonic Carillon (also known as the Fletcher Chimes) (installed 1946), consisting of 204 bells over 6 octaves. Installed in 1946, a carillon was added to Balboa Park's California Building. San Jose: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral: Existing 18-bell chime expanded to a 24-bells carillon in a donor-funded project completed in 2017. Santa Barbara: Storke Tower (University of California, Santa Barbara)61 bells, heaviest , Petit & Fritsen 1969 Stanford: Hoover Tower at Stanford University, California. 48 bells, originally 35 bells, with 13 more added in 2002, although only 13 of the original bells remain.

Colorado Denver: The Charles S. Hill Memorial Carillon at Johnson & Wales University, 1962. 30 bells. This is also the oldest Carillon in the State of Colorado. The Carl M. Williams Carillon at the University of Denver Ritchie Center, 1999. 65 bells. Made by Royal Eijsbouts, Netherlands Westminster: The Bell Tower at Westminster City Hall, 1988. 24 bells, originally 14 bells (a chime), with an additional 10 bells added in 1997.

Connecticut Danbury: The Bulkley Memorial Carillon, 1928. 25 bells, Meneely Bell Foundry, 15 bells 1928, 8 added 1928, 2 added 1936, at Saint James' Episcopal Church. Oldest carillon in Connecticut, and the first carillon made in America. Hartford: The Plumb Memorial Carillon at the chapel of Trinity College, 1932. 49 bells, expanded from 30 bells in 1974. Middletown: in the South College Building at Wesleyan University, 24 bells, mostly from the Netherlands, with the only rosewood console in the world, played by Wesleyan's Bell and Scroll Society. New Britain: The Philip B. Stanley Carillon in Robert S. Buol Tower at First Church of Christ, Congregational New Canaan: The Dana-Barton Carillon at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church New Haven: The Yale Memorial Carillon in Harkness Tower at Yale University, 1922. 54 bells, by Taylor (originally a chime of 10 bells; additional 44 bells installed 1966). New Milford: Jose M. Ferrer Memorial Carillon in the Chapel of Our Lady at Canterbury School. Built in 1931 with 23 Gillett & Johnston bells. Simsbury: The Foreman Memorial Carillon in Simsbury United Methodist Church, 1986. 55 bells, by Petit & Fritsen. Stamford: The Walter N. Maguire Memorial Carillon in Maguire Memorial Tower at First Presbyterian Church Storrs: The Austin Cornelius Dunham Memorial Carillon at Storrs Congregational Church Wallingford; Seymour St. John Chapel, at Choate Rosemary Hall 10 bell Carillon. Erected 1923, restored in 2005. West Hartford: The Gordon Stearns Memorial Carillon at First Church of Christ, Congregational.

Florida

Clearwater: The Betty Jane Dimmit Memorial Carillon in the Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 1982. 49 bells by Eijsbouts. Gainesville: Century Tower (University of Florida)61 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 1979 and 2003 Lake Wales: Bok Tower Gardens at Historic Bok Sanctuary, completed 1928. 60 bells, by Taylor, ranging from 16 pounds to 11.5 tons; total bell metal weight 62 tons. Built as the centerpiece to the gardens, which were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and funded by editor and philanthropist Edward W. Bok. White Springs: The Stephen Foster Memorial Carillon at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park includes 97 tubular bells from J.C. Deagan Company in 1958. It features the songs of Stephen Foster.

Illinois

Centralia: The Centralia Carillon, 1983. 65 bells, ~61,300 lb [27.8 t] (20 / 11,000 lb [9 / 5,000 kg]) by Fonderie Paccard. Currently 8th largest in the world. Champaign-Urbana: McFarland Carillon (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) – 48 bells. Chicago: Rockefeller Chapel (University of Chicago)72 bells, heaviest , Gillett & Johnston 1932 Glencoe: Theodore C. Butz Memorial Carillon on Evening Island, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1986. 48 bells made in the Netherlands. Naperville: Moser Tower and Millennium Carillon72 bells, heaviest , Royal Eijsbouts 2000 Plainfield: The Plainfield United Methodist Church had a partial carillon until the full 23 bells were finished in 2014. Springfield: Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon67 bells, heaviest Petit & Fritsen 1962 and 2000

Indiana Bloomington: The Arthur R. Metz Memorial Carillon of Indiana University. Built in 1970 with 61 bells, tower rebuilt and 4 bells added in 2019. Rededicated as the Metz Bicentennial Grand Carillon in 2020, 65 bells. Culver: Memorial Chapel at Culver Military Academy, 51 bells. The Culver Military Academy was the final Gillett & Johnston carillon installation in North America, done in 1951. Indianapolis: Arsenal Technical High School. Bell tower of Stuart Hall. The James Irving Holcomb Memorial Carillon Tower on the campus of Butler University. Scottish Rite Cathedral Muncie: Shafer Tower on the campus of Ball State University, 2002. 48 bells. Notre Dame: Basilica of the Sacred Heart at University of Notre Dame. 23 bells. Oldest Carillon in North America, built in 1865.

Iowa Ames: Stanton Memorial Carillon in the Campanile at Iowa State University, 1899. 50 bells by Taylor, originally built with 10 bells in 1899, with 26 more added in 1920, another 13 in 1954, and one final bell in 1967. Renovated in 1994. Cedar Falls: University of Northern Iowa Carillon in the Campanile at the University of Northern Iowa, 1926. 56 bells. The carillon originally consisted of 15 bells in 1926 cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry, with 32 bells added in 1968 cast by Petit & Fritsen, and 9 additional bells in 2023 cast by The Verdin Company. The bell tower was renovated in 1984 and 2007. Des Moines: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Paul | Des Moines, Windsor Memorial Carillon. 25 bells in the Mary Belle Windsor Tower in downtown Des Moines. The 12 original bells were cast in 1896 by the McShane Foundry, Baltimore. Three additional bells were installed in 1989 and 10 more in 1991. These last 13 bells and the rebuild of the bell tower were a gift from the Windsor family, hence, the Windsor Memorial Carillon.

Kansas + Location City Bells Bourdon weight Total weight Range andtransposition Bellfounder(s) lb kg lb kg University of Kansas Lawrence 53 Down 1 semitone John Taylor & Co 1951

Kentucky Berea: Berea College's Phelps-Stokes Chapel Carillon, 1970s 56 bells. It is the largest in the state of Kentucky. Covington: Carroll Chimes Bell Tower, 1978, 43 bells, by The Verdin Company. Richmond: Eastern Kentucky University's Keen Johnson bell carillon, 1971, 37 bells, by The Verdin Company.

Louisiana Morgan City: Carillon Tower at Brownell Memorial Park, dedicated 1971. 106 feet tall with 61 bells.Brownell Memorial Park & Carillon Tower - Retrieved November 22, 2017

Maryland + Location City Bells Bourdon weight Total weight Range andtransposition Bellfounder(s) lb kg lb kg Joseph Dill Baker Memorial Carillon,Baker Park Frederick 49 colspan="2" colspan="2" Up 4 semitones Tagart Memorial Chapel,McDonogh School Owings Mills 48 colspan="2" colspan="2" Up 2 semitones Brown & Church Carillon,Salisbury University Salisbury 48 colspan="2" colspan="2" None (concert pitch) Meeks & Watson 2017

Massachusetts Amherst: The Henry Vincent Couper Memorial Carillon at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It has 42 bells and spans 3 octaves. Bells cast by the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry of Asten in the Netherlands. Cohasset: Erected in 1924 with 23 bells, known as The Bancroft Memorial Carillon. Located in a gothic stone tower in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Expanded in 1925, 1928 and then renovated and enlarged to 57 bells between 1989 and 1990 by the John Taylor Bell Foundry. Lowest bell, note G, weighs 11,280 pounds while the smallest bell, note E, weighs 29 pounds. Fall River: The Durfee Carillon Bell Tower at BMC Durfee High School, 23 bells, including 9 historic Meneely bells from the first Durfee High School 1880's Gloucester: Our Lady of Good Voyage Church. Medford: Goddard Chapel Carillon, Tufts University Chaplaincy. Northampton: Dorothea Carlile Memorial Carillon, College Hall at Smith College, 47 bells ranging in weight from 24 to 2,800 pounds.