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Welcome to Mount Zion ...So far, we found very little information about Mount Zion. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mount Zion to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Zion, please Contact Us. Mount Zion would have been located within present day Lowndes County<2>. The location of Mount Zion has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Zion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1824. A typical abbreviation for Mount Zion: Mt. Zion While the community is gone, the present day location for Mount Zion is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Mount Zion was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Mount Zion still existed, it would have been in the (662) area code. Communities Also Named Mount Zion ...While we believe that this Mount Zion is located in Lowndes County, we know of another 3 Mississippi communities named Mount Zion. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jones, Simpson and Tippah County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 69 communities that are also named Mount Zion - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (3), Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (4), Maryland (4), Missouri (2), North Carolina (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (9), Texas, Virginia (3), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Zion. Communities near Mount Zion ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Zion.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Zion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Zion. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Zion. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Zion. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Zion. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Zion. Adding Mount Zion to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mount Zion in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Zion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Zion. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/ Footnotes ...
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