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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.

  • Columbus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Reform
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reform have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
    • Reform is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reform <5>
  • Brooksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Caledonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Caledonia is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,048 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caledonia <5>
  • Millport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
    • Millport is located in Lamar County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 970 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millport <5>
  • Carrollton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
    • Carrollton is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
  • Crawford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Crawford is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <5>
  • Pickensville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
  • Artesia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
    • Artesia is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Ethelsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
    • Ethelsville is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people

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>

From that list, the Mount Zion post office opened in 1824.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Zion.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Zion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lowndes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Zion - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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