A visit to the Mount Zion Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Mt. Zion Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Zion Cemetery:
31.3566, -86.1950
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Coffee County<2>.
The county seat for Coffee County is located in Elba. Elba lies just to the east northeast of the Mt. Zion Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Friendship Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brooklyn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brooklyn Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Cemetery
- New Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ebenezer Cemetery
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sweet Home Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Danley Cross Roads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Peaceful Acres Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Peaceful Acres Memorial Gardens is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Acres Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Acres Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Opp.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #25315 <5>
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- New Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The New Chapel Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chapel Cemetery
- Rhoades Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Rhoades Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoades Cemetery
- Alberton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Alberton Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Old Town Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Town Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Cemetery
- New Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The New Haven Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven Cemetery
- Prescott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Prescott Cemetery is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Curtis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
- Danleys Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Danleys Crossroads is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danleys Crossroads
- County Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- County Line is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Opp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Opp is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opp <6>
- Alberton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alberton is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberton
- Babbie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Babbie is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Elba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Level is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Kinston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Onycha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Onycha is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onycha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Horn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Hill is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Antioch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Antioch is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Sanford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Bullock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bullock is located in Crenshaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Goodman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodman is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Zoar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zoar is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
- Dozier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Brockton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Coffee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Andalusia
- Opp
- Opp lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Opp.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opp
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Mt. Zion Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Coffee County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Mt. Zion Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #135384 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #135384 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Coffee
- Est. Elev: 115 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Opp East
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.356556 Lon: -86.19495
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Coffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Zion Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |