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:
33.5873, -86.7230
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 Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Birmingham. Birmingham lies just to the southwest 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 27 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.
- East Lake Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The East Lake Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake Cemetery
- Sheritt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sheritt Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheritt Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23140 <5>
- Bass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bass Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Cemetery
- Inglenook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Inglenook Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglenook Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Birmingham.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22835 <5>
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Bush Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Cemetery
- Earltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Earltown Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earltown Cemetery
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Reed Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Cemetery
- McElwain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The McElwain Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElwain Cemetery
- Jefferson Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walkers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bass Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bass Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Cemetery
- Forest Crest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Forest Crest Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Crest Cemetery
- McCombs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The McCombs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs Cemetery
- Alton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Alton Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton Cemetery
- Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Chalkville
- The Taylor Memorial UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Taylors Chapel Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Castle Heights Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moncrief Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Moncrief Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moncrief Cemetery
- Enon Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Enon Ridge Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Ridge Cemetery
- Knesses Israel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Emanuel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Trussville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Trussville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trussville Cemetery
- The Trussville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cahawba Baptist Cemetery
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26737 <5>
- Pinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Pinson Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Zion City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Zion City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion City
- Gate City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Marks Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marks Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Village
- Huffman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huffman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Tarrant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tarrant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,081 people
- Tarrant has also been known as:
- Tarrant City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tarrant <6>
- Bartonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Vulcan City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vulcan City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan City
- East Birmingham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Irondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Weems
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Dale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Center Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fultondale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Avondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- New Castle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Castle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cahaba Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cahaba Landing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Landing
- McCombs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Trussville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grayson Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson Valley
- Chalkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Hooper City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hooper City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper City
- English Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- English Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Mountain Brook Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lola City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Cahaba Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Pinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gardendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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. The following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avondale
- Birmingham
- Gardendale
- Gate City
- Trussville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Jefferson 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 #123428 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #123428 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 250 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Irondale
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.5873259 Lon: -86.7230447
- 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 Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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. |