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:
34.7843, -86.7183
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 Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Huntsville. Huntsville lies just to the east southeast 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 30 that are within 4 miles [6.4 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.
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The White Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Douglass - Pettus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pettus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Pettus Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettus Cemetery
- Holder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Holder Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder Cemetery
- Scruggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Scruggs Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Huntsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26126 <5>
- Seay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Seay Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seay Cemetery
- Joyner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Joyner Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Huntsville Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Binford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Binford Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford Cemetery
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Seay Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Seay Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seay Cemetery
- Love - Wilburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fords Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fords Chapel Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Chapel Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Hammond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hammond Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Vasser - Pettus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Fletcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fletcher Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher Cemetery
- Pike Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pike Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
- Clift Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Clift Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clift Cemetery
- East Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The East Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery
- Maddera Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Maddera Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddera Cemetery
- Center Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Center Grove Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The King Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Conley Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Seay Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seay Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 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:
- Monrovia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Jeff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jeff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- Rideout Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Capshaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Harvest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Huntsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Toney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chelsea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Normal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Madison Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Madison Crossroads is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Crossroads
- Garner ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Chase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chase is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Wooley Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wooley Springs is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooley Springs
- Meridianville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Mercury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mercury is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercury
- Greenwycke Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Country Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Country Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Belle Mina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Caro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caro is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caro
- Moore's Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moore's Mill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Mill
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 Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Madison 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 #147136 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #147136 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 235 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jeff
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7842568 Lon: -86.7183308
- 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 Madison, 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. |
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