A visit to the 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 Zion Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Cemetery:
33.4246, -87.8792
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Zion Cemetery is located in Pickens County<2>.
The county seat for Pickens County is located in Carrollton. Carrollton lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Zion Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Zion Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Zion Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Doublebranches Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hannah UMC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hannah UMC Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah UMC Cemetery
- The Hannah UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hannah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #23244 <5>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Big Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Big Hill Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Marvin Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Marvin Hill Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Hill Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
- Hargrove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hargrove Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Winn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Winn Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn Cemetery
- Moores Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Moores Bridge Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Bridge Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Ashcraft Corner
- Unity Grove Upper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Unity Grove Lower Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Greenhill Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhill Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Gordo City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Gordo City Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo City Cemetery
- Sand Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Sand Springs Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs Cemetery
- Dunns Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Dunns Creek Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Creek Cemetery
- Old Dunn Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mayfield Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mayfield Cemetery is located 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the northwest of Tuscaloosa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #24272 <5>
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lubbub
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lubbub is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubbub
- Bell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Gordo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Echola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Echola is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echola
- Ashcraft Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ashcraft Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner
- Reform
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coal Fire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coal Fire is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fire
- Stansel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stansel is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansel
- Elrod
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Kennedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Buhl
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
- Millport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- McShan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- McShan is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McShan
- Belk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Samantha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Samantha is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha
- New Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lexington is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
- Carrollton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Coker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rossland City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- Fayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Old Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Fernbank
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Lake Front Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Front Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Front Village
- Ethelsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
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 Zion Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pickens County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carrollton
- Gordo
- Kennedy
- Millport
- Reform
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 helpful 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 Zion Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Pickens 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 Zion Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #138767 (Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #138767 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: Pickens
- Est. Elev: 135 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palmetto
- Location given for Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.4245603 Lon: -87.8791845
- 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 Pickens, 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' (or 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- 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. |