A visit to the Zion Hill 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 Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Hill Cemetery:
34.1657, -86.3700
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County<2>.
The county seat for Marshall County is located in Guntersville. Guntersville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Zion Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Zion Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Zion Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nixons Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Nixons Chapel Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixons Chapel Cemetery
- Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Douglas Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- Gunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Gunter Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter Cemetery
- New Clear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Nesmith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Nesmith Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesmith Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Brooksville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Brooksville Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville Cemetery
- The Brooksville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brooksville Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #590261 <5>
- Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Brooksville.
- The Gunter / Dickson Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dickson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22504 <5>
- Alldredge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Alldredge Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alldredge Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rock Springs Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ebell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Ebell Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebell Cemetery
- Sivley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Sivley Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivley Cemetery
- Lamb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Lamb Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lamb Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Clarence
- Bird Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bird Cemetery is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Zion Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Highmound
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Highmound is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmound
- Douglas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Douglas is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- McLarty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Snead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reedbrake ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reedbrake is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedbrake
- Bowen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Bright Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- Craig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Horton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Hyatt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hyatt is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wynnville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wynnville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnville
- Clarence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Susan Moore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Susan Moore is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan Moore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
- Bartlett ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bartlett is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
- Brooksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Whitesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whitesville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
- Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Huldah ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huldah is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huldah
- Fridays Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fridays Crossing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fridays Crossing
- Street ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Street is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Royal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Bird ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bird is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Altoona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Askea Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Birdie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Marshall 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #147512 (Zion Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #147512 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: Marshall
- Est. Elev: 270 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Douglas
- Location given for Zion Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1656512 Lon: -86.3699833
- 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 Marshall, 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- Zion Hill 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. |