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Welcome to Mount Zion ...

So far, we found very little information about Mount Zion. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mount Zion to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Zion, please Contact Us.

Mount Zion would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Mount Zion, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Zion, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Zion: Mt. Zion

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mount Zion is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mount Zion was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Mount Zion (for example, toward Cave Spring (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Mount Zion would have been located in the (256) and (938)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Mount Zion ...

While we believe that this Mount Zion is located in DeKalb County, we know of another 5 Alabama communities named Mount Zion. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cherokee, Cullman, Montgomery, Randolph and Tallapoosa County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 69 communities that are also named Mount Zion - they are located in Arkansas (3), Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (4), Maryland (4), Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), North Carolina (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (5), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (9), Texas, Virginia (3), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Zion.

Communities near Mount Zion ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Zion.

  • Gadsden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Albertville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Boaz
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <6>
  • Rainbow City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Guntersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <6>
  • Attalla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokes Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Bluff
    • Hokes Bluff is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,240 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hokes Bluff <6>
  • Collinsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Crossville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Steele
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele
    • Steele is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Steele <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Zion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Zion.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Zion. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Zion.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Zion. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Zion.

Adding Mount Zion to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Zion in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Zion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Mount Zion post office opened in 1837.

We also found Mount Zion in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Zion.

The official website for DeKalb County: www.dekalbcountyal.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Zion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Zion - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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