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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:

34.0214, -118.1784

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 Los Angeles County<2>.

The county seat for Los Angeles County is located in Los Angeles. Los Angeles lies just to the west northwest 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 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 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.

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Chinese Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • The Chinese Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Los Angeles.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7901 <5>
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Park Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Park Lawn Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Lawn Cemetery
    • The Park Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Park Lawn Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8254 <5>
  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Memorial Park is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
  • Russian Molokan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Resurrection Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Resurrection Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
  • Angelus Rosedale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Angelus Rosedale Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus Rosedale Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Los Angeles.
    • The Angelus Rosedale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rosedale Cemetery
    • Rosedale Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8309 <5>
  • Old Downey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Old Downey Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Downey Cemetery
  • Paradise Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Paradise Memorial Park is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Memorial Park
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Savannah Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Savannah Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah Cemetery
    • San Gabriel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The San Gabriel Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Gabriel Cemetery
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale is a very large cemetery that is located in Glendale.
      • The Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale has also been known as:
      • Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - Glendale
      • Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale
      • Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
      • Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park
      • Be careful, some people have confused the Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale with the Mt. Zion Cemetery - and also the Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills (located 4 miles to the west) and the Forest Lawn Park Cemetery (Long Beach) (located 19 miles to the south).
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7974 <5>
    • Angeles Abbey Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Angeles Abbey Memorial Park is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angeles Abbey Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Angeles Abbey Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Compton.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1899624 <5>
    • Young Israel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Young Israel Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Israel Cemetery
    • Little Lake Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Olive Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Olive Grove Cemetery is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Grove Cemetery
    • Rose Hills Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Rose Hills Memorial Park is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hills Memorial Park
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rose Hills Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Whittier.
      • The Rose Hills Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Whittier Heights Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8308 <5>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 30 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:

  • East Los Angeles
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bandini
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bandini is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandini
  • Commerce
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Boyle Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Boyle Heights is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle Heights
  • Maywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Maywood is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maywood <6>
  • Pico Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pico Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pico Gardens
  • Vernon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vernon is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <6>
  • Huntington Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bell is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,734 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <6>
  • Montebello
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Aliso Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Aliso Village is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliso Village
  • Clement Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Clement Junction is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clement Junction
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Walnut Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Park is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
    • South Gate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cudahy
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Cudahy is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cudahy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cudahy <6>
    • Vinvale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Vinvale is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinvale
    • Bell Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Monterey Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • El Sereno
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • El Sereno is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Sereno
    • New Chinatown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • New Chinatown is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
    • Old Chinatown ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Chinatown is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chinatown
    • Little Tokyo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Tokyo is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Tokyo
    • Los Angeles
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Florence
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Florence is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
    • Pico Rivera
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • South San Gabriel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • South San Gabriel is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South San Gabriel
    • Alhambra
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sierra Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Sierra Vista is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
    • Jefferson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson

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 Los Angeles 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 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 California:
  • Pages specific to Los Angeles 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 #246288  (Mount Zion Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #246288 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: Los Angeles
      • Est. Elev: 62 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Los Angeles
      • Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
      • Lat: 34.0214017     Lon: -118.1784047
      • 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 California's counties, including Los Angeles, 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- 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.