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:
31.8816, -83.2399
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 Wilcox County<2>.
The county seat for Wilcox County is located in Abbeville. Abbeville lies just to the north 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 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 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.
- Tomberlin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Tomberlin Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomberlin Cemetery
- Reid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Reid Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- McCall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McCall Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Reid Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Reid Hill Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Hill Cemetery
- Mims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mims Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims Cemetery
- Reid Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Reid Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sharon Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Wilcox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Player Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Player Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Player Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Vaughn Tabernacle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barney #1 Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Barney #1 Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney #1 Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barney #1 Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Rhine.
- The Barney #1 Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reaves - Bates Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203415 <5>
- Barney #2 Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Barney #2 Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney #2 Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barney #2 Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Rhine.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2383587 <5>
- Bowell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Bowell Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowell Cemetery
- Keen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Keen Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Dorminy Mill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Dorminy Mill Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorminy Mill Cemetery
- Tanner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Tanner Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Cemetery
- Wilcox - Reid Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilcox - Reid Cemetery is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox - Reid Cemetery
- Rhine City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Rhine City Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine City Cemetery
- The Rhine City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bay Springs Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 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:
- Rhine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Abbeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Abba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abba is located in Ben Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
- Fitzgerald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Owensboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
- Arp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arp is located in Irwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Rochelle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rebecca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Irwinville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Chauncey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pitts
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ocilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pineview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eastman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Finleyson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Finleyson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finleyson
- Ambrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McRae - Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McRae
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McRae is located in Telfair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
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. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wilcox County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abbeville
- Eastman
- Irwinville
- McRae
- McRae lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for McRae.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
- Ocilla
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 Georgia:
- Pages specific to Wilcox 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 #345481 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #345481 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: Wilcox
- Est. Elev: 73 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rhine
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.8815704 Lon: -83.2398767
- 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 Georgia's counties, including Wilcox, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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. |