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:
40.8756, -86.0936
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 Miami County<2>.
The county seat for Miami County is located in Peru. Peru lies just to the south 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 23 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.
- IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Courter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Yike Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Yike Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yike Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Green Lawn Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- Musselman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Musselman Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman Cemetery
- Tilden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Tilden Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden Cemetery
- Koontz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Koontz Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontz Cemetery
- Five Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Five Corners Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners Cemetery
- Eel River Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Plainview Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Schrock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Schrock Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrock Cemetery
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Shoemaker Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Cemetery
- Dunkard Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Finley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Finley Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Cemetery
- Enterprise Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Reyburn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Reyburn Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyburn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reyburn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #982746 <5>
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Peru.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86019 <5>
- Gamble Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Gamble Cemetery is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Cemetery
- Reeds Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Reeds Cemetery is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 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:
- Denver
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Deedsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deedsville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deedsville
- Mexico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pettysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Macy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Twelve Mile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
- Hoover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Oakdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Gilead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Peru
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stockdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stockdale is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- New Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Roann
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Richvalley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Disko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Disko is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disko
- Akron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Athens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Athens is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Onward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Bunker Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rochester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leases Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
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 Miami County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Akron
- Akron lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Akron.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Bunker Hill
- Fulton
- Macy
- Macy lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Macy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macy
- Mexico
- New Waverly
- Peru
- Richvalley
- Roann
- Roann lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Roann.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roann
- Rochester
- Wabash
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 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Miami 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 #439737 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #439737 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: Miami
- Est. Elev: 226 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Deedsville
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8755977 Lon: -86.0936054
- 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 Indiana's counties, including Miami, 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 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. |