A visit to the 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 Zion Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Cemetery:
37.1006, -86.0541
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Zion Cemetery is located in Edmonson County<2>.
The county seat for Edmonson County is located in Brownsville. Brownsville lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Zion Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Zion Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Zion Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Cemetery
- Little Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- France Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The France Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for France Cemetery
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Camp Ground Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground Cemetery
- The Camp Ground Cemetery has also been known as:
- Campground Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73294 <5>
- Woolsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Woolsey Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- Merry Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Merry Oaks Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks Cemetery
- Hatcher - Poynter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Adwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Adwell Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwell Cemetery
- Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mammoth Cave Baptist Cemetery
- Mammoth Cave Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640733 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Old Guides Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Guides Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Guides Cemetery
- Hays Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hays Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Barber Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Barber Cemetery is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barber Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Glasgow.
- The Barber Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harlows Chapel Cemetery
- Loving Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463566 <5>
- Cave City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bark Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2273222 <5>
- Hunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Farmers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Farmers Cemetery is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Park City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Union City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Highland Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Rocky Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Cave City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Mammoth Cave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beckton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beckton is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Smiths Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Horse Cave
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Rocky Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Haywood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Stockholm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Coral Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Logsdon Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Hiseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Rowletts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Winesap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lucas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cub Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Martinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Dogcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Meador
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meador is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Slick Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Munfordville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
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 Zion Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Edmonson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cave City
- Glasgow
- Horse Cave
- Mammoth Cave
- Munfordville
- Smiths Grove
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Edmonson 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 Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #507275 (Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #507275 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: Edmonson
- Est. Elev: 197 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Park City
- Location given for Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1006041 Lon: -86.0541447
- 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 Kentucky's counties, including Edmonson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- 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. |
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