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:
46.7722, -96.3659
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 Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Moorhead. Moorhead lies 18 miles [29 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 25 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Zion Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elkton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Elkton Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton Cemetery
- Gran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Gran Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gran Cemetery
- Silver Lake Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- Grong Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hegland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hegland Cemetery is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegland Cemetery
- Old Yankee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Old Yankee Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Yankee Cemetery
- Hawley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hawley Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Cemetery
- Rosemound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Rosemound Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemound Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Park Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Solem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Solem Cemetery is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solem Cemetery
- Aspelund Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Aspelund Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspelund Cemetery
- Dale Covenant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Houglum Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Houglum Cemetery is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houglum Cemetery
- Spring Prairie Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- Little Bethany Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sabin Trinity Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Sabin Trinity Cemetery is located in Pennington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin Trinity Cemetery
- Prairie View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Prairie View Cemetery is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View Cemetery
- West North Immanuel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cormorant Lutheran Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The Cormorant Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant Lutheran Church Cemetery
- The Cormorant Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cormorant Cemetery
- Cormorant Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154384 <5>
- Eskjo Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Eskjo Cemetery is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskjo Cemetery
- Dale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Dale Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Muskoda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Muskoda is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskoda
- Rollag
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rollag is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollag
- Hawley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barnesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Baker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Glyndon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sabin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sabin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Lawndale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawndale is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Cormorant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cormorant is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cormorant
- Lake Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hitterdal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hitterdal is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitterdal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Dilworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Moorhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Finkle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Finkle is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finkle
- Comstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Pelican Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Audubon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Briarwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Briarwood is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Oxbow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oxbow is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Rothsay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bucks Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bucks Mill is located in Becker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Mill
- Ulen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wild Rice
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wild Rice is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rice
- Wolverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolverton is located in Wilkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Felton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oakport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakport is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakport
- Prairie Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Prairie Rose is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Frontier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Frontier is located in Cass County (ND)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
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 Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Audubon
- Barnesville
- Glyndon
- Hawley
- Hitterdal
- Lake Park
- Moorhead
- Pelican Rapids
- Ulen
- Ulen lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Zion Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ulen.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Wolverton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Zion Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Minnesota:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 #654457 (Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #654457 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 333 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hawley SE
- Location given for Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 46.7721817 Lon: -96.3658999
- 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 Minnesota's counties, including Clay, 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 obstructions 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |