Do you know of Mount Zion ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Zion. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mount Zion.
Our sources for Mount Zion (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mount Zion other than they indicate that Mount Zion would be found somewhere in Simpson County, Mississippi.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1908.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Mount Zion ...
We found 66 communities that share the name Mount Zion.
There are three communities within Mississippi that are also named Mount Zion.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 63 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 63 communities, 65 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mount Zion [Jones County].
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mount Zion [Lowndes County].
- Tippah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mount Zion [Tippah County].
- Jones County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Zion [Cherokee County].
- Cullman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Zion [Cullman County].
- DeKalb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Zion [DeKalb County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Zion [Montgomery County].
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Zion [Randolph County].
- Tallapoosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Zion [Tallapoosa County].
- Arkansas
- Cleveland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mount Zion [Cleveland County].
- Independence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mount Zion [Independence County].
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mount Zion [Johnson County].
- Georgia
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Zion [Carroll County].
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Zion [Hancock County].
- Stewart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Zion [Stewart County].
- Illinois
- Macon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Mount Zion [Macon County].
- Indiana
- Wells County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mount Zion [Wells County].
- Iowa
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mount Zion [Van Buren County].
- Kansas
- Ellsworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Zion [Ellsworth County].
- Phillips County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Zion [Phillips County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Zion [Allen County].
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Zion [Clark County].
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Zion [Grant County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Zion [Pulaski County].
- Louisiana
- Jackson Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Zion [Jackson Parish].
- Lincoln Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Zion [Lincoln Parish].
- Red River Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Zion [Red River Parish].
- Winn Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Zion [Winn Parish].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Zion [Anne Arundel County].
- Caroline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Zion [Caroline County].
- Frederick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Zion [Frederick County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Zion [Montgomery County].
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mount Zion [Douglas County].
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mount Zion [Henry County].
- North Carolina
- Alleghany County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Zion [Alleghany County].
- Davie County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Zion [Davie County].
- Guilford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Zion [Guilford County].
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Zion [Wilkes County].
- Ohio
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Zion [Adams County].
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Zion [Noble County].
- Oklahoma
- McCurtain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Mount Zion [McCurtain County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Mount Zion.
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Zion [Cumberland County].
- Lebanon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Zion [Lebanon County].
- Luzerne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Zion [Luzerne County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Zion [Monroe County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Zion [York County].
- South Carolina
- Dorchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mount Zion [Dorchester County].
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mount Zion [Florence County].
- Spartanburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mount Zion [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Carroll County].
- Cheatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Cheatham County].
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Cumberland County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Lawrence County].
- McNairy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [McNairy County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Monroe County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Montgomery County].
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Sevier County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Zion [Warren County].
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mount Zion [Montgomery County].
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Zion [Accomack County].
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Zion [Campbell County].
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Zion [Middlesex County].
- West Virginia
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Zion [Calhoun County].
- Tucker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Zion [Tucker County].
- Wisconsin
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Mount Zion [Crawford County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Zion ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Zion:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mount Zion - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Mount Zion.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 28/49720 (Place Name: Mount Zion)
County: Simpson (FIPS State/County: 28/127)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Mount Zion) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Simpson County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Simpson County.
| Asha | Jupiter |
| Caraway | Old Hickory |
| Overbey | |
| Ezra | |
| Pokal | |
| Fairdale | |
| Falin | Rials |
| Fount | Roach |
| Glascow | Smiths Mill |
| Ina | Vest |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mount Zion could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |