Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Mount Zion (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mount Zion. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Mount Zion ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Zion: Mt. Zion
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Zion. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Zion.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Mount Zion is located in Alleghany County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alleghany County: Ashe, Surry, Wilkes & Grayson (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Mount Zion. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Zion:
- Alleghany County (The home county of Mount Zion)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Topia
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Piney Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Scottville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Laurel Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glade Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hooker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hooker is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Ennice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Roaring Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edmonds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edmonds is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
- Ashe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Weavers Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Crumpler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grassy Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Transou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Wagoner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wagoner is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagoner
- Orion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orion is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Helton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Glendale Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sturgills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Warrensville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Devotion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Devotion is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devotion
- Thurmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Low Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mountain Park is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- State Road
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Round Peak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Round Peak is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Peak
- Zephyr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Zephyr is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr
- Elkin Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkin Valley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin Valley
- Elkin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Watauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Deep Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Laxon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Laxon is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laxon
- Stony Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Fork is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork
- Moretz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moretz is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moretz
- Norris ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norris is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Rutherwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rutherwood is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherwood
- Sands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sands is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
- Bamboo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bamboo is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Zionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mabel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Springfield ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- McGrady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- McGrady is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGrady
- Abshers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abshers is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abshers
- Moxley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moxley is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxley
- Dehart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dehart is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dehart
- Traphill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbar
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wilbar is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbar
- Zebra ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Zebra is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebra
- Mulberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Hays
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lomax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Fairplains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairplains is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplains
- Millers Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Johnson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Trade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shingletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Fuller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Pipers Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pipers Gap is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Gap
- Oak Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Drenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Lambsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheep Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheep Town is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Town
- Woodlawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Galax City (VA)
- Galax
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridle Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rugby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Flat Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Flat Ridge is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Ridge
- Elk Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Trout Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baywood is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Whitetop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Low Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Low Gap is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Fries
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyth County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Atkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Adwolf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Adwolf is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adwolf
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Seven Mile Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Mile Ford is located in Smyth County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile Ford
- Chilhowie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Washington County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Green Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Loves Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loves Mill is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Mill
- Masada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Masada is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Friendship
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Damascus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi is located in Washington County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Wythe County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Speedwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Speedwell is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Rowe Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rowe Crossroads is located in Wythe County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Crossroads
- Crockett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rural Retreat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Zion, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Zion.
Cemeteries Near Mount Zion ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Zion.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Mount Zion - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Zion covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prathers Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matt Carson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cranberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Cemetery
- The Cranberry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cranberry Community Cemetery
- Cranberry Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2207025 <2>
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stamper Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (507 more) ...
- Coxs Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Potato Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Mount Zion in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Zion.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Topia
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Topia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topia
- Scottville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Furches
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furches is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furches
- Amelia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amelia is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Weavers Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weavers Ford is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Ford
- Laurel Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mouth-of-Wilson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Crumpler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nathans Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nathans Creek is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathans Creek
- Ore Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ore Knob is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Knob
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Transou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Transou is located in Ashe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transou
- Whitehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whitehead is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead
- Bridle Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bridle Creek is located in Grayson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Zion. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Zion.
Newspapers Published in Mount Zion ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Zion.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Zion, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Zion.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mount Zion:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Alleghany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashe County
- Surry County
- Watauga County
- Wilkes County
- Johnson County
- Carroll County
- Galax City
- Grayson County
- Smyth County
- Washington County
- Wythe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Zion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Zion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |