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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. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Cemetery

Lat:   48.7645°   (48° 45' 52")

Lon:   -102.3763°   (-102° 22' 34")

The Zion Cemetery is located in Burke County<2>.

The county seat for Burke County is located in Bowbells. Bowbells lies just to the east northeast of the Zion Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 18 miles [29 km]<3> of the Zion Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Danish Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Danish Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Little Butte Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Butte Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Little Butte Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Little Butte Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Butte Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Little Butte Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Bowbells Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowbells Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowbells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bowbells Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Flaxton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flaxton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flaxton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Flaxton Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Niobe Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Niobe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Niobe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Niobe Cemetery is located in Ward County
  • Bethane Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethane Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethane Cemetery is located in Wells County
  • Norwegian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Swedish Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swedish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swedish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Swedish Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Vanville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vanville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vanville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vanville Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Vanville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vanville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vanville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vanville Cemetery is located in Burke County
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    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Elbow Lake Bethel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elbow Lake Bethel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elbow Lake Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Elbow Lake Bethel Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • St. James Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. James Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Lake View Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lake View Cemetery is located in Ward County
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Ward County
      • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rosehill Cemetery
    • South Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Cemetery
      • The South Cemetery is located in Burke County
      • The South Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Portal Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102590 <5>
    • St. James Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. James Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • East Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Cemetery
      • The East Cemetery is located in Burke County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the East Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Portal.
      • The East Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101870 <5>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 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.

  • Bowbells
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowbells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowbells
    • Bowbells is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowbells <6>
  • Niobe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niobe
    • Niobe is located in Ward County
  • Flaxton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flaxton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaxton
    • Flaxton is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flaxton <6>
  • Lignite
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lignite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignite
    • Lignite is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lignite <6>
  • Kenmare
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenmare have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmare
    • Kenmare is located in Ward County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenmare <6>
  • Rival ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rival. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rival
    • Rival is located in Burke County
  • Portal
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Northgate
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Powers Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • North Portal
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Portal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Portal
  • Norma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
    • Norma is located in Renville County
  • Columbus
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Columbus is located in Burke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <6>
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Battleview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battleview
      • Battleview is located in Burke County
    • Coulee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulee
      • Coulee is located in Mountrail County
    • Larson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larson
      • Larson is located in Burke County
    • Tolley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley
      • Tolley is located in Renville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tolley <6>

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 Burke County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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:

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 #1032930  (Zion Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1032930 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Woburn
    • County: Burke         Elev: 614
    • Location given for GNIS #1032930 (Zion Cemetery)

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/

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 North Dakota's counties, including Burke, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Zion Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7645, Longitude: -102.3763       In this case, the coordinates for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.




 

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