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A visit to the Mount Zion Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Mt. Zion Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Zion Cemetery (FG ID #101021)

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 Mt. Zion Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.6247°   (40° 37' 28")

Lon:   -96.4452°   (-96° 26' 42")

The cemetery is located in Otoe County<3>.

As an estimate, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Douglas.

The county seat for Otoe County is located in Nebraska City. Nebraska City lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the east of the Mt. Zion Cemetery .

Establishment of the Mt. Zion Cemetery ...

The Mt. Zion Cemetery was established in 1885.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.

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

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 Mt. Zion Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Otoe County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Adams
    • Adams lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adams.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
  • Bennet
  • Burr
    • Burr lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the Southeast (SE) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burr.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
  • College View
  • Cook
    • Cook lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cook.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
  • Cortland
  • Douglas
  • Eagle
  • Elmwood
  • Firth
    • Firth lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Firth.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
  • Hickman
  • Palmyra
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Continue List   (4 more)
      • Panama lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Panama.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
    • Sterling
    • Syracuse
    • Unadilla

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Mt. 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #831488  (Mount Zion Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #831488 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: Douglas
    • County: Otoe         Elev: 399
    • Location given for GNIS #831488 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101021

The official website for Otoe County: www.co.otoe.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Zion Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6247, Longitude: -96.4452    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Otoe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Panama and Douglas. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>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.
<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.
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