A visit to the Zion Road 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 Road Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Road Cemetery:
40.4334, -74.7529
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Road Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Zion Road Cemetery is located in Somerset County<2>.
The county seat for Somerset County is located in Somerville. Somerville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Zion Road Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Zion Road Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Zion Road Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Road Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stoutsburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Stoutsburg Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg Cemetery
- Union Cemetery of Wertsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wertsville Baptist Church Yard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Stoutsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Stoutsburg Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stoutsburg Cemetery is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2231503 <5>
- Unionville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Unionville Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Cemetery
- Blawenburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Blawenburg Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blawenburg Cemetery
- Clover Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Clover Hill Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill Cemetery
- Clover Hill Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Amwell Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Amwell Ridge Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amwell Ridge Cemetery
- The Amwell Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Amwell United First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Larison's Corner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #780051 <5>
- Harlingen Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Flagtown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Flagtown Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagtown Cemetery
- Neshanic Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Bridges Dutch Reformed Churchyard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Rocky Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Rocky Hill Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill Cemetery
- Beekman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Beekman Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beekman Cemetery
- Hoagland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hoagland Cemetery is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland Cemetery
- Flemington Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winder Phillips Grave Yard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harbourton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Harbourton Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbourton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harbourton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964804 <5>
- Princeton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Princeton Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Princeton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Princeton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100174 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Zion Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Road Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rileyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileyville
- Skillman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
- Wertsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wertsville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wertsville
- Snydertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snydertown is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Mount Rose
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Rose is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose
- Harlingen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harlingen is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlingen
- Reaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reaville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reaville
- Linvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Linvale is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linvale
- Woodfern
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodfern is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfern
- Larisons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Larisons Corners is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larisons Corners
- Copper Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Flemington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Pleasant Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Bear Tavern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern
- Lawrenceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Heathcote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Heathcote is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathcote
- Blackwells Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blackwells Mills is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Mills
- Sand Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Brook
- Titusville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Titusville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titusville
- Princessville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Princeton Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton Junction is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Junction
- Plainsboro Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plainsboro Center is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro Center
- Plainsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plainsboro is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsboro
- Kendall Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kendall Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Park
- Sergeantsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeantsville
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 Road Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Somerset County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Road Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Road Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New Jersey:
- Pages specific to Somerset 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 Road Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2059726 (Zion Road Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2059726 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: Somerset
- Est. Elev: 139 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hopewell
- Location given for Zion Road Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4334384 Lon: -74.7529395
- 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 New Jersey's counties, including Somerset, 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 Road 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. |