Welcome to Zion ...Zion is located in Somerset County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Zion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. Zion is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Zion lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Zion ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Zion - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kentucky (4), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina (3), North Dakota, Oklahoma (2), Ontario (6), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Zion. Communities near Zion ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Zion.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Zion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Zion. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Zion. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zion. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Zion. See our Newspapers Page for Zion. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zion ...Looking for more information about Zion? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Zion, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Zion. Adding Zion to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Zion in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Zion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Zion. Footnotes ...
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