A visit to the Zion Church Graveyard ...
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 Church Graveyard ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Church Graveyard:
39.8098, -84.6308
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Church Graveyard can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Zion Church Graveyard is located in Preble County<2>.
The county seat for Preble County is located in Eaton. Eaton lies just to the south of the Zion Church Graveyard .
Open a Google Map centered on the Zion Church Graveyard.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Zion Church Graveyard.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Church Graveyard, with the nearest first.
- Spacht Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Spacht Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spacht Cemetery
- Wares Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Wares Chapel Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wares Chapel Cemetery
- Petry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Petry Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petry Cemetery
- Sherer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sherer Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherer Cemetery
- County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The County Home Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Home Cemetery
- Prices Creek German Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stump Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Stump Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of New Hope.
- The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bonebrake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980558 <5>
- Mound Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mound Hill Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Hill Cemetery
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Myers Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Cemetery
- Dry Fork Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Monroe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Monroe Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hamburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hamburg Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg Cemetery
- Gettysburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Gettysburg Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg Cemetery
- Frame Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Frame Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Cemetery
- Ft. St. Clair Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fisher Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Eaton.
- The Fisher Cemetery has also been known as:
- May Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304949 <5>
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Roselawn Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn Cemetery
- The Roselawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Euphemia Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43008 <5>
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- The Campbell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Halderman Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407957 <5>
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- New Lexington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
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]<3> of the Zion Church Graveyard.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Church Graveyard, with the nearest first:
- New Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Eaton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Euphemia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Manchester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pyrmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pyrmont is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Castine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Corvin ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corvin is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corvin
- Lake Lakengren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Lakengren is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lakengren
- Ingomar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wengerlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wengerlawn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengerlawn
- Verona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- New Paris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kreitzer Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kreitzer Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreitzer Corner
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New Madison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brookville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Boston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gratis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Savona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
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 Church Graveyard. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Preble County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Church Graveyard.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookville
- Camden
- Eaton
- New Madison
- West Alexandria
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 helpful 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 Church Graveyard:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Preble 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 Church Graveyard:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1961448 (Zion Church Graveyard)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1961448 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: Preble
- Est. Elev: 329 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Eaton North
- Location given for Zion Church Graveyard:
- Lat: 39.8097733 Lon: -84.6307871
- 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 Ohio's counties, including Preble, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zion Church Graveyard) 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. |
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