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Communities Also Named Zion ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Zion.

There are five communities within Ontario that are also named Zion.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 33 communities, five are located in Canada and 33 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Zion #1
      • This Zion lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • The profile page for Zion #2
      • This Zion lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the south southwest.
      • The profile page for Zion #3
      • This Zion lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the west northwest.
      • The profile page for Zion #4
      • This Zion lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the west northwest.
      • The profile page for Zion #5
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Zion.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Zion is located in Montgomery County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Zion.
      • Pickens County
      • This Zion is located in Pickens County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Zion.
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Zion is located in Izard County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Zion.
    • Florida
      • Dade County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Dade County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Zion.
    • Georgia
      • Appling County
      • This Zion is located in Appling County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appling County community of Zion.
    • Illinois
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Zion [Carroll County].
      • Lake County
      • This Zion is located in Lake County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Zion.
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • This Zion is located in Adair County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Zion.
    • Kentucky
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Zion [Grant County].
      • Greenup County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Zion [Greenup County].
      • Henderson County
      • This Zion is located in Henderson County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Zion.
      • Todd County
      • This Zion is located in Todd County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Zion.
    • Louisiana
      • Grant Parish
      • This Zion is located in Grant Parish and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant Parish community of Zion.
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Zion is located in Cecil County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Zion.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Zion [Saint Clair County].
    • Mississippi
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Zion is located in Pontotoc County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Zion.
    • Missouri
      • Madison County
      • This Zion is located in Madison County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Zion.
    • New Jersey
      • Somerset County
      • This Zion is located in Somerset County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Zion.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Zion is located in Cleveland County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Zion.
      • Iredell County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Zion [Iredell County].
      • Yadkin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Zion [Yadkin County].
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Zion [Cass County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Adair County
      • This Zion is located in Adair County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Zion.
      • Kingfisher County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Zion [Kingfisher County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Zion is located in Centre County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Zion.
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Zion [Franklin County].
      • Luzerne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Zion [Luzerne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Marion County
      • This Zion is located in Marion County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Zion.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Zion is located in Maury County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Zion.
    • Utah
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Zion [Washington County].
    • Virginia
      • Louisa County
      • This Zion is located in Louisa County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Zion.
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur County
      • This Zion is located in Upshur County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Zion.
    • Wisconsin
      • Winnebago County
      • This Zion is located in Winnebago County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Zion.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Zion ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Assumption
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assumption came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Byersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byersville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
  • Cold Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crystal Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Downers Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hall Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hiawatha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Indian River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
  • Yankee Bonnet
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Bonnet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Bonnet

How Far From Zion to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Zion to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Zion and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Zion to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,719 miles [9,203.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,326 miles [6,962 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Zion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2428, Longitude: -78.2547    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Zion could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Zion to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.207 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.637 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.084 degrees.




 

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