A visit to the Mount Zion 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Zion Cemetery:
40.9320, -76.4674
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Bloomsburg. Bloomsburg lies just to the north of the Mt. Zion Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Catawissa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1047524 <5>
- Roaring Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Roaring Creek Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Creek Cemetery
- Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sharp Ridge Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Ridge Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Rosemont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located in Espy.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45602 <5>
- Rosemont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomsburg.
- The Rosemont Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rosemont Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641294 <5>
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- All Saints Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kulp UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Kulp UMC Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulp UMC Cemetery
- The Kulp UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kulp Cemetery
- Kulp Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987725 <5>
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Fisher Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- Creveling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Creveling Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creveling Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Creveling Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<6> the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Almedia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967765 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kase Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery
- The St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blue Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #975040 <5>
- Elan Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Elan Memorial Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elan Memorial Park
- The Elan Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Elan Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44751 <5>
- Hidlay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Hidlay Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidlay 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Catawissa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Queen City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Slabtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Rupert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Numidia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Fernville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Grovania
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Newlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Mainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Espy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Espy is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
- Bloomsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Elysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Buckhorn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Paper Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paper Mill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill
- Mechanicsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Reed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Marion Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Bear Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Natalie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Almedia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Lightstreet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lightstreet is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightstreet
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Rushtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
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 Columbia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bloomsburg
- Catawissa
- Danville
- Kulpmont
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Columbia 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1181904 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1181904 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: Columbia
- Est. Elev: 286 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Catawissa
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9320312 Lon: -76.467449
- 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 Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Zion 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. |
| <6> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Espy and Almedia. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |