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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. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 ...

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>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Zion Cemetery

Lat:   39.9418°   (39° 56' 30")

Lon:   -76.3594°   (-76° 21' 33")

The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lancaster County<2>.

The county seat for Lancaster County is located in Lancaster. Lancaster lies just to the north northeast of the Mt. Zion Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 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.

  • Conestoga UMC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conestoga UMC Cemetery
    • The Conestoga UMC Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Conestoga UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Conestoga.
    • The Conestoga UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Conestoga Methodist Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264305 <5>
  • Marticville UMC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Highville UMC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highville UMC Cemetery
    • The Highville UMC Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
    • The Highville UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Green Mount Cemetery
    • Highville Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2271197 <5>
  • Kauffman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
  • Mann - Grosh - Lutz Graveyard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mann - Grosh - Lutz Graveyard
    • The Mann - Grosh - Lutz Graveyard is located in Lancaster County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mann - Grosh - Lutz Graveyard is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Central Manor.
    • The Mann - Grosh - Lutz Graveyard has also been known as:
    • John Mann Cemetery
    • Rohrer Farm Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2328116 <5>
  • Conestoga Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conestoga Memorial Park
    • The Conestoga Memorial Park is located in Lancaster County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Conestoga Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Lancaster.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44619 <5>
  • Degel Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Degel Israel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Degel Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Degel Israel Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
  • St. Josephs New Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs New Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs New Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Josephs New Catholic Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
  • Millersville Mennonite Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millersville Mennonite Cemetery
    • The Millersville Mennonite Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
    • The Millersville Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Millersville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #205759 <5>
  • Habecker Mennonite Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverview Burial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Burial Park
    • The Riverview Burial Park is located in Lancaster County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Burial Park is a very large cemetery that is located in Lancaster.
    • The Riverview Burial Park has also been known as:
    • Riverview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1542536 <5>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Lancaster.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44993 <5>
    • Cedar Lawn Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Lawn Cemetery
      • The Cedar Lawn Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lancaster.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44548 <5>
    • Woodward Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodward Hill Cemetery
      • The Woodward Hill Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodward Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lancaster.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46677 <5>
    • Washington Boro Church of God Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Springville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Springville Cemetery is located in York County
    • Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery
      • The Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery is located in York County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Airville United Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Airville.
    • Lancaster Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • St. James Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. James Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
    • Shreiner - Concord Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shreiner - Concord Cemetery
      • The Shreiner - Concord Cemetery is located in Lancaster County
      • The Shreiner - Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Concord Cemetery
      • Shreiner's Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641313 <5>

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.

  • Rockhill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Rockhill is located in Lancaster County
  • Conestoga
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Colemanville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colemanville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colemanville
    • Colemanville is located in Lancaster County
  • Slackwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwater
    • Slackwater is located in Lancaster County
  • New Danville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Danville
    • New Danville is located in Lancaster County
  • Millersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Letort
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Letort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letort
    • Letort is located in Lancaster County
  • Highville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Highville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
    • Highville is located in Lancaster County
  • Mount Nebo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
    • Mount Nebo is located in Lancaster County
  • Creswell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creswell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
    • Creswell is located in Lancaster County
  • Goram
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goram. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goram
    • Goram is located in York County
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Lancaster County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Windom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Windom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
      • Windom is located in Lancaster County
    • Herrville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrville
      • Herrville is located in Lancaster County
    • Willow Street
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Central Manor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor
      • Central Manor is located in Lancaster County
    • Refton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refton
      • Refton is located in Lancaster County
    • Washington Borough
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Borough have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Borough
      • Washington Borough is located in Lancaster County
    • Rohrerstown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • New Bridgeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridgeville
      • New Bridgeville is located in York County
    • Airville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Truce
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Truce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truce
      • Truce is located in Lancaster County
    • Mountville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountville
      • Mountville is located in Lancaster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,833 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountville <6>
    • Lampeter
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lancaster
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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. The following communities are located in Lancaster County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion 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 Mt. Zion Cemetery:

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 #1181896  (Mount Zion Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1181896 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Conestoga
    • County: Lancaster         Elev: 153
    • Location given for GNIS #1181896 (Mount Zion Cemetery)

The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Lancaster, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Zion Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9418, Longitude: -76.3594       In this case, the coordinates for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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