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:
40.9323, -75.2985
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 Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Stroudsburg. Stroudsburg lies just to the northeast 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 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.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Lake View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Lake View Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Green Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Green Ridge Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge Cemetery
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Buena Vista Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista Cemetery
- Kellers Cherry Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Bruch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bruch Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bruch Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Wind Gap.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405686 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Mennonite Cemetery
- Laurelwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Laurelwood Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelwood Cemetery
- Hillside Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hillside Memorial Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Memorial Cemetery
- The Hillside Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Effort Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194215 <5>
- Plainfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Plainfield Cemetery is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Cemetery
- The Plainfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162996 <5>
- Prospect Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Stroud Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Stroud Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud 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:
- Pen Argyl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wind Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roseto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington Heights is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
- Appenzell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Brodheadsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rossland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rossland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland
- Reeders
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Village
- Bangor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stroudsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McMichael
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Stroudsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Bangor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Bangor is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bangor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,624 people
- Delaware Water Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Slateford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Kresgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Belfast
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belfast is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Kesslersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kesslersville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kesslersville
- Kesslersville has also been known as:
- Alamanda
- Keslers
- Kesslers
- Richmond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Portland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Portland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Columbia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Columbia is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Parkside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Parkside is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkside
- Long Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bangor
- Delaware Water Gap
- East Stroudsburg
- Pen Argyl
- Stroudsburg
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 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:
- Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
- Pages specific to Monroe 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 #1181905 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1181905 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: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 197 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Saylorsburg
- Location given for Mount Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9323158 Lon: -75.2985155
- 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 Monroe, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |