Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Mount Zion (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mount Zion. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Mount Zion ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Zion: Mt. Zion
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Zion. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Zion.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Mount Zion is located in Carroll County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carroll County: Benton, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison & Weakley.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Zion. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Zion:
- Carroll County (The home county of Mount Zion)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Huntingdon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hollow Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Anark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anark
- Bruceton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Clarksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- McLemoresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- McKenzie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wingo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wingo is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Trezevant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Atwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Sandy Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Point is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crossroads is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
- Camden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chaseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chaseville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
- Wildlife Cove Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Coxburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coxburg is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Big Sandy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brevards Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brevards Ferry is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevards Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 40,982 people
- Faxon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Sugar Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Tree is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Tree
- Jeannette
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Jeannette is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Oakview ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakview is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
- Parsons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Ledbetter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
- Whitway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whitway is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitway
- Graball
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graball is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
- Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
- Milan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sitka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sitka is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Union Central
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Union Central is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
- Goat City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goat City is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Concord
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Medina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Four Points
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Farmville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Farmville is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Parkers Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Union Cross
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Union Cross is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
- McHaney ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McHaney is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
- Poplar Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
- Atkins ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Atkins is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chesterfield is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 469 people
- Darden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Darden is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Population from the 2010 Census: 399 people
- White Fern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Fern is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fern
- Huron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Henry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spring Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
- Manleyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manleyville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Paris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Springville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- India
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- India is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- New Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Whitlock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Whitlock is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Cottage Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mandels ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mandels is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandels
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,349 people
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Vista is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- New Johnsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hustburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hustburg is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustburg
- Plant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plant is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant
- Bakerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bakerville is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerville
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Spring Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Claybrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Claybrook is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybrook
- Oakfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakfield is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Perry County
- Mousetail ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mousetail is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetail
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Gleason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pillowville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pillowville is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
- Tumbling
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tumbling is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumbling
- Ore Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ore Springs is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Springs
- Dresden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,068 people
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Zion, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Zion.
Cemeteries Near Mount Zion ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Zion.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Mount Zion - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Zion covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Humbles Chapel MB Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Humbles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cawthon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Long Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McCallie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Palmer Shelter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (858 more) ...
- Spellings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Mount Zion in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Zion.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Rosser
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosser is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosser
- Huntingdon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Hollow Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leach is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Dollar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dollar is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar
- Carnsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Carnsville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnsville
- Hico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hico
- Clarksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Mixie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mixie is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixie
- Maple Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
- Lipe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lipe is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipe
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Haglerville is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- McLemoresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McLemoresville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLemoresville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- McKenzie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Zion. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Zion.
Newspapers Published in Mount Zion ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Zion.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Zion, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Zion.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mount Zion:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Carroll County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Decatur County
- Gibson County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Humphreys County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Weakley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Mount Zion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mount Zion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |