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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
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:
- Cumberland 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.
- Jewett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Crab Orchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Center Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Burke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Lake Pomeroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Lake Tansi Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Fairfield Glade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rogers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Greenbriar Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Hebbertsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Woodlands
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Crossville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lantana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Ninemile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Summer City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Fentress County
- Clarkrange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Luttrell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White Wing Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Eaton Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Prigmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Niota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Cute ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Sewee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Calico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Decatur
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Goodfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Beta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Monroe County
- Sweetwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Harriman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Deermont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Nemo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Oakdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Lancing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bucklick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Coal Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Wartburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Lavender
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Annadel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Deer Lodge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Roddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Cumberland Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Bryan Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Graysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Glen Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Pioneer Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Lakemont Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Cardiff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Midtown Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Emory Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Clarktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Ravenscroft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
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.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brewer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Sulphur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cummings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clifton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- King - Reed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (823 more) ...
- Johnson Stand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stebbins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
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.
- Balta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Balta is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Roddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Lorraine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lorraine is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Glen Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Grassy Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Jewett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Crab Orchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rhea Springs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rhea Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Springs
- Rockwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Big Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Euchee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euchee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchee
- Litton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Litton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litton
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 18 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 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. 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 start 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 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 Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- White 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> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Zion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |