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A visit to the Mount Zion Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Mt. Zion Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Zion Cemetery (FG ID #5447)

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 ...

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

Lat:   33.8694°   (33° 52' 9")

Lon:   -96.9252°   (-96° 55' 30")

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

The county seat for Grayson County is located in Sherman. Sherman lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the southeast of the Mt. Zion Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Mt. Zion Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Cooke County
  • Harvill - Rowe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Blassingame Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Allison Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Noel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Willis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Willis Cemetery is located in Marshall County (OK)
  • Graveyard Bluff Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graveyard Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graveyard Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Graveyard Bluff Cemetery is located in Love County (OK)
  • Bacon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bacon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bacon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bacon Cemetery is located in Cooke County
  • Newell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Newell Cemetery is located in Cooke County
  • Gordonville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Cedar Mills Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Powell Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Powell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Powell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Powell Cemetery is located in Marshall County (OK)
    • Black Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Black Cemetery is located in Cooke County
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Cooke County
    • Henry Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Grubb Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Enville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Enville Cemetery is located in Love County (OK)
    • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Berry Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shires Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lebanon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Marshall County (OK)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 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.

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 Grayson 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 #1363341  (Mount Zion Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1363341 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: Dexter
    • County: Grayson         Elev: 226
    • Location given for GNIS #1363341 (Mount Zion Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #5447

The official website for Grayson County: www.co.grayson.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Grayson, 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- ) 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: 33.8694, Longitude: -96.9252    
<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 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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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