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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 Montgomery County.
To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montgomery County: Grimes, Harris, Liberty, San Jacinto, Walker & Waller.
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:
- Montgomery 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.
- Danville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Danville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Willis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Panorama Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,446 people
- Conroe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cut and Shoot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grangerland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodloch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Woodloch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodloch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Shenandoah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Dacus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dacus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
- Chateau Woods
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chateau Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Woods
- Dobbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grimes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Richards
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Plantersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Mission
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Todd Mission is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Apolonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Apolonia is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apolonia
- Shiro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stoneham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stoneham is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Hufsmith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Forest North
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forest North is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest North
- Spring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Place is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Place
- Tomball
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- North Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Cleveland is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nimrod ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nimrod is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Plum Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
- Rayburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rayburn is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayburn
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Swartout ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Swartout is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartout
- Goodrich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Onalaska
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Livingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Livingston is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Livingston
- Lamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lamont is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- San Jacinto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Magnolia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Laurel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Oakhurst
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coldspring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Point Blank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepherd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Trinity County
- Carlisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- New Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elmina
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmina is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmina
- Barado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barado is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barado
- Dodge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Riverside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wesley Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Grove
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.
- Hardy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shepard Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard Hill Cemetery
- The Shepard Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Danville Shepard Hill Cemetery
- Old Danville Cemetery
- Old Danville Family Cemetery
- Shepard Cemetery
- Shephard Hill Cemetery
- Sheperd Hill Cemetery
- Shepperd Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #6876 <2>
- St. Joseph Elmina Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Waverly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hargrove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gourd Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wood Family Cemetery
- The Wood Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437325 <2>
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Calvary Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Road Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Road Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Willis.
- The Calvary Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lakeview Cemetery
- Plainview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2394994 <2>
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
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.
- New Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maynard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maynard is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Conroe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in San Jacinto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Phelps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Phelps is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Bath
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bath is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dodge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coldspring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Egypt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Egypt is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Point Blank
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dacus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dacus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacus
- Cleveland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
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 39 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 28 miles [45.1 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 Texas
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grimes County
- Harris County
- Liberty County
- Polk County
- San Jacinto County
- Trinity County
- Walker County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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- Mount Zion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |