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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 Zion Lodge (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 Zion Lodge. 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 Zion Lodge ...

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 Zion Lodge: Zion Ldg. (or less commonly used: Zion Ldge.)

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 doctors 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.

Zion Lodge is located in Washington County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Mohave (AZ), Lincoln (NV), Iron & Kane.

Below are the counties that are near Zion Lodge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zion Lodge:

  • Washington County     (The home county of Zion Lodge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zion Lodge, with the one closest to Zion Lodge listed first.
    • Little Zion ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Little Zion is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
    • Springdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shunesburg ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Shunesburg is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shunesburg
    • Northrop ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Northrop is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northrop
    • Rockville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Adventure ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Adventure is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure
    • Grafton ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grafton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
    • Duncans Retreat ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Duncans Retreat is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Retreat
    • Blue Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Blue Springs is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
    • Dalton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Dalton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
    • Apple Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Virgin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Iron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zion Lodge, with the one closest to Zion Lodge listed first.
    • Fort Kanarra ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Kanarra is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanarra
    • Kanarraville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Highlands
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
    • Hamiltons Fort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
      • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
      • Fort Hamblin
      • Fort Sidon
      • Fort Walker
      • Hambleton
      • Hamblin
      • Shirts Creek
      • Sidon
      • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
      • Hamilton Fort
      • Hamilton
    • Cedar City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cedar City is located in Iron County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
      • Former names for Cedar City:
      • Coal Creek
      • Little Muddy
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <1>
  • Kane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zion Lodge, with the one closest to Zion Lodge listed first.
    • Mount Carmel Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mount Carmel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Orderville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Glendale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Duck Creek Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Kanab ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Fort Kanab is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanab
    • Kanab
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Alton is located in Kane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
      • Former names for Alton:
      • Graham
      • Roundy's Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
    • Long Valley Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Coconino County (AZ)
    • Kaibab
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kaibab is located in Coconino County (AZ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaibab
  • Mohave County (AZ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zion Lodge, with the one closest to Zion Lodge listed first.
    • Colorado City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cane Beds
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Cane Beds is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Beds
    • Moccasin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Moccasin is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
    • Sixmile Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sixmile Village is located in Mohave County (AZ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Village

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zion Lodge, see our County-by-County Page for Zion Lodge.

Cemeteries Near Zion Lodge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zion Lodge.

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 Zion Lodge - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zion Lodge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zion Lodge, with the one closest to Zion Lodge listed first.

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 Zion Lodge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zion Lodge.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Zion Lodge, with the one closest to Zion Lodge listed first.

  • Rockville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Virgin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Orderville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Glendale
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Silver Reef ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Silver Reef is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Reef
  • Kanarraville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • New Harmony
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kanab
    (27 miles [43.5 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 Zion Lodge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zion Lodge.

Newspapers Published in Zion Lodge ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zion Lodge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zion Lodge, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zion Lodge.

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 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 Zion Lodge:

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 Zion Lodge, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zion Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.