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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Mount Zion is located in Crawford County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crawford County: Allamakee (IA), Clayton (IA), Grant, Richland & Vernon.
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:
- Crawford 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.
- Bell Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Petersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Gays Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Steuben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Soldiers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Mount Sterling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Towerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Towerville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
- Wauzeka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Rising Sun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Sun is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Eastman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Ferryville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ferryville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Freeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Blue River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Woodman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Muscoda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Werley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Werley is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
- Millville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Millville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Fennimore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Mount Ida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Ida is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
- Mount Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Stitzer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Montfort
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Annaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Avoca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Highland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Cobb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Edmund
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Boaz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Balmoral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Sabin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sabin is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabin
- Viola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 665 people
- Richland Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Gillingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Bloom City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Aubrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Sextonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Ithaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Hub City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Sauk County
- Sandusky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Readstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Fargo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Liberty Pole
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Pole is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Pole
- West Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Prairie is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Prairie
- Retreat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- La Farge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Viroqua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Viroqua is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viroqua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,394 people
- Purdy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Westby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westby is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,254 people
- White City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Newton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Allamakee County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Harpers Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waukon Junction is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukon Junction
- Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dalby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dalby is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalby
- Ion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ion is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ion
- Waterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waterville is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Elon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elon is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Clayton County (IA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Zion, with the one closest to Mount Zion listed first.
- Marquette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- McGregor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Union Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Haney Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steele Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crow Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barnum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Haskins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tavera Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bell Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<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.
- Westport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Excelsior
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Excelsior is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Bell Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
- Steuben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Boscobel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Boscobel is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- North Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Clayton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clayton
- Soldiers Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Blue River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Byrds Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Byrds Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds Creek
- Boydtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boydtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boydtown
- Mount Sterling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Woodman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Basswood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Basswood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Boaz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
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 149 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Crawford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Vernon County
- Allamakee County
- Clayton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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'. |