Welcome to Zion ...

Zion is located in Winnebago County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Zion is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Zion lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Zion: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Zion ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Zion - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kentucky (4), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina (3), North Dakota, Oklahoma (2), Ontario (6), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Zion.

Communities near Zion ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Zion.

• Oshkosh
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
• Fond du Lac
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
• Neenah
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Neenah is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
• Fox Crossing
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
• Menasha
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Menasha is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
• Ripon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
• Berlin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
• North Fond du Lac
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
• Omro
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Omro is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
• Winneconne
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Zion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Zion.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Zion. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zion.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Zion. See our Newspapers Page for Zion.

Adding Zion to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Zion in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Zion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Zion post office opened in 1891. The Zion post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zion.