Zion, Missouri

Zion is an unincorporated community in Central Township in southern Madison County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on U.S. Route 67 about ten miles south of Fredericktown. The community is on the banks of Twelve Mile Creek.[2]

A post office called Zion was in operation from 1880 until 1964.[3] The community took its name from a nearby church of the same name, which in turn was named after Mount Zion in West Asia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Zion, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 56, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Madison County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

Coordinates: 37°25′18″N 90°18′36″W / 37.42167°N 90.31000°W / 37.42167; -90.31000


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