Zion, Missouri

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Zion is an unincorporated community in Central Township in southern Madison County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on U.S. Route 67, approximately ten miles south of Fredericktown. The community is situated 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]

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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.

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