Cemetery

Old Zion

Houston County · THC Atlas #7225014805

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About this site

Old Zion is a cemetery in Houston County, Texas. It is one of 174 cemeteries documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4154, -95.1897. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brent (cemetery), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Tadmor, McKelvey, and Vaughan Family.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #7225014805. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Old Zion Cemetery takes its name from the Old Zion Church that once stood nearby in the Kennard vicinity of Houston County. The cemetery holds about 250 marked graves, among them veterans of the Civil War and both World Wars. A Texas Historical Commission marker was placed at the site in 2000.

Sources: texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com historic.one

📍 31.4154, -95.1897 · Houston County

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