About Mount Zion Cemetery
Mount Zion Cemetery is a cemetery near Elsmere, New Castle County, Delaware. It lies about 1.1 mi south of Elsmere. The grounds sit at about 157 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Clifford Brown. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 214354. The nearest other listed cemetery is Silverbrook Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Congo Funeral Home in Wilmington, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in New Castle County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New Castle County dates to 1698. 7 of the 67 listings in New Castle County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elsmere. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Zion Cemetery
Among them: 1 musician.
- Clifford Brown1930-1956American jazz musician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Zion Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.75425, -75.59109
What Mount Zion Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Silverbrook CemeteryElsmere, DECemetery0.2 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryElsmere, DECemetery0.4 mi
- Beth Emeth CemeteryElsmere, DEJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Cathedral CemeteryElsmere, DECemetery0.8 mi
- Green Hill CemeteryGreenville, DECemetery0.8 mi
- Mount Salem CemeteryWilmington, DECemetery1.1 mi
- Mount Salem United Methodist Church CemeteryWilmington, DEMethodist cemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Joseph on the BrandywineGreenville, DE · est. 1841Cemetery1.4 mi
- Wilmington and Brandywine CemeteryWilmington, DECemetery2.1 mi
- Simpson CemeteryNewport, DECemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Zion Cemetery
- Congo Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 652-8887
- Arcaro Charles P Funeral Director0.7 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 658-9095
- 302funerals.com by Williams Funeral Home and Burial Services0.9 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 510-6228
- Evan W Smith Funeral Services1.0 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 377-6906
- Gore Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 274-2960
- Corleto-Latina Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 652-6642
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