Mount Zion, Indiana

Mount Zion
Unincorporated community
Mount Zion
Coordinates: 40°39′01″N 85°20′05″W / 40.65028°N 85.33472°W / 40.65028; -85.33472Coordinates: 40°39′01″N 85°20′05″W / 40.65028°N 85.33472°W / 40.65028; -85.33472
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Wells
Township	Jackson
Elevation	863 ft (263 m)
ZIP code	46792
FIPS code	18-51786^[1]
GNIS feature ID	439724^[2]

Mount Zion is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Wells County, Indiana.

Mount Zion took its name from a church established at the settlement.^[3]

Geography

Mount Zion is located at 40°39′01″N 85°20′05″W / 40.65028°N 85.33472°W / 40.65028; -85.33472.

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "Mount Zion, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. The name is for a church around which the village was built.

Municipalities and communities of Wells County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Bluffton

City	Bluffton

Towns	Markle‡ Ossian Poneto Uniondale Vera Cruz Zanesville‡

Townships	Chester Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lancaster Liberty Nottingham Rockcreek Union

Unincorporated communities	Craigville Curryville Dillman Domestic Five Points Greenville Greenwood Jeff Keystone Kingsland Liberty Center McNatts Mount Zion Murray North Oaks Nottingham Petroleum Phenix Reiffsburg Riverside Rockford Tocsin Toll Gate Heights Travisville Wellsburg

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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