Place:Zion, Madison, Missouri, United States

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NameZion
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates37.42167°N 90.31°W
Located inMadison, Missouri, United States     (1886 - )
Also located inCentral (township), Madison, Missouri, United States    
See alsoTwelvemile (township), Madison, Missouri, United StatesOn the township border

A post office was established here in 1886 and named from Zion Church (q.v.). It is in the south part of Central Township. (Gipson, Price) - Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.

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Zion is an unincorporated community in Central Township in southern Madison County, Missouri, United States. 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.

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

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