Mount Zion Cemetery
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Mount Zion Cemetery

Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA

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  • Get directions 291st St about 1/4 mile west of 465th Ave
    Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA
    Coordinates: 43.17170, -96.91060
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The Mount Zion cemetery is in Lincoln County (less than a mile from the Turner County line, northeast of Centerville). The following is from page 178 of The Centerville Centennial book, which was published in 1983: "Mt. Zion Church was not only the first Methodist Church, but the first of any denomination to be organized and the building erected in Lincoln County. Some charter members were John Noble, Nathan Noble, Geo Bertsch, Richard Williams, William Brown, C. O. Andrews, [James] Albert Crane, Al Meyers, Wm. Ellis, Elder Gray and the Holmberg family. For about ten years prior to the building of the church, the little group of Methodists held meetings in the home of John Noble and others. Nathan Noble deeded five acres of ground for the church and a place of burial. The first church building was erected in 1876. The original church was replaced by a larger building in 1898. That building was struck by lightning and burned to the ground July 17, 1907. Plans were at once made to rebuild, this time of brick, and the church was dedicated October 4, 1908. Twenty-five regular pastors served the Mt. Zion Church from 1880 to 1920 when it became inactive. The church was torn down about 1951.
The Mount Zion cemetery is in Lincoln County (less than a mile from the Turner County line, northeast of Centerville). The following is from page 178 of The Centerville Centennial book, which was published in 1983: "Mt. Zion Church was not only the first Methodist Church, but the first of any denomination to be organized and the building erected in Lincoln County. Some charter members were John Noble, Nathan Noble, Geo Bertsch, Richard Williams, William Brown, C. O. Andrews, [James] Albert Crane, Al Meyers, Wm. Ellis, Elder Gray and the Holmberg family. For about ten years prior to the building of the church, the little group of Methodists held meetings in the home of John Noble and others. Nathan Noble deeded five acres of ground for the church and a place of burial. The first church building was erected in 1876. The original church was replaced by a larger building in 1898. That building was struck by lightning and burned to the ground July 17, 1907. Plans were at once made to rebuild, this time of brick, and the church was dedicated October 4, 1908. Twenty-five regular pastors served the Mt. Zion Church from 1880 to 1920 when it became inactive. The church was torn down about 1951.

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