Near Midway in Scott County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Zion Hill
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Zion Hill School

Zion Hill Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

1. Zion Hill Marker

Inscription.
Zion Hill Established prior to the end of slavery. Originally known as South EIkhorn Bend & Lenerson. The name was later changed to Zion Hill. It was a prominent African American community with two stores. church, and post office. Whitney M. Young, president of Lincoln Institute, a black boarding school, began his early education here.

Zion Hill School Site of one of the 158 Rosenwald Schools constructed in Kentucky between 1917 and 1932. The one-room schoolhouse provided an education for African American children required to attend segregated schools. This program grew out of Booker T. Washington's vision for educational reform & his partnership with Julius Rosenwald.
Presented by the Zion Hill Neighborhood Assoc.

Erected 2008 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2267.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society, and the Rosenwald Schools series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 38° 7.313′ N,

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84° 38.393′ W. Marker is near Midway, Kentucky, in Scott County. It is at the intersection of South Weisenberger Mill Road and Zion Hill Lane, on the right when traveling south on South Weisenberger Mill Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 437 South Weisenberger Mill Road, Midway KY 40347, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Bluegrass Region

and in Greater Lexington Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zion Hill Community (approx. half a mile away); History of Weisenberger Mill (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Vernon Baptist Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Caleb Wallace's Law Office (approx. 1.6 miles away); The John Graham House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Audubon (approx.

Zion Hill School Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

2. Zion Hill School Marker

2.4 miles away); Midway Freedman's School (approx. 2.8 miles away); Second Christian Church, Midway (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Midway.

Also see . . . Zion Hill/Scott County. Notable Kentucky African Americans Database entry on the community. (Submitted on April 3, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Zion Hill / Zion Hill School Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 28, 2021

3. Zion Hill / Zion Hill School Marker

Looking north on Weisenberger Mill Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 608 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 3, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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Zion Hill
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Zion Hill School