Hammond Park in Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mt. Zion Methodist Church

Photographed by David Seibert, April 8, 2009

1. Mt. Zion Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. On September 29, 1957, Mount Zion Methodist Church, one of the first churches in this area, celebrated its 141st anniversary. Services were held first in a log structure, built for a schoolhouse. Tombstones in the cemetery bear dates from 1796; unmarked graves are believed to be older. A weatherboard meeting house, erected about 1830, witnessed the advance and retreat of troops, fighting from Atlanta to Jonesboro. Mt. Zion has been a member of three great denominations - The Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Episcopal Church South, and The Methodist Church. The present building was erected in 1939.

Erected 1958 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 060-123.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1959.

Location. 33° 40.65′ N, 84° 24.502′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in Hammond Park. It is at the intersection of Metropolitan Parkway SW (U.S. 41) and Old Jonesboro Road, on the left when traveling south on Metropolitan

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Parkway SW. Until recently, Metropolitan Parkway was named Stewart Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2840 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta GA 30315, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gilbert Memorial Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hapeville, Georgia (approx. 1.2 miles away); Historic Christ Church, Hapeville (approx. 1.3 miles away); Im Memory of the Hapeville Boys (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hapeville Veterans Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ga. Baptist Children's Home (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hapeville Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Dwarf House (approx. 1½ miles away).

Photographed by David Seibert, April 8, 2009

2. Mt. Zion Methodist Church Marker

Looking north on Metropolitan Parkway

Mt. Zion Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 8, 2009

3. Mt. Zion Methodist Church

The church building, constructed in 1939.

Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 8, 2009

4. Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery

First marked graves date from the late 1700s

Photographed by David Seibert, April 8, 2009

5. Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery

Unmarked graves in the cemetery date prior to the 1790s.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 8, 2009

6. Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 3,067 times since then and 70 times this year. Last updated on April 10, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 9, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.