Zion Heights

Zion Heights is a hamlet in Jefferson, Alabama. Zion Heights is situated nearby to the hamlet Franklin Gardens, as well as near Oakhurst.

Places of Interest

Highlights include George Washington Carver High School and Bethel Baptist Church.

George Washington Carver High School

School

George Washington Carver High School is a four-year public high school in Birmingham, Alabama. It is one of seven high schools in the Birmingham City School System and is named for the American botanist and inventor, George Washington Carver.

Bethel Baptist Church

Church

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Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The church served as headquarters from 1956 to 1961 for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, which was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement. Bethel Baptist Church is situated 2 miles east of Zion Heights.

Twenty-Second Avenue Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama)

Church

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Twenty-Second Avenue Baptist Church (Birmingham, Alabama) is situated 1½ miles southeast of Zion Heights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birmingham and Forestdale.

Birmingham

Photo: Patrick Cain, CC BY 3.0.

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama, and its cultural and economic nucleus. While it's best remembered as the site of protest, bombings, and other racial tumult during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, visitors to the Birmingham of today will find a pleasant green city of ridges, valleys, attractive views, and friendly, hospitable people.

Forestdale

Town

Forestdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is north of the Birmingham city neighborhood of Ensley. At the 2020 census, the population was 10,409. Forestdale is situated 3½ miles west of Zion Heights.

Fultondale

Village

Fultondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a northern suburb of Birmingham. As of the 2020 census, Fultondale had a population of 9,876. Fultondale is situated 4 miles northeast of Zion Heights.

Zion Heights

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.55761° or 33° 33′ 27″ north

Longitude

-86.83416° or 86° 50′ 3″ west

Elevation

636 feet (194 metres)

Open location code

865MH558+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153475751

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4098939

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