Son of Zion Cemetery
Son of Zion Cemetery is a cemetery in Shelby, Tennessee. Son of Zion Cemetery is situated nearby to the suburb South Memphis, as well as near the quarter Cooper-Young.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stax Museum of American Soul Music and Hamilton High School.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Museum
Photo: Victor Chapa, CC BY 2.0.
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the original location of Stax Records. Stax launched and supported the careers of artists such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T. Stax Museum of American Soul Music is situated 1 mile west of Son of Zion Cemetery.
Hamilton High School
School
Hamilton High School is a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee, located at 1363 E Person Avenue. Enrollment is 646 as of the 2019–2020 school year and the school is part of the Shelby County School District. Hamilton High School is situated 4,200 feet south of Son of Zion Cemetery.
Elmwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Elmwood Cemetery, Public domain.
Elmwood Cemetery is the oldest active cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1852 as one of the first rural cemeteries in the South. A funeral scene in Paramount's 1993 legal thriller The Firm was filmed here. Elmwood Cemetery is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Son of Zion Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Memphis and Cooper-Young.
South Memphis
Suburb
South Memphis, one of the oldest portions of Memphis, Tennessee, is a community stretching from Riverside Drive and E. H. Crump Blvd just south of Downtown south and east to Pendleton St.
Cooper-Young
Quarter
Cooper-Young is an eclectic neighborhood and historic district in the Midtown section of Memphis, Tennessee, named for the intersection of Cooper Street and Young Avenue.
Lenox
Hamlet
Lenox is a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. It is bounded by Central Avenue in the south, Union Avenue in the north, Cooper Street in the west and East Parkway South in the east. Lenox is situated 1½ miles northeast of Son of Zion Cemetery.
Son of Zion Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.11113° or 35° 6′ 40″ northLongitude
-90.01377° or 90° 0′ 50″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
867F4X6P+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 368790587OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4658811
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