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Zion

Ghost town · Spencer County, Kentucky

Bloomfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)
Bloomfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Zion is a ghost town in Spencer County, Kentucky. It is one of 3 former communities in Spencer County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 82nd among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Zion as a historical populated place on the Bloomfield topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.9840° N, 85.3234° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBloomfield
Elevation704 ft
Nearest living townTaylorsville, KY
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID2567927
Coordinates37.98404, -85.32345

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What's there now

Zion is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Taylorsville, KY (population 1,566), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 704 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Zion?

Zion is in Spencer County, Kentucky, at 37.9840, -85.3234.

How many ghost towns are in Spencer County?

Spencer County, Kentucky has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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