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This small burial ground on Pinecliff Road outside Camilla served the congregation of the historically African American Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Modest in scale, it preserves the resting places of a rural Black community that gathered around the church in western Mitchell County.
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Camilla, Mitchell County. It is one of 20 cemeteries documented in Mitchell County, among 28 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.2425, -84.3397 near Camilla. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oakview Cemetery (cemetery), about 7.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include The Spirit of Camilla, Hawthorne Trail, and Camilla Massacre.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
This small burial ground on Pinecliff Road outside Camilla served the congregation of the historically African American Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Modest in scale, it preserves the resting places of a rural Black community that gathered around the church in western Mitchell County.
Sources: findagrave.com
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