Mt Zion Historical Chapel & Cemetery

Mt. Zion Cemetery (also known as McNelly Cemetery on some maps) is a vital piece of local and Texas history and is designated a State Historic Cemetery by the Texas Historical Commission. The cemetery is the final resting spot for many of the earliest and most prominent settlers in the Burton community including well-known Texas Ranger, Captain Leander McNelly. Mt. Zion Historical Chapel was moved to the location in 1983 by the Burton Heritage Society. The building was built in 1917 in Burton and served as the Burton Baptist Church/First Baptist Church of Burton. Historically at this site, Mt. Zion Baptist Church was organized and had built its first church by the 1850s.