German settlers began arriving in this area in the late 1840s, and many immigrants settled in the Twelve Mile Coleto area, later known as Meyersville, where St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church was established in 1850. As Arneckeville developed near the Five Mile Coleto area, members of that community traveled eight miles to Meyersville for church services. In 1860, Pastor Christoph Adam Sager (1826-1869), who founded the Lutheran church in Meyersville, began ministering to the people of Arneckeville. The group acquired land from Sager's brother, Michael Sager, for a church, and a small log structure was dedicated in November 1868 as Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Arneckeville. Additional land was added in 1886 to complete the ten acres that encompassed the church, cemetery, school, and parsonage. The cemetery stands on a low hill sloping to the south and is surrounded by large live oak trees. Its oldest marked grave is that of Pastor Christoph Adam Sager, though several unmarked burials are also reported. Eight of the ten charter members of the church are buried here, including Heinrich Arnecke (1833-1903), the namesake of Arneckeville, Michael Sager (1843-1915), and Johann Christoph Thieme (1811-1890), a key contributor to German immigration and settlement in the area. Another notable burial is Dr. C.A.H. Arnecke (1860-1947), a well-known physician and son of Heinrich Arnecke. The cemetery incorporated in 1988 as Zion Arneckeville Cemetery, Inc. to help preserve it as a reminder of the area's German Lutheran heritage.