Before Hopkins County was created in 1846, Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church was organized here. In 1849, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church was also organized at Mt. Zion with 13 members by the Rev. Anthony Travelstead. After years of worship in oak groves, brush arbors, and homes, a church building was erected jointly in 1861 on a site given by David Findley and Nicholas Harlow. More land was donated in 1904 by J. A. Rains and Chas. E. Brown. In 1901, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church became Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church and continues to function. The Methodists moved away in 1914.