Welcome to Sylvania ...

So far, we found very little information about Sylvania. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sylvania to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sylvania, please Contact Us.

Sylvania would have been located within present day Esmeralda County<2>.

The location of Sylvania has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sylvania is 7,270 feet [2,216 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Sylvania is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Sylvania was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Sylvania once stood is in the (775) area code.

Communities Also Named Sylvania ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Sylvania - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sylvania.

Communities near Sylvania ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Sylvania.

• Crater ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crater
  • Crater is located in Inyo County (CA)
• Lida
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lida
  • Lida is located in Esmeralda County
  • Lida has also been known as:
  • Alida Valley
  • Alida
  • Lida Valley
• Deep Springs
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
  • Deep Springs is located in Inyo County (CA)
• Gold Point
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
  • Gold Point is located in Esmeralda County
  • Former names for Gold Point:
  • Hornsilver
  • Lime Point
• Nivloc ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nivloc
  • Nivloc is located in Esmeralda County
• Silver Peak
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Peak
  • Silver Peak is located in Esmeralda County
• Dyer
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Dyer is located in Esmeralda County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <5>
• Blair ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Blair is located in Esmeralda County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sylvania. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sylvania.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sylvania. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sylvania.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sylvania. See our Newspapers Page for Sylvania.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/