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Welcome to Sylvan Grove ...

Sylvan Grove is located in Dale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sylvan Grove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Sylvan Grove: Sylvan Grv.

Sylvan Grove is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sylvan Grove lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Sylvan Grove (for example, toward Rock Hill (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Sylvan Grove: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Sylvan Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Sylvan Grove - they are located in Indiana, Kansas, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Sylvan Grove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sylvan Grove.

  • Dothan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ozark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Daleville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Headland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Abbeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Taylor is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,440 people
  • Midland City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kinsey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kinsey is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,293 people
  • Ashford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cowarts
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sylvan Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sylvan Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sylvan Grove. 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 Sylvan Grove.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sylvan Grove ...

Looking for more information about Sylvan Grove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sylvan Grove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sylvan Grove.

Adding Sylvan Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sylvan Grove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sylvan Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sylvan Grove post office opened in 1858. The Sylvan Grove post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sylvan Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sylvan Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Sylvan Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Sylvan Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/