Welcome to Bylas ...

Bylas is located in Graham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bylas, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Bylas is 2,610 feet [796 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bylas is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Bylas lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Bylas: 928

The ZIP code for Bylas: 85530<3>

Websites for Bylas ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graham-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bylas, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Bylas ...

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

• Emery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
  • Emery is located in Graham County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Emery
  • From Bylas to Emery
• Fort Thomas
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Thomas
  • Fort Thomas is located in Graham County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Thomas <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fort Thomas
  • From Bylas to Fort Thomas
• Ashurst
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashurst
  • Ashurst is located in Graham County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ashurst
  • From Bylas to Ashurst
• Eden
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Eden is located in Graham County
• Bryce
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
  • Bryce is located in Graham County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bryce
  • From Bylas to Bryce
• Peridot
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peridot
  • Peridot is located in Gila County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peridot <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Peridot
  • From Bylas to Peridot
• Klondyke ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondyke
  • Klondyke is located in Graham County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Klondyke
  • From Bylas to Klondyke
• Pima
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pima
  • Pima is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pima <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pima
  • From Bylas to Pima
• San Carlos
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Carlos
  • San Carlos is located in Gila County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Carlos <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to San Carlos
  • From Bylas to San Carlos
• Central
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Graham County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Central
  • From Bylas to Central

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 Bylas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bylas.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bylas ...

Looking for more information about Bylas? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bylas, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bylas.

Adding Bylas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bylas 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 for Bylas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Bylas post office opened in 1917.

We also found Bylas on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bylas.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bylas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/