Do you know of Sylvan Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sylvan Lake. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sylvan Lake.<1>

Our sources for Sylvan Lake (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sylvan Lake other than they indicate that Sylvan Lake would be found somewhere in Orange County, Florida.

Communities Also Named Sylvan Lake ...

We found eight communities that share the name Sylvan Lake.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Sylvan Lake.

Beyond Florida, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Florida ...
- Seminole County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sylvan Lake [Seminole County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Sylvan Lake.
- Illinois
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sylvan Lake [Lake County].
- Michigan
  - Oakland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sylvan Lake [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
  - Cass County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Sylvan Lake [Cass County].
- New Jersey
  - Burlington County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Sylvan Lake [Burlington County].
- New York
  - Dutchess County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sylvan Lake [Dutchess County].
- Wisconsin
  - Langlade County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sylvan Lake [Langlade County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sylvan Lake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sylvan Lake:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sylvan Lake - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in Orange County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Orange County.

Altamont	Livingston
Altamonte Springs	Londonderry
	Longwood Junction
Belair	Longwood
Big Cypress	Lords
Bonnie Burn
Buda	Mackinnon
	Markham
Camellia Gardens	Marydia
Chuluta	Mayo
Clay Springs	McKinnon
Clifton	Meadowbrook
Clydes	Merrimack
College Park	Monroe
Colonialtown	Mount Homer
Coytown
Crystal Lake	New Upsula
Cummings	North Crest
Cypress Creek Village
	Oakland Shores
Dixie Village	Onora
Dover Shores	Orange Blossom
	Oviedo
East Apopka
Eastbrook	Palm Springs
Eastgate	Pine Crest
Eight Oaks
	Reedy Creek
Fitzville	Rock Springs
Fleming Heights	Rocket City
Forest City	Rosemont Hills
Formosa	Rutledge
Fort Reed
	Sanford
Gabriela	Shingle Creek
Gainesboro	Silver Lake
Gatlin	Soldier Creek
Geneva	Southwood
Glen Ethel	Speer Grove
Granada	Statens
Grasmere
	Toronto
Herndon	Towers
Hiwassee	Triggersville
Huckleberry	Troy
	Tuskawilla
Intersection	Twin Lakes
Island Lake
Isleworth	Upsala

Jernigan	Ventura
Jessamine	Villa Nova

Lake Brantly	Washington Shores
Lake Charm	Wekiva
Lake Howell	Wekiwa Springs
Lake Maitland	Westwood
Lake Mary	Wilcox
Lakemont Park	Woodbridge
Lakeville

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sylvan Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.