Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
Sylvan itself is historic and described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Sylvan, with the one closest to Sylvan listed first.
- Newmansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Philadelphia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chandlerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burlingame
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Virginia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tallula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Indian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Little Indian is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Indian
- Jordanville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jordanville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Prentice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Saidora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saidora is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saidora
- Hill Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hill Top is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Atterberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atterberry is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterberry
- Oakford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cass ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cass is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
- Jules
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Literberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kilbourne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Loyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loyd is located in Menard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Snicarte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sinclair
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sinclair is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
- Conover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Conover is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sylvan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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