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Welcome to Sylvan ...So far, we found very little information about Sylvan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sylvan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sylvan, please Contact Us. Sylvan would have been located within present day Cass County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Sylvan, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sylvan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sylvan is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Sylvan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Sylvan would have been located in the (217) area code. Communities Also Named Sylvan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Sylvan - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sylvan. Communities near Sylvan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sylvan.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sylvan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sylvan. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sylvan. See our Newspapers Page for Sylvan. Adding Sylvan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sylvan 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 Sylvan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Sylvan in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sylvan. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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