Do you know of Sylvan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sylvan. 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.<1>
Our sources for Sylvan (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sylvan other than they indicate that Sylvan would be found somewhere in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1834 and closed in 1902.
Communities Also Named Sylvan ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Sylvan.
Within Michigan, the name Sylvan is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sylvan [Tuscaloosa County].
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sylvan [Cass County].
- Kansas
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sylvan [Marshall County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Sylvan.
- Minnesota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Sylvan [Cass County].
- Missouri
- Dent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sylvan [Dent County].
- New York
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Sylvan.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Sylvan [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Sylvan [Allegheny County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sylvan [Franklin County].
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sylvan [Perry County].
- Texas
- Lamar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sylvan [Lamar County].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sylvan [Richland County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sylvan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sylvan:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sylvan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
The FIPS database contains an entry for Sylvan.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/77780 (Place Name: Sylvan (Sylvan Center))
County: Washtenaw (FIPS State/County: 26/161)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Washtenaw County ...
Can you help?
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 Washtenaw County.
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. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |