Welcome to Sylvania ...So far, we found very little information about Sylvania. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sylvania to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sylvania, please Contact Us. Sylvania would have been located within present day Dade County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sylvania, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sylvania is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Sylvania was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Sylvania was located: 417 Communities Also Named Sylvania ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Sylvania - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sylvania. Communities near Sylvania ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sylvania.
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 Sylvania. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sylvania. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sylvania. 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 Sylvania. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sylvania. See our Newspapers Page for Sylvania. Adding Sylvania to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sylvania 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 (so far) for Sylvania was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sylvania. Footnotes ...
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