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Welcome to Mount Sylvan ...

Mount Sylvan is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Mount Sylvan is located in Smith County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Sylvan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Sylvan: Mt. Sylvan

Mount Sylvan is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Sylvan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Sylvan: 903 & 430<3>

Communities near Mount Sylvan ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Sylvan.

  • Tyler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Tyler is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 108,222 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <4>
  • Lindale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindale
    • Lindale is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,730 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindale <4>
  • Mineola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Chandler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Van
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
    • Van is located in Van Zandt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,778 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van <4>
  • Hawkins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Noonday
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noonday have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
    • Noonday is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 722 people
  • Winona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
    • Winona is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <4>
  • Edom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edom have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edom
    • Edom is located in Van Zandt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edom <4>

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 Mount Sylvan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Sylvan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount 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 Mount Sylvan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Sylvan. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Sylvan.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Sylvan ...

Looking for more information about Mount Sylvan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mount Sylvan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Sylvan.

Adding Mount Sylvan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount 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 Mount Sylvan was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Mount Sylvan in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Sylvan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Sylvan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Sylvan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Sylvan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.