Welcome to Cylon ...

Cylon is located in Saint Croix County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cylon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Cylon is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cylon: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Cylon ...

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

• New Richmond
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • New Richmond is located in Saint Croix County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Richmond
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,730 people
• Baldwin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Baldwin is located in Saint Croix County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,078 people
• Somerset
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Somerset is located in Saint Croix County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,992 people
• Amery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Amery is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amery
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,799 people
• Roberts
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Roberts is located in Saint Croix County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,018 people
• Hammond
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hammond is located in Saint Croix County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,890 people
• Woodville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Woodville is located in Saint Croix County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
• Spring Valley
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people
• Glenwood City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenwood City is located in Saint Croix County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
• Boyceville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Boyceville is located in Dunn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyceville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,124 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cylon ...

Looking for more information about Cylon? 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 Cylon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cylon.

Adding Cylon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cylon 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 Cylon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cylon post office opened in 1862. The Cylon post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cylon.