Welcome to Sylvania ...

Sylvania is located in Racine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sylvania, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Sylvania is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sylvania: 262

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, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Texas.

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.

• Kenosha
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kenosha is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenosha
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,570 people
• Racine
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Racine is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
• Greenfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
• Oak Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
• Franklin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
• Mount Pleasant
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
• Muskego
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people
• Caledonia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Caledonia is located in Racine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,235 people
• Zion
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Zion is located in Lake County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,321 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion <3>
• Pleasant Prairie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 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 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sylvania ...

Looking for more information about Sylvania? 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 Sylvania, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sylvania.