Sylvania

Sylvania is a town in , , United States. Established in 1836 and incorporated in October 1967, the town has a population of 1,837 as of the 2010 census. Sylvania is located atop Sand Mountain. The first post office was built in 1977.
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  • Type: Village with 1,790 residents
  • Description: human settlement in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Postal code: 35988

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Powell and Rainsville.

Village
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is a town in , , United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 901. is located atop Sand Mountain. Originally incorporated as 's Crossroads in the 1960s, it had shortened its name to by the 1990 U.S. Census. is situated 5 miles southwest of Sylvania.

Village
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is a city in , , United States. At the 2010 census the population was 4,948, up from 4,499 in 2000. is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau. is situated 5 miles southwest of Sylvania.

Village
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is a city in , , United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,292. is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau. is situated 6 miles northeast of Sylvania.

Sylvania

Latitude
34.56231° or 34° 33′ 44″ north
Longitude
-85.81247° or 85° 48′ 45″ west
Population
1,790
Elevation
1,388 feet (423 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US YNX
Open location code
866PH56Q+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153567343
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4092692
Wiki­data ID
Q65723
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Sylvania” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيلفانيا (ألاباما)”
  • Arabic: “سيلفانيا، ألاباما”
  • Arabic: “سيلفانيا”
  • Asturian: “Sylvania”
  • Basque: “Sylvania”
  • Catalan: “Sylvania”
  • Cebuano: “Sylvania”
  • Central Kurdish: “سیلڤەینیا، ئەلاباما”
  • Chechen: “Силвени”
  • Chinese: “Sylvania”
  • Chinese: “西尔韦尼亚”
  • Dutch: “Sylvania”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيلفانيا”
  • French: “Sylvania”
  • German: “Sylvania”
  • Gilaki: “سیلوانیا”
  • Haitian: “Sylvania”
  • Ido: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Ido: “Sylvania”
  • Indonesian: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Indonesian: “Sylvania”
  • Irish: “Sylvania”
  • Italian: “Sylvania”
  • Ladin: “Sylvania”
  • Mazanderani: “سیلوینیا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sylvania”
  • Newari: “सील्भ्यानिया (अलाबामा)”
  • Newari: “सील्भ्यानिया, अलाबामा”
  • Newari: “सील्भ्यानिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sylvania”
  • Norwegian: “Sylvania”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sylvania”
  • Persian: “سیلوینیا، آلاباما”
  • Persian: “سیلوینیا، الاباما”
  • Persian: “سیلوینیا”
  • Polish: “Sylvania”
  • Portuguese: “Sylvania”
  • Serbian: “Sylvania”
  • Serbian: “Силвејнија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sylvania”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیلوانیا، آلاباما”
  • Spanish: “Sylvania”
  • Swedish: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Swedish: “Sylvania”
  • Tatar: “Силвения”
  • Ukrainian: “Сілвенія”
  • Uzbek: “Sylvania”
  • Vietnamese: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Vietnamese: “Sylvania”
  • Volapük: “Sylvania”
  • Welsh: “Sylvania, Alabama”
  • Welsh: “Sylvania”

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