The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSylvania is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. Established in 1836 and incorporated in October 1967, As of the 2020 census, Sylvania had a population of 1,790. Sylvania is located atop Sand Mountain. The first post office was built in 1977.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,837 to 1,790 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sylvania yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Sylvania’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sylvania’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sylvania, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Sylvania is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sylvania has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Vance C. Larmore House in Hammondville, 8.7 miles away.
Sylvania and the nearest listed places
Closest to Sylvania
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.