Sylvania Alabama Map

About Sylvania, Alabama

Sylvania is a locality in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,790. The population density is 81.2 people per km². Sylvania is located at 34.5623°N, 85.8125°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sylvania is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 35988.

Sylvania occupies a broad, elevated plateau where the horizon stretches wide across the red-clay earth of northern Alabama. It lies 9.7 miles north-northwest of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 327°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-northeast of Rainsville. {NAVIGATION_SENTENCE} Caney Creek carves a quiet, slender path through the nearby woodlands, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-slung patience that reflects the deep greens of the surrounding hardwoods. The light at dusk here possesses a particular amber density, catching the fine dust stirred up by the wind and casting long, bruised shadows that reach toward the distant rise of Zion Hill. When the heat of the afternoon breaks, the air cools with a sudden, sharp clarity, settling over the expanse of the Sylvania High School Athletic Fields where the scent of turned soil and mown grass lingers long after the sun has slipped away.

Sylvania carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the steady cycles of the harvest and the persistent labor of the soil. Beyond the reach of Keith Hollow, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the modest commerce of a working interior, far removed from the clamor of the distant coastline. History here is marked not by monuments, but by the generational knowledge of how the rain falls and how the crops respond to the shifting seasons. While Guntersville Lake sits a short distance away, drawing those who seek the stillness of deeper water, the daily life of Sylvania centers on the intersection of school loyalties and the shared endurance of the neighborhood. It is a place defined by the slow, purposeful accumulation of days, where the identity of the people is as firmly rooted as the longleaf pines that stand sentinel over the quiet roads.

About This Sylvania Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sylvania, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.562308, -85.812472. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Sylvania includes the ZIP code (35988), telephone area code (334, 205), county seat of DeKalb County (Fort Payne), and school district assignment (DeKalb County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.