Mount Sylvan, Texas

Mount Sylvan, Texas
Mount Sylvan is located in Texas
Mount Sylvan
Mount Sylvan
Location within Texas
Mount Sylvan is located in the United States
Mount Sylvan
Mount Sylvan
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 32°27′27″N 95°28′08″W / 32.45750°N 95.46889°W / 32.45750; -95.46889
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountySmith
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes430 & 903
GNIS feature ID1342119[1]

Mount Sylvan is an unincorporated community in Smith County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.[1]

History

The settlement was founded in 1852 on a local trade route, the Tyler-Garden Valley Road (now TX state highway 110). And in 1858 the post office was established[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Mount Sylvan, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Texas State Historical Association