Sylvania, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 1186 Housing Units (2000): 517 Land area (2000): 7.325642 sq. miles (18.973325 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.112587 sq. miles (0.291598 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.438229 sq. miles (19.264923 sq. km) FIPS code: 74400 Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01 Location: 34.558304 N, 85.796154 W ZIP Codes (1990): 35988 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Sylvania, AL Sylvania