Sylvan is a former settlement in Panther Creek Township

Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois

Panther Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Cass County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 365.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Panther Creek Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.21 percent is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Anderson*...

, Cass County, Illinois

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, United States

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. Sylvan was southwest of Newmansville

Newmansville, Illinois

Newmansville is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois, United States. Newmansville is north of Ashland....

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A photo of this ghost town was briefly shown in the movie Silent Hill

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. In the film, the town was misspelled as "Sylvane".

Most that stands in this ghost town is old farmhouses.
The town was populated during the mid-19th century by mostly Irish immigrants.

There is one cemetery there.

The town is located near Jim Edgar Park.