Sylvester is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Fisher County, Texas

Texas

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, United States

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. According to the Handbook of Texas

Handbook of Texas

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, the community had an estimated population of 79 in 2000.

Geography

Sylvester is located at 32°43′15"N 100°15′15"W (32.7209445, -100.2542708). It is situated at the junction of Farm Roads 57 and 1085 in east central Fisher County, approximately 10 miles southeast of Roby

Roby, Texas

Roby is a city in and the county seat of Fisher County, Texas, United States. The population was 643 at the 2010 census.- History :In 1885, shortly after Fisher County was organized, a dispute arose between business partners from Mississippi and a town called Fisher. Both wanted their land to host...

 and 43 miles northwest of Abilene

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

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History

The Compere brothers of Abilene are credited with the founding of the community in 1903. They bought part of the AJ Ranch in anticipation of the arrival of the Kansas, Mexico and Orient Railway and named it in honor of W.W. Sylvester, the railroad's promotion manager. The rails reached Sylvester in 1905 and businesses followed. By 1909, the community had an estimated population of 600. Sylvester incorporated in 1927 and the 1930 reported 382 residents. That figure rose to 405 in 1940. Competition from nearby towns caused Sylvester to decline. It had reverted to unincorporated status by 1950 and by the 1980s, fewer than 100 people remained in the community.

Although Sylvester is unincorporated, it continues to have a post office in operation with the zip code of 79560.

Education

Public education in the community of Sylvester is provided by the Roby Consolidated Independent School District

Roby Consolidated Independent School District

Roby Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in Roby, Texas .Located in Fisher County, a small portion of the district extends into Jones County...

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