Editing Sylvia, Kansas (section)

==History==
Sylvia was originally called '''Zenith''', and was founded under that name in 1874. It was renamed Sylvia in 1886,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zdAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=269}}</ref> perhaps named for the wife and daughter of a railroad employee.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5063 | title=Profile for Sylvia, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=22 June 2014}}</ref>

The local [[High school (North America)|high school]] [[American football|football]] team was on the losing side of a lopsided football game against another school from across the county in [[Haven, Kansas|Haven]].  Played in 1927 with a final score of 256&ndash;0, the game produced multiple state high school records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshof.org/hs-state-records/4-kansas-sports-hall-of-fame/hs-state-records/57-football-state-records.html|title=Football State Records (11-Man - Team Records - Single Game)|publisher=[[Kansas Sports Hall of Fame]]|accessdate=March 9, 2016}}</ref>