City profile · Small Town
Sylva, North Carolina
Reviewed Oct 19, 2026Who leads Sylva, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Johnny Phillips
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 2,435
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcetownofsylva.org/person-category/mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagetownofsylva.org/person-category/mayor ↗
- City websitetownofsylva.org ↗
“Last checked” is when we last looked at the source. “Last verified” is when the record was last confirmed. A page we couldn't read never counts as a verification.
Record history
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Leaders on record
- Johnny Phillips CurrentMayor · added Oct 19, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Lynda Sossamon FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
- Oct 19, 2026 · Accepted by reviewerLynda Sossamon replaced by Johnny Phillips, MayorSource: townofsylva.org/person-category/mayor ↗
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 2,435
- Median household income
- $38,704
- Median age
- 30.1
- Land area
- 3.17 sq mi
- Population density
- 768.1 per sq mi
- County
- Jackson County
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