Is There a U.S. City Named Transylvania? No—It's a Region in Romania

No U.S. city is named Transylvania. The name refers exclusively to a historical region in central Romania.

Transylvania (Romania)

• Location: Carpathian Mountains arc, central Romania
• Name: Latin ultra silvam ("beyond the forest")
• History: Dacian Kingdom → Roman Dacia → Hungarian kingdom → Ottoman suzerainty → Austro-Hungarian → Romania (1918/1920)
• Population: ~6.5M; Romanian majority, Hungarian (~18%), Roma, German minorities
• Cities: Cluj-Napoca, Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Alba Iulia
• Famous for: Medieval citadels, fortified churches, Bran Castle ("Dracula's Castle"), painted monasteries

US Place Names with "Transylvania"

• Transylvania County, North Carolina (est. 1861) — named by NC legislator for "across the woods" (Latin), referencing mountains
• Transylvania University — Lexington, KY (1780); oldest west of Alleghenies
• Transylvania, Louisiana — Unincorporated community (East Carroll Parish)

Vampire Connection

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) fictionalized Vlad III Țepeș (Wallachia, not Transylvania). Tourism leverages the myth.