Do you know of Royston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Royston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Royston.<1>
Our sources for Royston (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Royston other than they indicate that Royston would be found somewhere in Pike County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1884.
Communities Also Named Royston ...
We found seven communities that share the name Royston.
Within Arkansas, the name Royston is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Royston.
- Georgia
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Royston [Franklin County].
- Michigan
- Montmorency County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Royston [Montmorency County].
- Montana
- Silver Bow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Royston [Silver Bow County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Royston [Nye County].
- Ontario
- Texas
- Fisher County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Royston [Fisher County].
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Royston ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Royston:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers
More Orphans in Pike County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Pike County.
| Bankston | |
| Bills | Huddleston |
| Cany Fork | Lindon |
| Chaney | |
| Collier Hill | Tobin |
| Dora | Wilson |
| Wilton | |
| Gentry | Wolf Creek |
| Georgia |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Royston could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |