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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Royal Palm Ranches (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Royal Palm Ranches. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Broward County: Collier, Hendry, Miami-Dade & Palm Beach.

Below are the counties that are near Royal Palm Ranches. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royal Palm Ranches:

  • Broward County     (The home county of Royal Palm Ranches)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Palm Ranches, with the one closest to Royal Palm Ranches listed first.
    • Cooper City
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sunshine Acres
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sunshine Acres is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Acres
    • Davie
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Davie is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,621 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davie <1>
    • Pine Island Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
    • Playland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Playland Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
    • West Hollywood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pembroke Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunshine Ranches
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunshine Ranches is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Ranches
    • Chambers Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Chambers Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Estates
    • Fern Crest Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
    • Miramar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ivanhoe Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Ivanhoe Estates is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe Estates
  • Miami-Dade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Palm Ranches, with the one closest to Royal Palm Ranches listed first.
    • Lake Lucerne
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Lucerne is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lucerne
    • Country Club
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
    • Andover
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Andover is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Carol City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Miami Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Scott Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Scott Lake is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Lake
    • Norland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Norland is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norland
    • Bunche Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Bunche Park is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunche Park
    • Ives Estates
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ives Estates is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ives Estates
    • Palm Springs North
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Palm Springs North is located in Miami-Dade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Springs North
    • Miami Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Opa Locka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Palm Beach County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Palm Ranches, with the one closest to Royal Palm Ranches listed first.
    • Boca Pointe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Boca Pointe is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Pointe
    • Sandalfoot Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sandalfoot Cove is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalfoot Cove
    • Boca Del Mar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Boca Del Mar is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca Del Mar
    • Mission Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
    • Boca Raton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Boca West
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Boca West is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca West
    • Hamptons at Boca Raton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Whisper Walk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
    • Deem City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Deem City is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deem City
    • Yamato
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yamato is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yamato
    • Highland Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Kings Point is located in Palm Beach County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royal Palm Ranches, see our County-by-County Page for Royal Palm Ranches.

Cemeteries Near Royal Palm Ranches ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Palm Ranches.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Royal Palm Ranches - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royal Palm Ranches covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royal Palm Ranches, with the one closest to Royal Palm Ranches listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

While we didn't find Royal Palm Ranches in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal Palm Ranches.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Royal Palm Ranches, with the one closest to Royal Palm Ranches listed first.

  • Miami
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Miami is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 471,525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miami <1>
  • Cutler
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Cutler is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royal Palm Ranches. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal Palm Ranches.

Newspapers Published in Royal Palm Ranches ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Palm Ranches.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Palm Ranches, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Palm Ranches.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Royal Palm Ranches:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Royal Palm Ranches, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Royal Palm Ranches) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.