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Welcome to Royal ...

Royal is located in Sumter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Royal, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Royal is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Royal lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Royal: 352

Communities Also Named Royal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Royal - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Royal.

Communities near Royal ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Royal.

  • Leesburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lady Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Fruitland Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Inverness
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Wildwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Belleview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bushnell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Center Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Webster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Coleman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Royal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Royal.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Royal. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal. See our Newspapers Page for Royal.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Royal ...

Looking for more information about Royal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Royal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Royal.

Adding Royal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Royal in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Royal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Royal post office opened in 1891.

We also found Royal in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Royal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Royal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/