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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 (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. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 is located in Grayson County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grayson County: Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart & Ohio.
Below are the counties that are near Royal. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royal:
- Grayson County (The home county of Royal)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Higdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Wheelers Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Big Clifty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Clarkson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Leitchfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Black Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Shrewsbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Duff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Indian Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Caneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Highland Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Highland Springs is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Cave City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Park City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
- Oil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hiseville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hiseville is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
- Coral Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Hill is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hill
- Breckinridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Constantine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Horn Back Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Dyer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Buras
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- McDaniels
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Custer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Se Ree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Westview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Falls-of-Rough
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Harned
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Whittinghill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Welch's Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Jetson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Brooklyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Stockholm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stockholm is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm
- Bee Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kyrock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Sweeden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Mammoth Cave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lindseyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sunfish
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rhoda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Huff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Union City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Roundhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Allendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Allendale is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Gabe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gabe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Spurrier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spurrier is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier
- Seven Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Flint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- White Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
- White Mills Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- Upton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eastview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Limp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Old Stephensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Old Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stephensburg
- Sonora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Dogcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- Cub Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bonnieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Winesap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winesap is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Logsdon Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Logsdon Valley is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Valley
- Munfordville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hammonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hammonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
- Rowletts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rowletts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowletts
- Rio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rio is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Canmer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canmer is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canmer
- Horse Cave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Larue County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Tonieville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Hodgenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Mount Sherman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
- White City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Roanoke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roanoke is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
- Meade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Big Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Big Spring is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Flaherty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flaherty is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaherty
- Maples Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Maples Corner is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Corner
- Hillgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Metcalfe County
- Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Howardstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Howardstown is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
- Stiles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stiles is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Smiths Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Anna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royal, see our County-by-County Page for Royal.
Cemeteries Near Royal ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royal covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Carbytown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wooden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Logsdon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craddock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caswell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Copelin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brackett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Decker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Petty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Royal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Royal, with the one closest to Royal listed first.
- Millerstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Millerstown is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Horntown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horntown is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
- Higdon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Wheelers Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelers Mill is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelers Mill
- Wax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wax is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wax
- Lines Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lines Mill is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lines Mill
- Melrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Peonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Priceville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Big Clifty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- West Clifty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clifty
- Clarkson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Grayson Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grayson Springs is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson Springs
- Dogcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- White Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royal. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal.
Newspapers Published in Royal ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Grayson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barren County
- Breckinridge County
- Butler County
- Edmonson County
- Green County
- Hardin County
- Hart County
- Larue County
- Meade County
- Metcalfe County
- Nelson County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |