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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 Oak (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 Oak. 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 and doctors 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 Oak is located in Oregon County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oregon County: Fulton (AR), Randolph (AR), Sharp (AR), Carter, Howell, Ripley & Shannon.

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

  • Oregon County     (The home county of Royal Oak)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Woodside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Woodside is located in Oregon County
    • Alton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Thomasville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
      • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
    • Couch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
      • Couch is located in Oregon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Couch <1>
    • Corona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
      • Corona is located in Oregon County
    • Garfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Oregon County
    • Koshkonong
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koshkonong
      • Koshkonong is located in Oregon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Thayer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thayer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Thayer is located in Oregon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thayer <1>
    • Green Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Oregon County
    • Jeff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
      • Jeff is located in Oregon County
    • Old Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Oregon County
    • Myrtle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Myrtle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
      • Myrtle is located in Oregon County
    • Calm
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
      • Calm is located in Oregon County
  • Carter County
    • Fremont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fremont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • Fremont is located in Carter County
  • Howell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Brandsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandsville
      • Brandsville is located in Howell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Chapin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chapin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Chapin is located in Howell County
    • Peace Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peace Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Valley
      • Peace Valley is located in Howell County
    • Cottbus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cottbus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottbus
      • Cottbus is located in Howell County
    • West Plains
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plains
      • West Plains is located in Howell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,383 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Plains <1>
    • Mountain View
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornertown
      • Cornertown is located in Howell County
    • Lanton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanton
      • Lanton is located in Howell County
    • Pomona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
      • Pomona is located in Howell County
    • Lebo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lebo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
      • Lebo is located in Howell County
    • South Fork
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
      • South Fork is located in Howell County
    • Burnham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burnham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
      • Burnham is located in Howell County
  • Ripley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Bardley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bardley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardley
      • Bardley is located in Ripley County
    • Gatewood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gatewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewood
      • Gatewood is located in Ripley County
    • Bennett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett
      • Bennett is located in Ripley County
    • Briar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briar have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar
      • Briar is located in Ripley County
    • Ponder
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ponder. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder
      • Ponder is located in Ripley County
  • Shannon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Birch Tree
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Tree
      • Birch Tree is located in Shannon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch Tree <1>
    • Montier
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montier
      • Montier is located in Shannon County
    • Winona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
      • Winona is located in Shannon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <1>
    • Alley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alley
      • Alley is located in Shannon County
    • Eminence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eminence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
      • Eminence is located in Shannon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 581 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eminence <1>
  • Texas County
    • Hattie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hattie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattie
      • Hattie is located in Texas County
  • Fulton County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Mammoth Spring
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cornertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cornertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornertown
      • Cornertown is located in Fulton County (AR)
    • Baker Ford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Ford
      • Baker Ford is located in Fulton County (AR)
    • Camp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp
      • Camp is located in Fulton County (AR)
    • Saddle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
      • Saddle is located in Fulton County (AR)
    • Moko
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moko
      • Moko is located in Fulton County (AR)
    • Sturkie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturkie
      • Sturkie is located in Fulton County (AR)
  • Randolph County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Elm Store
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elm Store. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Store
      • Elm Store is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Spring Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Spring Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Spring Creek is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Dalton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
      • Dalton is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Oconee ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
      • Oconee is located in Randolph County (AR)
    • Warm Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Warm Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
      • Warm Springs is located in Randolph County (AR)
  • Sharp County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oak, with the one closest to Royal Oak listed first.
    • Wirth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirth
      • Wirth is located in Sharp County (AR)
    • Hardy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
      • Hardy is located in Sharp County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardy <1>
    • Cherokee Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Royal Oak ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Oak.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Royal Oak Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Huddleston Graveyard
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huddleston Graveyard
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huddleston Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huddleston Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huddleston Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Huddleston Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southeast of Alton.
    • The Huddleston Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Huddleston Chapel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29438 <5>
  • Smyrna Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Smith Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Alton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31665 <5>
  • Dills Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bellah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lane Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bailey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hall Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (161 more) ...
    • Saints Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saints Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saints Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jolliff Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Alton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
    • Woodside is located in Oregon County
  • Thomasville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Thomasville is located in Oregon County
  • Greer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
    • Greer is located in Oregon County
  • Couch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
    • Couch is located in Oregon County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Couch <1>
  • Not
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Not have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Not
    • Not is located in Shannon County
  • Brandsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandsville
    • Brandsville is located in Howell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Koshkonong
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koshkonong
    • Koshkonong is located in Oregon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Garfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Garfield is located in Oregon County
  • Thayer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thayer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
    • Thayer is located in Oregon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,103 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thayer <1>
  • Brawley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brawley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brawley
    • Brawley is located in Oregon County
  • Wilderness
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilderness have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
    • Wilderness is located in Oregon County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Chapin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chapin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Chapin is located in Howell County
    • Mammoth Spring
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jeff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
      • Jeff is located in Oregon County

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

Newspapers Published in Royal Oak ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Oak.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Oak, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Oak.

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 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 Oak:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Royal Oak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 from Point A (ie- Royal Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Royal Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7339, Longitude: -91.4724       In this case, the coordinates for Royal Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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