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Welcome to Royal ...

Royal is located in Phelps County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Royal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Royal is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Royal lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Royal: 573 & 235<3>

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, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 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.

  • Rolla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolla is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <4>
  • Saint James
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cuba
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,277 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
  • Owensville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Steelville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bourbon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Belle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bland is located in Gasconade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bland <4>
  • Leasburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jake Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jake Prairie is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jake Prairie

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 (so far) for Royal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Royal post office opened in 1892. The Royal post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Royal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Phelps, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Royal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Royal area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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