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Welcome to Roy Junction ...

Although we found mention of Roy Junction during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Roy Junction was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Roy Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Roy Junction, please Contact Us.

A typical abbreviation for Roy Junction: Roy Jct. (or less commonly used: Roy Jctn.)

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Roy Junction might be (or was) located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Roy Junction: 406

Communities near Roy Junction ...

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

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 Roy Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roy Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roy Junction. 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 Roy Junction.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roy Junction ...

Looking for more information about Roy Junction? 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 Roy Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roy Junction.

Adding Roy Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roy Junction in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Roy Junction was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roy Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Roy Junction and then turned east". While Roy Junction could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Roy Junction as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Roy Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.