Our Genealogy Helper
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 Royalton (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 Royalton. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Royalton is located in Fairfield County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fairfield County: Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Perry & Pickaway.
Below are the counties that are near Royalton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royalton:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Royalton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Jefferson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carroll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Lithopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tarhe Town is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Town
- Stoutsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pickerington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Revenge ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Revenge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenge
- Baltimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Ralph ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ralph is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Snipetown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Snipetown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snipetown
- Harlem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harlem is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem has also been known as:
- Buddtown
- Maxtown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maxtown is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxtown
- Maxtown has also been known as:
- Maxwell Corners
- Maxwell
- Center Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Center Village is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Fayette County
- Cook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Canal Winchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Groveport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Lockbourne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blacklick Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blacklick Estates is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacklick Estates
- Edgewater Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
- Edward ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edward is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Edward has also been known as:
- Edwards Station
- Obetz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Zimmer ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zimmer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmer
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Rockbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laurelville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Gibisonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibisonville is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibisonville
- Apple
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- West Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Logan is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Logan
- Logan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Bloomingville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Furnace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Furnace is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
- Sand Run Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Licking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Etna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkersville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Summit Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Summit Station has also been known as:
- Summit
- Pataskala
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Buckeye Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Outville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Outville is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outville
- Beechwood Trails
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Trails is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Trails
- Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Ash ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ash is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Atherton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Atherton is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- West Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,482 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Avalon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Thornville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carthon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carthon is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthon
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Somerset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalfants
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chalfants is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalfants
- New Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Perry is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Perry
- New Straitsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rehoboth is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Shawnee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- East Ringgold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Saint Paul
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Saint Paul is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Ashville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Knollwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Duvall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Duvall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duvall
- Tarlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Circleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- South Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
- Fox
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Adelphi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowbud is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbud
- Andersonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Clarksburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Riton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riton is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riton
- Chillicothe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Fork Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Vinton County
- Stella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royalton, see our County-by-County Page for Royalton.
Cemeteries Near Royalton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royalton.
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 Royalton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royalton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Royalton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Amanda Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Van Meter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hopewell United Brethren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greencastle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Peters - Tallman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters - Tallman Cemetery
- The Peters - Tallman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benjamin Tallman Cemetery
- Chester Peters Cemetery
- Tallman Cemetery
- Turkey Run Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (593 more) ...
- East Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Betzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Betzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Royalton had a population of 163 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Greencastle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Marcy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcy is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Walnut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Slough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slough is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slough
- Amanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Delmont ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Delmont is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Hooker
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hooker is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Carroll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nebraska ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nebraska is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- East Ringgold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Ringgold is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ringgold
- Lithopolis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lockville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockville
- Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamburg is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Stoutsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royalton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royalton.
Newspapers Published in Royalton ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royalton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royalton, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royalton.
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 Royalton:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Delaware County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Hocking County
- Licking County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Pickaway County
- Ross County
- Vinton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Royalton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royalton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |