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Communities Also Named Royal ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Royal.

Within Ontario, the name Royal is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Royal is located in Blount County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Royal.
    • Arkansas
      • Garland County
      • This Royal is located in Garland County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garland County community of Royal.
    • Florida
      • Sumter County
      • This Royal is located in Sumter County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Royal.
    • Georgia
      • Bleckley County
      • This Royal is located in Bleckley County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bleckley County community of Royal.
    • Illinois
      • Champaign County
      • This Royal is located in Champaign County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Royal.
    • Iowa
      • Clay County
      • This Royal is located in Clay County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Royal.
    • Kentucky
      • Grayson County
      • This Royal is located in Grayson County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Royal.
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This Royal is located in Winn Parish and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Royal.
    • Mississippi
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Royal [Smith County].
    • Missouri
      • Phelps County
      • This Royal is located in Phelps County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Royal.
    • Nebraska
      • Antelope County
      • This Royal is located in Antelope County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Royal.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Royal is located in Beaufort County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Royal.
      • Franklin County
      • This Royal is located in Franklin County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Royal.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Royal.
      • Tuscarawas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Royal [Tuscarawas County].
      • Vinton County
      • This Royal is located in Vinton County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Royal.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Royal is located in Lane County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Royal.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Royal [Fayette County].
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Royal is located in Susquehanna County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Royal.
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Royal [Bedford County].
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Royal [Potter County].
    • Utah
      • Carbon County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Royal [Carbon County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Royal [Grant County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Royal [Raleigh County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Beaverdams
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdams
    • Beaverdams has also been known as:
    • Beaver Dams
  • Black Horse Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cooks Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Escarpment
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escarpment have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escarpment
    • Escarpment is located in Niagara County (NY)
  • Facer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Facer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Facer
  • Falls View
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
  • Greens Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Homer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Orchard Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Power Glen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Glen
  • Varsity Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Varsity Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Village
    • Varsity Village is located in Niagara County (NY)
  • White Pigeon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

How Far From Royal to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Royal to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Royal and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Royal to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,803 miles [9,339 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Royal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0928, Longitude: -79.1178    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Royal 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 . 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.
<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>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.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Royal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.862 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.193 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.99 degrees.




 

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