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Welcome to Royalty ...

Royalty is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Royalty is located in Ward County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Royalty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1929.

Royalty is 2,470 feet [753 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Royalty is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Royalty is located in the (432) area code.

Communities Also Named Royalty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Royalty - it's located in Louisiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Royalty.

Communities near Royalty ...

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

  • Monahans
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Wickett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wickett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickett
    • Wickett is located in Ward County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wickett <3>
  • Thorntonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorntonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorntonville
    • Thorntonville is located in Ward County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Pyote
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Imperial
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Abell City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abell City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell City
    • Abell City is located in Pecos County
  • Coyanosa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyanosa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyanosa
    • Coyanosa is located in Pecos County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coyanosa <3>
  • Judkins
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
    • Judkins is located in Ector County
  • Crane
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Penwell
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penwell
    • Penwell is located in Ector County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penwell <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Royalty. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Royalty.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Royalty ...

Looking for more information about Royalty? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Royalty, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Royalty.

Adding Royalty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Royalty 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 for Royalty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Royalty post office opened in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Royalty.

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Ward, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Royalty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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