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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 Royse City (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 Royse City. 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.

Name Variations for Royse City ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Another variation: Royse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Royse City. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Royse City.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Royse City is primarily located in Collin County. A portion of Royse City extends into Rockwall County and Hunt County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Collin County: Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt & Rockwall.

Below are the counties that are near Royse City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royse City:

  • Collin County     (The home county of Royse City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royse City, with the one closest to Royse City listed first.
    • Nevada
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Josephine
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lavon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Copeville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clear Lake is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Wylie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
    • Farmersville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Saint Paul
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Saint Paul is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
    • Sachse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lucas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lucas is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,819 people
    • Murphy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Parker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Dallas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royse City, with the one closest to Royse City listed first.
    • Rowlett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sunnyvale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Hope
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • New Hope is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Centerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Garland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mesquite
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckingham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Buckingham is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
    • Lawson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Richardson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Balch Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rawlins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Rawlins is located in Dallas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlins
    • Kleberg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fannin County
    • Leonard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Hopkins County
  • Hunt County
  • Kaufman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royse City, with the one closest to Royse City listed first.
    • Poetry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Heath
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Lawrence
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Terrell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ables Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forney
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Talty
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Talty is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,883 people
    • Elmo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • College Mound
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • College Mound is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Mound
    • Post Oak Bend City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
    • Lone Star
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lone Star is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Oak Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Oak Ridge is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
  • Rains County
  • Rockwall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Royse City, with the one closest to Royse City listed first.
    • Fate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackland
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mobile City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockwall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • McLendon - Chisholm
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • McLendon - Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLendon - Chisholm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
  • Van Zandt County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royse City, see our County-by-County Page for Royse City.

Cemeteries Near Royse City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royse City.

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 Royse City - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royse City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royse City, with the one closest to Royse City listed first.

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Royse City had a population of 299 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Royse City had a population of 15,277 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Royse City, with the one closest to Royse City listed first.

  • Fate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Blackland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nevada
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Millwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Millwood is located in Collin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
  • Caddo Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Josephine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rockwall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lavon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Copeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chisholm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
  • Clinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Poetry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Wylie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Wylie is located in Collin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wylie <1>
    • Heath
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Heath is located in Kaufman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <1>
    • Floyd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Floyd is located in Hunt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royse City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royse City.

Newspapers Published in Royse City ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royse City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royse City, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royse City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Royse City:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royse City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Royse City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.