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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 Royal Oaks Estates (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 Royal Oaks Estates. 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 Royal Oaks Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Royal Oaks Estates: Royal Oaks Ests.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Royal Oaks Estates is located in Goochland County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Goochland County: Cumberland, Fluvanna, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa & Powhatan.
Below are the counties that are near Royal Oaks Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royal Oaks Estates:
- Goochland County (The home county of Royal Oaks Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Tabscott
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
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- Hadensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
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- Enon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
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- Fife
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Goochland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maidens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oilville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thorncliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Cobham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cobham is located in Albemarle County
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- Keswick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shadwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shadwell is located in Albemarle County
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- Rose Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Albemarle County
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- Woodridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
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- Simeon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
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- Eastham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
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- Rosena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rosena is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosena
- Scottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
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- Burnley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
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- Gilbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Amelia County
- Lodore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
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- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- New Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
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- Bridgeport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Arvonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
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- Gravel Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Centenary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
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- Charlottesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Lakeside Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Trenton Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Clinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
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- Trents Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Cumberland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Kents Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Columbia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fork Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Hanover County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Vontay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vontay is located in Hanover County
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- Tylers
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tylers is located in Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylers
- Montpelier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beaverdam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Casco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Casco is located in Hanover County
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- Goodall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Goodall is located in Hanover County
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- Hylas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hylas is located in Hanover County
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- Hewlett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hewlett is located in Hanover County
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- Verdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Verdon is located in Hanover County
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- Doswell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Henrico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Wyndham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyndham is located in Henrico County
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- Short Pump
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckahoe Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckahoe Village is located in Henrico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Village
- Lorraine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lorraine is located in Henrico County
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- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Vigor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
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- Bells Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Gays ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gays is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays
- Cuckoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Shelfar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shelfar is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
- Louisa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Louisa County
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- Mineral
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton is located in Louisa County
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- Willowbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Willowbrook is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Trevilians
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
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- Medlock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
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- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Madison Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
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- Burnt Tree
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
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- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Gordonsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Danton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Danton is located in Orange County
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- Madison Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
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- Vulcan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
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- Barboursville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Montpelier Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Orange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Grassland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Rhoadesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Beaumont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
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- Michaux
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Michaux is located in Powhatan County
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- Belona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
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- Huguenot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huguenot is located in Powhatan County
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- Dorset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
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- Spotsylvania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Glenora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Holladay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Childs Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove
- Lewiston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Partlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Margo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Margo is located in Spotsylvania County
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- Paytes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paytes is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paytes
- McHenry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Logan is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Marye
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marye is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marye
- Post Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royal Oaks Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Royal Oaks Estates.
Cemeteries Near Royal Oaks Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Royal Oaks Estates.
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 Royal Oaks Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royal Oaks Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bowles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cooke Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grubbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Henson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Martin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove Memorial Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (177 more) ...
- Watson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Fork Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- O'Brien Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Royal Oaks Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Royal Oaks Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Royal Oaks Estates, with the one closest to Royal Oaks Estates listed first.
- Shannon Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shannon Hill is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hill
- Tabscott
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Hadensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Vigor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Kents Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Bula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bula is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bula
- Bells Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Enon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Apple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Stage Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stage Junction is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage Junction
- Fife
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Orchid
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Orchid is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid
- Cranks ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cranks is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Mallory ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mallory is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royal Oaks Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royal Oaks Estates.
Newspapers Published in Royal Oaks Estates ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royal Oaks Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royal Oaks Estates, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royal Oaks Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Royal Oaks Estates:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Goochland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amelia County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Hanover County
- Henrico County
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Orange County
- Powhatan County
- Spotsylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Royal Oaks Estates, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Royal Oaks Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |