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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 North 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 North 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.
Name Variations for North Royalton ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Royalton: N. Royalton
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Royalton. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Royalton.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
North Royalton is located in Windsor County.
To see how the shape of Vermont's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Windsor County: Grafton (NH), Sullivan (NH), Addison, Bennington, Orange, Rutland & Windham.
Below are the counties that are near North Royalton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Royalton:
- Windsor County (The home county of North Royalton)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Royalton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,882 people
- Royalton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- South Royalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Bethel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- Bethel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,939 people
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
- Lilliesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lilliesville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilliesville
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
- Gaysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Pomfret
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
- Stockbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stockbridge is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Addison County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Hancock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Granville
- Granville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Granville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Granville is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 308 people
- Hancock
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hancock is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Goshen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ripton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ripton is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Ripton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leicester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Leicester is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,096 people
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
- Leicester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Addison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
- Lincoln
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- South Randolph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- Tunbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- East Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,558 people
- Randolph Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Strafford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Strafford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Old City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old City is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Strafford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Strafford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- North Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Randolph
- Braintree Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braintree Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree Hill
- Rutland County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Pittsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Killington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Killington is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Telemark Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Killington Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- West Bridgewater
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Chittenden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chittenden is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Mendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Chittenden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittsford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Pittsford is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pittsford
- Mendon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Dale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Forest Dale is located in Rutland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Dale
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
- Roxbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Northfield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Northfield Center is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Center
- Alpine Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Graniteville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Graniteville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Northfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Northfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Northfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,504 people
- Websterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Northfield Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Barre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Warren is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,667 people
- Warren
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,741 people
- Grafton County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Hanover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Sachem Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- West Lebanon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Pinewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lyme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lyme is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyme <1>
- Lebanon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lyme Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lyme Center is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Center
- Mascoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Orfordville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Orfordville is located in Grafton County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Enfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Squag City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Meriden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Cornish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cornish City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Balloch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- South Cornish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- North Grantham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Royalton, see our County-by-County Page for North Royalton.
Cemeteries Near North Royalton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North 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 North Royalton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Royalton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- North Royalton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Royalton Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Branchview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hickey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Havens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quarry Hill - Woodworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Button Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ward Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Road - Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (472 more) ...
- Ellis - Ashley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harlow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Broad Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 North Royalton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Royalton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Royalton, with the one closest to North Royalton listed first.
- Royalton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Royalton is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- South Royalton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Bethel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Bethel is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel
- South Tunbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tunbridge
- Bethel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Randolph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Randolph
- East Barnard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Barnard is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barnard
- Tunbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gaysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gaysville is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysville
- Barnard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Tunbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Tunbridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunbridge
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Randolph is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Pomfret
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- North Pomfret
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Pomfret is located in Windsor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pomfret
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Royalton. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Royalton.
Newspapers Published in North 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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Royalton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North 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 North Royalton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 North Royalton:
- Websites specific to Vermont
- Pages specific to Windsor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Addison County
- Orange County
- Rutland County
- Washington County
- Grafton County
- Sullivan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Vermont
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 North 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Royalton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |