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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 Old Royal (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 Old Royal. 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.

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 and doctors 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.

Old Royal is located in Clallam County.

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

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

  • Clallam County     (The home county of Old Royal)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Royal, with the one closest to Old Royal listed first.
    • Sekiu
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ozette
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
      • Ozette is located in Clallam County
    • Clallam Bay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Shuwah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuwah
      • Shuwah is located in Clallam County
    • Neah Bay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waatch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waatch
      • Waatch is located in Clallam County
    • Forks
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
      • Forks is located in Clallam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <1>
    • La Push
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
      • Twin is located in Clallam County
    • Fairholm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairholm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairholm
      • Fairholm is located in Clallam County
  • Jefferson County
    • Oil City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Jefferson County

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

Cemeteries Near Old Royal ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Royal.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Old Clallam Bay Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Clallam Bay Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Clallam Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forks Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quillayute Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quillayute Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quillayute Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fletcher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fletcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

While we didn't find Old Royal in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Royal.

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

  • Ozette
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
    • Ozette is located in Clallam County
  • Beaver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clallam Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Shuwah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuwah
    • Shuwah is located in Clallam County
  • Neah Bay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pysht ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pysht have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pysht
    • Pysht is located in Clallam County
  • Quillayute
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quillayute have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quillayute
    • Quillayute is located in Clallam County
  • Forks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
    • Forks is located in Clallam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <1>
  • La Push
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Twin
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
    • Twin is located in Clallam County
  • Fairholm
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairholm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairholm
    • Fairholm is located in Clallam County

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

Newspapers Published in Old Royal ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Royal.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Royal, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Royal.

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 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 Old Royal:

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

The official website for Clallam County: www.clallam.net/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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.
<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 Old Royal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Royal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.1792, Longitude: -124.4586       In this case, the coordinates for Old Royal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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