Our Genealogy Helper
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 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 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.
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.
Royalton is located in Waupaca County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Waupaca County: Marathon, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Royalton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Royalton:
- Waupaca County (The home county of Royalton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Ostrander
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
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- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Manawa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- New London
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Baldwins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Gills Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Weyauwega
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Ogdensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Waupaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- Iola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iola is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- King
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- King is located in Waupaca County
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- Scandinavia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Scandinavia is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Calumet County
- Kaukauna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Green Lake County
- Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Marathon County
- Galloway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galloway is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Outagamie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Bear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Hortonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Shiocton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Medina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Leeman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Leeman is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeman
- Black Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Nichols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nichols is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Apple Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Appleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Kimberly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Seymour
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Combined Locks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Amherst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
- Amherst Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amherst Junction is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 392 people
- Nelsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nelsonville is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Garfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Blaine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Lake Emily ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake Emily is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily
- Alban
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alban is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alban
- Rosholt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosholt is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosholt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Almond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Arnott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
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- Custer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Custer is located in Portage County
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- Polonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Polonia is located in Portage County
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- Ellis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ellis is located in Portage County
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- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Split Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Split Rock is located in Shawano County
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- Pella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pella is located in Shawano County
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- Belle Plaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
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- Leopolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Leopolis is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopolis
- Tigerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tigerton is located in Shawano County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Briarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
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- Lunds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
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- Shawano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shawano is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawano
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,885 people
- Rose Lawn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
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- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Gresham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 563 people
- Bonduel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Frazer Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
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- Saxeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
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- Wild Rose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Mount Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Lohrville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Redgranite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Silver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Orihula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Zittau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Medina Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Winneconne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Allenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Fox Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Harbor Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
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- Menasha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Omro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Reighmoor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Adella Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Royalton, see our County-by-County Page for Royalton.
Cemeteries Near Royalton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of 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 Royalton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Royalton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Royalton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Ostrander Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ostrander - Northport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waupaca County Poor Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hobart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks' Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Wolf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Baldwins Mill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Most Precious Blood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Floral Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill Cemetery
- The Floral Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Floral Cemetery
- New London Cemetery
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Emanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Butternut Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Royalton had a population of 208 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Royalton, with the one closest to Royalton listed first.
- Ostrander
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Northport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Northport is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
- Manawa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Baldwins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- New London
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Nowell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nowell is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowell
- Symco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Symco is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Symco
- Gills Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Sugar Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Nicholson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nicholson is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Ogdensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogdensburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Readfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Readfield is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readfield
- Marble ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marble is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Royalton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royalton.
Newspapers Published in 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 150 newspapers that have been published in the area around Royalton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Royalton, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Royalton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Royalton:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waupaca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Green Lake County
- Marathon County
- Outagamie County
- Portage County
- Shawano County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Royalton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Royalton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |