Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1814	Hume, p.142 gives the founding date as 1814, February 11 and the name as Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Penzance, Cornwall England	This location is supported by its website ().
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1818 -	Royal Geological Society of Cornwall	Its publications establish this name from 1818.
The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1818 - (Vol.1 -)   A	Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall	Cornwall, Geol. Soc. Trans. [RSLC, v.1, p.xxvii, v.13, p.xxx.] R. Geol. Soc. Cornwall [Geographical Journal, Vol. 118, No. 4 (Dec., 1952), p.469 cites 17 (1946).] Roy. Geol. Soc. Cornwall, Trans. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 26, No. 6 (Nov., 1952), p.979 cites 1894.] Royal Geol. Soc. Cornwall, Trans. [J. Paleontology, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Mar., 1970), p.251 cites v. 18, 1951.] Tr. R. Geol. Soc. of Cornwall [Geographical Journal, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Jan., 1938), p.89 cites vol. xvi.] Trans. R. geol. Soc. Corn. [Phil.Trans., A Vol. 323, No. 1571 (Sep. 4, 1987), p.243 cites 4, 1832.] Trans. R. geol. Soc. Cornw. [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 266, No. 874 (Oct. 11, 1973), p.36 cites 11 (1887) and 12 (1898).] Trans. R. Geol. Soc. Cornwall [Geographical Journal, Vol. 111, No. 1/3 (Jan. - Mar., 1948), p.132 cites 17 (1946).] Trans. Roy. Geol. Soc. Cornwall [J. Roy. Geog. Soc., Vol. 23 (1853), p.cxxvi cites vol. vi, 1846.] Trans. Royal Geol. Soc. of Cornwall [Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 42, No. 11 (1910), p.871 cites Vol. 13, 1910.] Trans. Royal Geolog. Soc. of Cornwall [Am. Naturalist, Vol. 18, No. 12 (Dec., 1884), p.1261 cites Vol. X.]