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Welcome to Royerton ...

Royerton is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Royerton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Royerton is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Royerton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Royerton: 765

Communities near Royerton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Royerton.

  • Muncie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Muncie is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muncie <3>
  • Anderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Yorktown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gas City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartford City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Alexandria
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Upland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairmount
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Chesterfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Middletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Royerton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Royerton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Royerton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Royerton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Royerton. See our Newspapers Page for Royerton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Royerton ...

Looking for more information about Royerton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Royerton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Royerton.

Adding Royerton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Royerton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Royerton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Royerton post office opened in 1869. The Royerton post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Royerton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Royerton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/