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Welcome to Port Royal Plantation ...

Port Royal Plantation is located in Beaufort County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Port Royal Plantation: Prt. Royal Plantation

Port Royal Plantation is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Port Royal Plantation: 843 & 854<3>

Communities near Port Royal Plantation ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Port Royal Plantation.

  • Hilton Head Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bluffton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Port Royal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Beaufort
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Tybee Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Point Comfort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
  • Harbour Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
  • Battery Marina Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Shell Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
  • Fripp Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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 Port Royal Plantation. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Port Royal Plantation.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Port Royal Plantation. 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 Port Royal Plantation.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Royal Plantation ...

Looking for more information about Port Royal Plantation? 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 Port Royal Plantation, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Port Royal Plantation.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Beaufort, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Port Royal Plantation - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Port Royal Plantation area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Port Royal Plantation area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.