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Welcome to Royalton ...

Royalton is located in Waupaca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Royalton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863.

Royalton is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Royalton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Royalton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Royalton - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Royalton.

Communities near Royalton ...

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

  • New London
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • New London is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
  • Waupaca
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
  • Clintonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
  • Hortonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
  • Weyauwega
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
  • Manawa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Manawa is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 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
  • Marion
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Shiocton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
  • Fremont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fremont is located in Waupaca County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people

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

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

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

Adding Royalton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Royalton 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 Royalton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Royalton post office opened in 1863. The Royalton post office closed in 1995.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Royalton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waupaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Royalton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/