Editing Port Royal, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Port Royal is located in northern Caroline County at {{coord|38|10|11|N|77|11|27|W|type:city}} (38.169799, −77.190763),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the south bank of the [[Rappahannock River]].

U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 17 in Virginia|17]] and [[U.S. Route 301 in Virginia|301]] intersect just southwest of the town limits. US 17 leads northwest {{convert|21|mi}} to [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] and southeast {{convert|27|mi}} to [[Tappahannock, Virginia|Tappahannock]], while US 301 leads northeast {{convert|17|mi}} to the [[Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge]] over the [[Potomac River]] and southwest {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Bowling Green, Virginia|Bowling Green]], the Caroline County seat.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the tiny town's total area in 2010 was {{convert|0.27|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> In July 2014, the county approved new boundaries, and the town quintupled in size to 481 acres (.75 square miles).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/new-boundaries-new-vision-in-port-royal/article_9231c1fe-823c-53fa-a08f-2ca10753c6ad.html|title= New boundaries, new vision in Port Royal|work=The Free-Lance Star| date=1 July 2014|publisher=Fredericksburg.com| access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref>