Editing Royalton, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
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| subdivision_name2               = [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin]]
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| government_type                 = Borough Council
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = James M. Fry
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| established_date1               = 1892
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| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_42.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 0.91
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| population_total                = 1134 {{increase}}
| population_density_km2          = 1239.34
| population_density_sq_mi        = 3213.84
| timezone                        = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| postal_code                     = 17057
| area_code                       = [[Area code 717|717]]
| website                         = {{URL|royaltonpa.com}}
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'''Royalton''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. As of the 2020 census the borough population was 1,134.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

It is part of the [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]&ndash;[[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]] [[Harrisburg metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. It shares its ZIP code with neighboring [[Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Middletown]].

==History==
Royalton was officially incorporated in September 1891.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/image/44048535/?terms=Royalton&match=1 Grand Jury's Report]." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: ''Harrisburg Telegraph'', June 13, 1891, p. 1 (subscription required).</ref> It was formed by combining the communities of Furnace Hill to the north and Port Royal to the south. Its first postmaster was Mary E. Snavely.<ref>"[http://www.royaltonpa.com/index.php?e=5&m=4 Early History]" and "How Royalton Got Its Name." Royalton, Pennsylvania: Borough of Royalton, 2009.</ref>

Early industries included a sixty-foot planing mill that was built by John McCreary in 1891 and the Middletown Shale Brick Works, which was built in the borough's southeast section circa 1900 and operated by H. O. Keener, Joseph Landis, Frank Nissley, Dr. J. C. Nissley, and S. C. Peters. Within four years, the latter business had increased its workforce to thirty and was producing roughly twenty-five thousand bricks per year.<ref>"[http://www.royaltonpa.com/index.php?e=7&m=4 Early Industries of Royalton]." Royalton, Pennsylvania: Borough of Royalton, 2009.</ref>

==Geography==
Royalton is located in southern Dauphin County at {{coord|40|11|18|N|76|43|38|W|type:city}} (40.188325, -76.727280).<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> It is bordered to the southwest by the [[Susquehanna River]], and to the west and north by [[Swatara Creek]], across which is the borough of Middletown.

[[Pennsylvania Route 441]] (Canal Street) passes through the center of the borough, leading north into Middletown and southeast (downriver) {{convert|18|mi}} to [[Columbia, Pennsylvania|Columbia]].

[[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]], the state capital, is eleven miles to the northwest (upriver).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Royalton has a total area of {{convert|0.87|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.78|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.08|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 9.48%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4266560| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Royalton borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=December 16, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213060811/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4266560| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1900= 1106
|1910= 1033
|1920= 1156
|1930= 1117
|1940= 1201
|1950= 1175
|1960= 1128
|1970= 1040
|1980= 981
|1990= 1120
|2000= 963
|2010= 907
|2020= 1134
|estyear=2021
|estimate=1132
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="USDecennialCensus">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 1083 people, 395 households, and 270 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|2,774.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

There were 415 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,195.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of the borough was 95.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.35% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.83% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.56% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.49% of the population.

There were 395 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 50.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of eighteen, 7.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 30.7% from twenty-five to forty-four, 27.2% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-eight years. For every one hundred females, there were 85.9 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $41,917, and the median income for a family was $44,821. Males had a median income of $34,688 versus $26,513 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $18,029.

About 4.8% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.royaltonpa.com Borough of Royalton official website]

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[[Category:Pennsylvania populated places on the Susquehanna River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1892]]
[[Category:Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]]
[[Category:Boroughs in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1892 establishments in Pennsylvania]]