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Royalton, Minnesota

Royalton is a city in Morrison and Benton counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Platte River. The population was 1,281 at the 2020 census. The city is located mainly within Morrison County.

The Benton County portion of Royalton is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Royalton was platted in 1878, and named after Royalton, Vermont, the native home of a share of the early settlers. Royalton was incorporated in 1887.

Royalton has been a participant with Green Step Cities since its inception in 2010 and became the first municipal building in Minnesota to install solar PV panels with a 7 kW array on the roof of City Hall.

Royalton is in southern Morrison County and extends south into the northwest corner of Benton County. The city is bordered to the north, east and west by Bellevue Township in Morrison County and to the south by Langola Township in Benton County. U.S. Highway 10 is the main route in the community, leading north 11 miles (18 km) to Little Falls, the Morrison county seat, and southeast 19 miles (31 km) to Sauk Rapids.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Royalton has a total area of 2.01 square miles (5.21 km2), all of it recorded as land. The Platte River passes through the east side of the city, flowing south 5 miles (8 km) to the Mississippi River.

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,242 people, 455 households, and 324 families living in the city. The population density was 624.1 inhabitants per square mile (241.0/km2). There were 487 housing units at an average density of 244.7 per square mile (94.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.0% White, 0.4% Asian, and 0.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 455 households, of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.8% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.18.

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