Welcome to Port Royal ...

The town of Port Royal is located in Beaufort County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Port Royal, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

A typical abbreviation for Port Royal: Prt. Royal

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Port Royal has a population of 13,316 people<2> (see below for details).

Port Royal is near sea level<3>.

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

Port Royal is within the (843) area code.

The ZIP code for Port Royal: 29935<4>

Websites for Port Royal ...

Official Website: www.portroyal.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Port Royal had an population of 13,316 people. This is an increase of 24.71% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 237.11% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Port Royal had a population of 10,678 people (which is 6.58% of the total population of Beaufort County). This makes Port Royal the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Port Royal represents 0.23% of the total population of South Carolina (which has 4,625,364 people), making it the state's 35th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 10,678 people, the population of Port Royal increased 170.33% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,950 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Port Royal.

Communities Also Named Port Royal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Port Royal - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Port Royal ...

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

• Hilton Head Island
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Head Island
  • Hilton Head Island is located in Beaufort County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hilton Head Island <5>
• Bluffton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
  • Bluffton is located in Beaufort County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,230 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluffton <5>
• Ridgeland
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
  • Ridgeland is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,868 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeland <5>
• Burton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
  • Burton is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burton <5>
• Polk Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polk Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
  • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
• Laurel Bay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
  • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
• Seabrook
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook
  • Seabrook is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seabrook <5>
• Dale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Dale is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale <5>
• Lobeco
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobeco
  • Lobeco is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lobeco <5>
• Fripp Island
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fripp Island
  • Fripp Island is located in Beaufort County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fripp Island <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Port Royal ...

Looking for more information about Port Royal? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Port Royal, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Port Royal.

Adding Port Royal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Port Royal 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 for Port Royal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Port Royal post office opened in 1861.

We also found Port Royal in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Port Royal.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Port Royal: www.portroyal.org/

The official website for Beaufort County: www.co.beaufort.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/