Royer is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Blair County Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties. Blai ...

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in eastern Blair County, in the southwestern corner of Woodbury Township. It sits in the valley of Piney Creek, a northward-flowing tributary of the

Frankstown Branch Juniata River The Frankstown Branch Juniata River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Juniata River in Blair and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania, i ...

Pennsylvania Route 866 Pennsylvania Route 866 (PA 866) is a state highway located in Bedford and Blair Counties in central Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 36 in Woodbury. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Frankstown Township. Route ...

runs along the eastern edge of the community, leading northeast to

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and south-southwest to Martinsburg. The

Daniel Royer House Daniel Royer House is a historic home located in the community of Royer, Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. It was built in at least two sections. The oldest section is a three-bay, two-story stone section built about 1815. Built ...

, listed on the

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, is in the eastern part of the community.

References

Census-designated places in Blair County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{BlairCountyPA-geo-stub