Royalton is an

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in northern Amanda Township,

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History

Royalton was laid out in 1810. An early variant name was Tobytown. A post office was established at Royalton in 1818, and remained in operation until 1909.

Geography

The village lies at the intersection of Royalton and Amanda-Northern Roads. Located in the west of the county, it lies approximately west of central Lancaster (the

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of Fairfield County) and north of the village of

Amanda Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, "she who must (or is fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by ev ...

. The nearest body of running water is a small creek, which eventually empties into the

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.DeLorme, ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer'', 5th ed., 1999, pp.68-69 File:Silas Allen's 1810 Royalton Map.jpg, Silas Allen's 1810 Royalton, Ohio Plat Map File:Silas Allen's 1810 Royalton Ohio Map.jpg, Silas Allen's 1810 Royalton Ohio Plat Map

References

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