It was named after Royalton, Vermont, the hometown of two of the township's earliest settlers.
Rymkus was born in Royalton, Illinois, the son of a Lithuanian immigrant coal miner who owned a small grocery store.
The coal industry has since moved on and the Dawkins Line was sold to R.J. Corman in 2002 and abandoned in 2004.
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Royalton was established as a company town some time around 1912 by the Dawkins Log & Mill Company, a Canadian based lumber company financed by the Royal Bank of Canada for which the town is named.
In June 1974, the now-defunct Royalton College hosted the Institute for Humane Studies' Conference on Austrian Economics.
Born and raised on a farm in Royalton, Minnesota, Mary Jane (February 1, 1917 – 1981) and Carolyn Dezurik (December 24, 1918 – March 16, 2009) were part of a family of seven.
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Other Black Diamond schools include Johnston City, Christopher, Zeigler-Royalton, Sesser-Valier, Elverado, Hamilton County, Fairfield, Carmi-White County, Trico, Vienna, as well as a few other schools for particular sports.
Route 184 begins at an intersection with Route 149 in Six Mile Township north of Royalton.
Police protection in Royalton Township is provided by the Berrien County Sheriff's Department and Michigan State Police, although in the event of a priority dispatch, assistance is sometimes offered by nearby municipal police forces, including Lincoln Charter Township PD, Baroda/Lake Township PD, Saint Joseph Charter Township PD, and Berrien Springs/Oronoko Township PD, depending on circumstances of the call, location within the township, and availability of State or County police units.