Royalston, Massachusetts
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Royalston is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,250 at the 2020 census.
Town Hall and First Congregational Church
Newton Cemetery, one of several Royalston cemeteries – this one is located near the trailhead to Royalston Falls.
Royalston Historic District
Royalston Falls are reached on a 0.8 mile descending pathway from the trailhead on Route 32.
Isaac Royall Jr.
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Isaac Royall Jr. was an Antiguan-born merchant, politician and slave trader who spent the majority of his life in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Royalston, Massachusetts
…population was 1,250 at the 2020 census. Royalston is a small town in the North Quabbin area of northwestern-central Massachusetts. It was named after Isaac Royall, a slaveholder and businessperson from Medford, Massachusetts who founded the town in a land deal in 1765. Most of the town's land is forest and wetlands…
1769 portrait of Royall by John Singleton Copley
c. 1758 painting of Royall's daughters Mary and Elizabeth Royall by Copley
A c. 1741 painting of Royall's family by Robert Feke