Port Royal, VA
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Port Royal is an incorporated town in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. The population was 170 at the 2000 census.
Port Royal was established in the mid-17th century in the Colony of Virginia primary as a port on a navigable portion of the Rappahannock River for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop. Along an early stage road, it later became a crossroads along the busy modern highways of U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 301.
Port Royal is one of the area's more historic towns. It was first established in 1652 as a port on a navigable portion of the Rappahannock River during an era when waterways were the major method of transportation of people and property in the British Colony of Virginia. It was an important point for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop.
Nearby cities include Bowling Green, Colonial Beach, Dahlgren, Fredericksburg, Falmouth.