Royal Center, Indiana
human settlement in Cass County, Indiana, United States of America
Royal Center is a town in Boone Township, Cass County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Royal Center had a population of 802.
History
Royal Center had its start in the year 1846 by the building of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad through that territory. It was supposedly named after a place in New York.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Royal Center has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.55 km2), all land. Royal Center is the fourth-largest town by population in Cass County, and the third-largest town by land area.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 861 people, 342 households, and 234 families living in the town. The population density was 1,435.0 inhabitants per square mile (554.1/km2). There were 374 housing units at an average density of 623.3 per square mile (240.7/km2).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Royal Center, Indiana” as human settlement in Cass County, Indiana, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Cass County, Indiana, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2913093. Authority coordinates are 40.864, -86.500. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1846 and 2010.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Royal Center, Indiana” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.