Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Royston, GA

Royston is a city mostly in Franklin County, Georgia, that also extends into Hart County and, in a small portion, Madison County.

A post office called Royston has been in operation since 1878, the community was named after W. A. Royston, a local merchant, and the Georgia General Assembly first incorporated Royston in 1879.

The population of Royston was 2,649 at the 2020 census, living in 1,118 households.

Royston is the hometown of baseball legend Ty Cobb, who moved there as a youth, played town ball for the Royston Reds at age 14, and became a charter member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.

The Ty Cobb Museum in Royston preserves Cobb's story, a statue of Cobb stands in front of the Royston Public Library, and Cobb is buried in the Cobb family mausoleum in Royston's Rose Hill Cemetery.

Cobb donated $100,000 to establish the hospital in Royston that grew into the Ty Cobb Healthcare System serving the area.

U.S. Route 29 passes through the center of Royston, leading northeast about 12 miles to Hartwell and southwest about 30 miles to Athens, while Georgia State Route 17 leads north to Lavonia and southeast to Elberton.

Royston covers about 3.3 square miles at an elevation of about 899 feet.

Royston has grown slowly and steadily from just 127 residents in 1880 to 2,649 in 2020, and its public library is a branch of the Athens Regional Library System.

Franklin County, Royston's home county, was created on February 25, 1784, was named for Benjamin Franklin, has its seat at Carnesville, and had a population of 23,424 at the 2020 census.