[1] It is home to Port Royal State Park and is located at the confluence of the Red River and Sulphur Fork Creek.

While there were numerous settlements in the Red River valley, Prince's Station was the heart of the community that later became Port Royal.

In 1791 with the aid of a missionary, this settlement founded the Red River Baptist Church at the mouth of the Sulphur Fork Creek.

A letter from detachment leader Elijah Hicks to Principal Chief John Ross, tells of the stay at Port Royal.

The book Pioneer Colored Christians, by Harriett Parks Miller, records the stories of Port Royal's Black community.

However, in 1904, the creation of the Planter's Protective Association at Port Royal eventually led to the Black Patch Tobacco War.

[6] The preserved section of the Trail of Tears and the 1890 Iron Pratt truss bridge are both listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The 1940s all-female, integrated big band International Sweethearts of Rhythm was led by Anna Mae Winburn, who was born in Port Royal in 1913.