Roy is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.

It is a rural city outside Tacoma and primarily features ranch-style homes and farms.

Roy was one of the early communities in the area, a prosperous boom-town and a major stop on the railroad line.

But 3 major blows reduced this once-thriving town to its current form.

A major fire in 1929 wiped out most of the downtown businesses just before the Depression started.

The Army annexed most of the surrounding land to the north and west, limiting expansion and the local tax base, and erasing the nearby community of Loveland.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.49 square miles (1.27 km2), all of it land.