Welcome to roy!

Roy's Gas Station
The Post Office
Big game hunters frequent Roy and the surrounding area and outdoor enthusiasts enjoy hiking and camping in beautiful Mills Canyon just 9 miles to the north.
Home on the range
Roy, is the largest community in Harding county. Established as a rural post office in 1901 by Frank Roy and once a bustling town Roy was a shipping point for beans, wheat, cream and eggs. The town was incorporated in 1916 but since the Dust Bowl days, farming has all but disappeared, and now cattle and horse ranching is the main industry.

Roy is known for its excellent education system and is in the news regularly for academic achievements and successes in sports. The Village maintains two well-equipped parks which serve for the enjoyment of both citizens and tourists. The town has a Community Center and two well-equipped rescue units as well as volunteer EMTs on call for medical emergencies.

Roy has a population of around 300 and boasts the only gas station in the entire county as well as a small grocery store and cafe.

Roy used as a western
Movie location

In 2009 Roy was used as one of the backdrops for the movie Did You Hear About The Morgans. Many locals were used as extras and the movie crew added a few signs to the main business district, some of which can still be seen today. The movies stars, Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant, spent several days filming in town against our quaint western backdrop. The town of Roy was used as the film double for the fictional town of Ray, Montana where the main characters are placed in a witness protection program after witnessing a murder.

Bob Wills Lived in roy

James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975)
Born near Kosse, Texas; Wills learned to play the fiddle and the mandolin from his father and after several years of drifting, "Jim Rob," then in his 20s, attended barber school, got married, and moved to Roy, New Mexico. Later he moved to Turkey, Texas (now considered his home town) to be a barber. He alternated barbering and fiddling even when he moved to Fort Worth to pursue a career in music. It was there that while performing in a medicine show, where he learned comic timing and some of the famous "patter" he later delivered on his records, the show's owner gave him the nickname "Bob."

Bob Wills was a musician, songwriter and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934.

Tommy McDonald played
for Roy High school

Thomas Franklin McDonald (born July 26, 1934)
McDonald attended Roy High School in Roy, New Mexico, his freshman year, then moved to Albuquerque, where he graduated from Highland High School. He excelled as a running back at the University of Oklahoma, where he was coached by the renowned Bud Wilkinson and never played in a losing game. He received the Maxwell Award in 1956 and was an All-American in 1955 and 1956.

McDonald was drafted in the third round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. Over his 12-year career as a wide receiver, he helped lead the Eagles to a 1960 NFL Championship, was selected for six Pro Bowls, led the league in touchdown receptions twice (1958, 1960), and led the NFL in receiving yards once (1960). He also played for the Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons, and Cleveland Browns. McDonald was the last non-kicker to play in the NFL without a facemask.[1]
McDonald retired after the 1968 season with 495 receptions for 8,410 yards and 84 touchdowns, the second highest total of touchdown receptions in NFL history at the time. He also rushed for 22 yards and gained 1,459 yards and a touchdown returning punts and kickoffs on special teams, giving him 9,891 career all-purpose yards. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.