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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Troy. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Troy.

Our sources for Troy (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Troy other than they indicate that Troy would be found somewhere in Woodford County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1859 and closed  in 1908.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Troy ...

We found 53 communities that share the name Troy.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Troy.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 52 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 52 communities, 51 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Jessamine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Troy [Jessamine County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Troy [Pike County].
      • Sumter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Troy [Sumter County].
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Troy [Pinal County].
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Troy [Drew County].
      • Ouachita County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Troy [Ouachita County].
    • California
      • Placer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Troy [Placer County].
    • Colorado
      • Las Animas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Troy [Las Animas County].
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Troy [Orange County].
    • Idaho
      • Latah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Troy [Latah County].
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Troy [Fulton County].
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Troy [Madison County].
    • Indiana
      • DeKalb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Troy [DeKalb County].
      • Perry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Troy [Perry County].
    • Iowa
      • Davis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Troy [Davis County].
      • Lucas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Troy [Lucas County].
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Troy [Anderson County].
      • Doniphan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Troy [Doniphan County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Troy [East Feliciana Parish].
      • Tensas Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Troy [Tensas Parish].
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Troy [Waldo County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Troy [Berrien County].
      • Newaygo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Troy [Newaygo County].
      • Oakland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Troy [Oakland County].
    • Minnesota
      • Mower County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Troy [Mower County].
      • Winona County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Troy [Winona County].
    • Mississippi
      • Pontotoc County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Troy [Pontotoc County].
    • Missouri
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Troy [Lincoln County].
    • Montana
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Troy [Lincoln County].
    • Nebraska
      • Greeley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Troy [Greeley County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Troy [Nye County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Troy [Cheshire County].
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Troy [Colfax County].
    • New York
      • Rensselaer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Troy [Rensselaer County].
    • North Carolina
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Troy [Montgomery County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Troy.
    • Ohio
      • Miami County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Troy [Miami County].
      • Wood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Troy [Wood County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Johnston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Troy [Johnston County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Troy.
    • Oregon
      • Wallowa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Troy [Wallowa County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Troy [Bradford County].
      • Clearfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Troy [Clearfield County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Troy [Jefferson County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Troy [Greenwood County].
    • South Dakota
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Troy [Grant County].
    • Tennessee
      • Obion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Troy [Obion County].
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Troy [Bell County].
      • Freestone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Troy [Freestone County].
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Troy [Orleans County].
    • Virginia
      • Fluvanna County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Troy [Fluvanna County].
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Troy [Gilmer County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Troy [Walworth County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Troy ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Troy:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Troy - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Woodford County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Woodford County.

CiceroRailey
  
Forest HomeShore Acres
 Spring Station
GarrettSunol
Glenns 
 VanMeter
MundysVersailles Junction
  
QuireWallace Station
  

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Troy could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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