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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Troy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Troy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Troy, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Troy (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Troy. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Troy is historic, it would have been located within present day Pinal County.

To see how the shape of Arizona's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pinal County: Gila, Graham, Maricopa & Pima.

Below are the counties that are near Troy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Troy:

  • Pinal County     (The home county of Troy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
    • Kearny
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dudleyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
      • Dudleyville is located in Pinal County
    • Cochran ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
      • Cochran is located in Pinal County
    • Superior
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinal ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
      • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Silver King ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
      • Silver King is located in Pinal County
    • Smelter Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smelter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
      • Smelter Town is located in Pinal County
    • Gold Camp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Camp
      • Gold Camp is located in Pinal County
    • Queen Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cactus Forest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Forest
      • Cactus Forest is located in Pinal County
    • Florence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
    • Christmas ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas
      • Christmas is located in Gila County
    • Hayden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Winkelman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Top-of-the-World
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
      • Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
    • Miami
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Claypool
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Globe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Inspiration
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inspiration have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
      • Inspiration is located in Gila County
    • Pinal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
      • Pinal is located in Gila County
    • Midland City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midland City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland City
      • Midland City is located in Gila County
    • Cutter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
      • Cutter is located in Gila County
    • Copper Hill ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
      • Copper Hill is located in Gila County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Troy, see our County-by-County Page for Troy.

Newspapers Published in Troy ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Troy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Troy, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Troy.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Troy:

Cemeteries Near Troy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Troy.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Troy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.

  • Kelvin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelvin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57045 <6>
  • Kearny Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ray Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Christmas Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Christmas Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christmas Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2324712 <6>
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dudleyville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dudleyville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dudleyville Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Breeze Memorial Gardenx
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pinal City Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pinal City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinal City Cemetery
  • Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
  • Globe Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pinal Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Serbian Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lower Peridot Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Reevis Gravesite
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reevis Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reevis Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57095 <6>

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Troy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Troy.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.

  • Riverside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Pinal County
  • Dudleyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
    • Dudleyville is located in Pinal County
  • Silver King ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
    • Silver King is located in Pinal County
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
  • Globe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Reymert ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reymert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reymert
    • Reymert is located in Pinal County
  • Florence
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • San Carlos
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Troy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Troy.

The official website for Pinal County: www.co.pinal.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Troy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Troy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Troy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1437, Longitude: -110.8993       In this case, the coordinates for Troy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.




 

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