Do you know of Troy ???
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 Orange County, Florida.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1886.
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.
Within Florida, the name Troy is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another 53 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 53 communities, 51 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Troy [Pinal County].
- Arkansas
- 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].
- Idaho
- Latah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Troy [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- 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].
- Kentucky
- Jessamine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Troy [Jessamine County].
- Woodford 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 Kentucky community of Troy [Woodford County].
- Louisiana
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Orange 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 Orange County.
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/ |