Welcome to Troy ...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. Troy would have been located within present day East Feliciana Parish<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Troy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. When the people of Troy referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Trojan<3> While the community is gone, the present day location for Troy is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Troy was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Troy was located: 225 Communities Also Named Troy ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Troy: This one is located in East Feliciana Parish and the other is located in Tensas Parish. Beyond Louisiana, there are 55 communities that are also named Troy - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Troy. Communities near Troy ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Troy.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Troy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Troy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Troy. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Troy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Troy. See our Newspapers Page for Troy. Adding Troy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Troy in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Troy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Troy. Footnotes ...
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