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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Troy is located in Cheshire County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).

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:

  • Cheshire County     (The home county of Troy)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
    • West Peterborough
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Peterborough
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • North Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • North Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
    • Sharon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hancock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Temple
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Temple is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <1>
    • New Ipswich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bennington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Antrim Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Antrim
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Antrim is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,682 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Antrim <1>
    • Clinton Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
  • Merrimack County
  • Sullivan County
  • Franklin County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
    • Mayo Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Warwick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Orange
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tully
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • West Northfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Northfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
    • Orange
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hermon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wendell Depot
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
    • Erving
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Gill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gill is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
    • Morse Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Morse Village is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
    • Bernardston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bernardston is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
  • Middlesex County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
    • Ashby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • South Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
    • West Townsend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • West Townsend is located in Middlesex County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
    • Old City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Old City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
    • Townsend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Townsend Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Worcester County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
    • Royalston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Winchendon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Winchendon Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
    • Pequoig
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Athol
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Baldwinville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lane Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lane Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Village
    • Brooks Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Brooks Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
    • Phillipston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ashburnham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • East Templeton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • East Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
    • Gardner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Windham County (VT)

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

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Troy - one of the links might be able to help.

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.

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Troy had a population of 608 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Troy had a population of 2,117 people.

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

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.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of 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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Troy.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Troy. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Troy and those printed in the larger area surrounding Troy.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of 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 professional and volunteer 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:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Troy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.