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.
Name Variations for Troy ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
In past government published Postal Guides, Troy was referred to as Troy Courthouse.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Troy. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Troy.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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 Miami County and is the County Seat.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Miami County: Champaign, Clark, Darke, Montgomery & Shelby.
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:
- Miami County (The home county of Troy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Casstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tipp City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kessler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Piqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ginghamsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Ludlow Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Alcony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Covington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
- West Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Auglaize County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Minster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Bremen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Champaign County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Christiansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Westville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Powhattan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Powhattan is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Mutual
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Dodo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- New Carlisle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dialton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- Crystal Lakes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Park Layne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Park Layne is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Layne
- North Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Donnelsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Donnelsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lawrenceville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Green Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holiday Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Enon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eagle City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Limestone City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone City is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone City
- Darke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Pitsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gettysburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gettysburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Gordon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Poplar Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Versailles
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Arcanum
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stelvideo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stelvideo is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stelvideo
- Ithaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Abbottsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Frenchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dawn is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn
- Castine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Fairborn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beavercreek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yellow Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Pinewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Wilberforce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bellbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Xenia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Graff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- West Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Burkettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Tadmor ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tadmor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Vandalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Huber Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Clayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Northview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Northview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Hooks Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Northridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Northridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Preble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Verona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Lewisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Manchester
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- West Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Eaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Lockington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Dawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Hardin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hardin is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
- Russia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Sidney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Port Jefferson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Laramie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Filburns Island is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filburns Island
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lehmkuhl Landing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehmkuhl Landing
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
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.
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Saunders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Staunton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raper Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Knoop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Casstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pearson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hyattsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (560 more) ...
- Old Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 4,494 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Troy had a population of 26,473 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Troy, with the one closest to Troy listed first.
- Eldean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eldean is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldean
- Casstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Farrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
- Kessler
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Grayson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ellemans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ellemans is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellemans
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ludlow Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow Falls is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Piqua
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ginghamsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ginghamsburg is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginghamsburg
- Sugar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- West Milton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Alcony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- County Line ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- County Line is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
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 163 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> of Troy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Miami County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Auglaize County
- Champaign County
- Clark County
- Darke County
- Greene County
- Logan County
- Mercer County
- Montgomery County
- Preble County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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' 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |