Troy

Jacob Gregg and an unknown Mr. Moore were the first Americans to settle what would become Troy in 1803. The city of Troy was laid out and platted by James Riggin and David Hendershott in 1819, with Riggin giving the town its name.((W. T. Norton, ed., Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912. (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 556 – 557.)) Troy was officially incorporated on February 18, 1857.((Flagg, James S., editor, Our 150 Years, 1812-1962. (Edwardsville: East 10 Publishing, 1962.), 61.)) By 1880, Troy had a population of 648 people.((Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883), 139.)) As of the 2010 census, the city of Troy has a population of 9,888.((Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 152.))

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Troy Articles (4 Total)

	Route 66 in Madison County April 9, 2018 by Cheryl Eichar Jett
	Simon, Paul (1928 – 2003) May 8, 2019 by Shannan Mason
	Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball League June 4, 2020 by Shannan Mason
	Triad Community Unit School District #2 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson

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