Troy is a city in and the
county seat
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of
Miami County, Ohio, United States.
The population was 26,305 at the
2020 census, making it Miami County's largest city and
Ohio's 55th-largest. Troy lies along the
Great Miami River about north of
Dayton
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and is part of the
Dayton metropolitan area
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.
History
Troy was
plat
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ted around 1807. A post office in Troy has been in operation since 1824.
Troy was one of the cities affected by severe flooding in the
Great Flood of 1913.
In 1970, the Troy Historical Society published ''Troy: The Nineteenth Century'', a book on Troy's history by Thomas Bemis Wheeler. The book discusses the city's founding city and the Ohio canal era of the 1800s.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has an area of , of which is land and is water.
Demographics
As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $39,531, and the median income for a family was $46,889. Males had a median income of $35,819 versus $25,536 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the city was $19,892. About 6.4% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 25,058 people, 10,353 households, and 6,600 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was . There were 11,166 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 90.1%
White
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, 4.2%
African American
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, 0.2%
Native American, 2.4%
Asian, 0.6% from
other races, and 2.4% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino people of any race were 1.8% of the population.
There were 10,353 households, of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were
married couples
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living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.3% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95.
The median age in the city was 36.9 years. 25.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.1% were from 25 to 44; 25.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.
Arts and culture
Troy is home to the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, a 1914 Romanesque mansion donated to the city by Mary Jane Harter Coleman Hayner. Hayner had been married to William Hayner, founder of a Dayton-based mail-order whiskey business that operated before
Prohibition
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. The Troy-Hayner houses the Hayner Distillery Collection and a variety of works by local artists.
Historic sites

Troy was the location of the
Hobart Welded Steel House Company, which might have become influential in U.S. housing if prefabricated houses had become popular
after World War II. The firm's homes resemble the better-known
Lustron houses of the
Columbus, Ohio
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-based
Lustron Corporation (which also failed). Hobart manufactured and built 22 homes, all in Troy,
16 of which survive and are listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
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.

Other NRHP-listed properties in Troy include four unrelated homes, a tavern, the
Miami County Courthouse and Power Station, the 1859
First Presbyterian Church, and the
Troy Public Square.
Government
The City of Troy has a statutory form of government, as described in Ohio Revised Code Sections 731 and 733. General statutory law is the form of municipal government if the electorate has not adopted, by vote, one of the other forms. In addition to a council, the electorate chooses a mayor, council president, and three principal administrators (auditor, treasurer, and solicitor). The mayor administers the city's daily operations. Troy also has a service and safety director who reports to and is appointed by the mayor.
The mayor, auditor and law director are elected to four-year terms. The city council is elected to two-year terms in odd-numbered years. The electorate selects the council president, three at-large representatives, and ward representatives 1 through 6. The current mayor and auditor were elected in 2019 and the city council and treasurer were elected in 2021.
The Troy City Police Department is at 124 E. Main Street. It has 38 officers and three civilian employees. The department has three divisions: patrol, detective, and administration. Shawn McKinney is the
police chief. The department moved to its current location in 1995.
The Troy Fire Department was established in 1850 when the Troy Hook & Ladder Company and the Troy Bucket Company were organized. The Fire Department of Troy was formally organized in the fall of 1857. The department has three fire stations, 37 firefighter/paramedics, a training lieutenant, 2 assistant chiefs and a fire chief, Matthew D. Simmons. The fire department provides a full complement of services to its citizens with fire/EMS/Community outreach/ specialty rescue services. The Troy Fire Department serves 74.2 square miles with the city and three townships averaging over 5,000 incidents a year.
Education
Troy City Schools operates public schools covering most of the city limits.
A part of Troy is in
Miami East Local School District.
[
The Western Ohio Japanese Language School (オハイオ西部日本語学校 ''Ohaio Seibu Nihongo Gakkō'') is a supplementary weekend Japanese school in unincorporated Miami County, near Troy. It started in April 1988.
Troy is home to the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, founded in 1930.
The Troy-Miami County Public Library has three locations in Troy: the main Troy Library, The Local History Library, and the Maker Lab.
]
Media
The city and surrounding area are served by a daily newspaper based in Troy, '' Miami Valley Today''; the radio station WTJN-LP "POWER 107.1" 107.1 FM; and the magazine ''Troy Living''.
Notable people
* Ryan Brewer, college football player
* Cris Carter, NFL player
* Nancy J. Currie, engineer, United States Army officer, NASA astronaut
* Pat Darcy, Major League Baseball player
* Casey Black Desantis, First Lady of Florida
* Kris Dielman, NFL player
* Bob Ferguson, NFL player
* Mike Finnigan, keyboard player and vocalist
* Wesley Henderson, architect
* Jack Hewitt, driver and two-time champion in the USAC Silver Crown Series
* Tolbert Lanston, founder of Monotype
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* Miss May I, metalcore band
* Richmond Mayo-Smith, economist
* Roger A. McGuire
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, U.S. Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau
* Sam Milby, Filipino actor
* Heath Murray, Major League Baseball player
* Anne Rudloe, marine biologist
* Peter Shelton, sculptor
* Tim Vogler, NFL player
* Randy Walker, college football coach
* Bradley White, cyclist
* Erin Yenney, professional soccer player
References
External links
City website
Troy Area Chamber of Commerce
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Cities in Ohio
Cities in Miami County, Ohio
County seats in Ohio