Troy Mills is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Adair County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
History
A post office called Troy Mills was established in 1868, and remained in operation until 1879. The community took its name from a nearby
woolen mill
Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Adair County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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