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TROY

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 319 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TROY  , a

city and the county-seat of
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Miami county,
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Ohio, U.S.A., on the west
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bank of the
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Great Miami
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river, about 65 m . W. of Columbus . Pop . (189o), 4494; (1900), 5881 (234
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foreign-born); (1910), 6122 . Troy is served by the Cleveland,
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Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis and the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
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Dayton
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railways, and by the Dayton & Troy and the Spring-field, Troy &
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Piqua electric inter-urban lines . The Miami and
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Erie Canal, formerly important for
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traffic, is now used only for power . The
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principal public buildings include the court house and the city hall, and there are a public library (housed in the city hall) and a children's home . Troy is situated in a good general farming region, of which
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tobacco is an important crop; and there are various manufactures . The
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municipality owns and operates the waterworks and electric-
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lighting plant . The first settlement was made in 1807, and Troy was first chartered as a city in 189o .

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