Troy, Texas
Troy, Texas is a small town located a few miles north of Temple along I35. It started a few miles north, but due to the railroad many residents moved to a new area south of the original town. For a while there was Old Troy and New Troy, but eventually Old Troy died out and New Troy became Troy. It is presumably named after Troy, New York, but I’ve not been able to find any definitive statement for it.
Troy seems to be a popular name for towns in the USA. It appears there are 20+ Troys across as many states:
Alabama
California (unincorporated)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Michigan
Mississippi (unincorporated)
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon (unincorporated)
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia (unincorporated)
Wisconsin
The ancient city of Troy located in what is now Turkey has a long and interesting history. It dated back to the Bronze Age — 3000 BCE. Several cities had been built atop one another, but the area seems to have been settled in some fashion through the 12th century CE. Will Troy, Texas or any of the other Troys in the USA last that long?
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The postcards I sent from Troy were from a couple Troy, Turkey souvenir postcard books I found on eBay. The town of Troy was very small and there wasn’t much in the downtown area. The clerk at the post office didn’t seem too eager to postmark the postcards, and many of the postmarks weren’t clear. Luckily he gave me a good one to scan in.
Here are the postcards:
