Troy, Indiana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Troy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47588. It stands on Anderson River. The Survey maps it on the Tell City quadrangle. 347 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 472 feet above sea level.
On record in Troy
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Nester Houselisted 1990
Population over time
2 figuresTroy fell from 385 to 347 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 385 | |
| 2020 | 347 | -38 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Troy between 1999 and 2014, burning about 79 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | TROY |
| 7 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SCHOOL |
| 8 May 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | EVENING FIRE |
| 14 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | STRAWBERRY |
| 11 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BRUSHY FORK |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | PONDEROSA FIRE |
| 14 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Troy: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawesville | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Producer | ||
| Tell City Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Troy | $200,000 | A circulation embedded within a strong line of storms spawned an EF-1 tornado that touched down to the northwest of Tell City, in Perry County, Indiana. It moved southeast for just over 5 miles across Tell City, lifting just south of the intersection of State Highway 237 and Scotch Pine Road. Several large trees were felled along the entire tornado's path, and several homes in Tell City received damage to their roofs. Numerous outbuildings were destroyed. A carnival site at the intersection of 10th and Watt Streets was damaged. A few rides were displaced and a semi-trailer was overturned. Many tree branches were snapped southeast of Tell City before the tornado lifted. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $4,000 | Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped over a broad area just north of the Ohio River from west to east of Troy. Roof damage occurred to a 2-story building in Troy. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A tree was reported down on State Road 66. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Troy | - | The Ohio River at Tell City continued to be above flood stage. The river crested in late February but didn't drop below flood stage until March 7. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | Multiple trees were reported down between Tell City and Troy. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Troy | - | A NWS storm survey team located a small tornado roughly 1 mile east-northeast of Troy. The damage was confined to an area approximately 1/3 of a mile long and 50 yards wide. There was substantial soft and hardwood tree damage east of the industrial park, in a heavily forested area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A county official reported a tree down on Atlanta Road north of Tell City. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | Trees were reported down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | Local TV meteorologists relayed a report of trees down in Troy, IN. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Troy | - | The Ohio River at Tell City crested at 39.5 feet around 6 AM EST on April 8. Flood stage at Tell City is 38 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with Indiana Highway 66 flooded between Rome and Derby. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Troy | - | The Ohio River at Tell City crested at 44.5 feet around 600 AM EST on March 22. Flood stage at Tell City is 38 feet. The city flood wall is closed at 40 feet, and water reaches the base of the flood wall. Bottom land on both sides of the river floods. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell City | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Fenn Haven | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Cannelton | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lilly Dale | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gatchel | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ranger | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dodd | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bristow | 10.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Troy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2915828 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 444924. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







