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Troy, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76579. It stands on Kings Branch. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle. 2,375 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.

Troy within Bell County

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Troy grew from 1,645 to 2,375 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,645
20202,375+730 (+44%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Main Street, Main Street, Troy, Bell County, TX
Main Street, Main Street, Troy, Bell County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

40 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Troy between 2002 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBERGER RD FIRE
1 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use29 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRIPPLE CREEK
8 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTROY MUT AID FM 935
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 439 GRASS FIRE
7 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 26
18 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePENDLETON FIRE
22 May 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service12290 S.3RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Troy: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tex-RockSilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2009Thunderstorm WindTroy$50,000A trailer home was blown against a fence at an RV dealership and another trailer home was lifted up and tossed on top of a third trailer. The metal roof of a nearby business was peeled back.
January 2007Tornado (F0)Troy$40,000Off-duty meteorologists reported a tornado. This tornado was also filmed by a TV station near Troy. A few home roofs were damaged.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindTroy$20,000Strong winds caused structural damage to a house and a chimney. Several pecan trees were blown down as well.
August 2005Flash FloodTroy$10,000A small bridge was washed out.
May 2024Flash FloodTroy$6,000Emergency management reported a high water call on the 200 block of College Street in Troy.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindTroy$6,000An aluminum awning fell on a car at a truck stop. The truck stop is at mile marker 305 on I-35.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindTroy$5,000Thunderstorm winds damaged an outdoor structure and other trees nearby.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindTroy$1,000A telephone pole was snapped about 4-5 feet above the ground by thunderstorm winds.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindTroy$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree.
May 2025HailTroy-Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail northeast of Temple.
April 2024HailTroy-Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
April 2021Thunderstorm WindTroy-A 12-foot diameter tree was snapped and fell over the road at West Hilliard Rd and Old Troy Road.
April 2017Flash FloodTroy-Law enforcement reported that over 20 roads across Bell County were flooded.
April 2017Flash FloodTroy-Emergency management reported 7 water rescues ongoing across Bell County.
April 2017Flash FloodTroy-Bell County Sheriff's Department reported numerous roads flooded across the county including the Temple area.
May 2016FloodTroy-Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 under the overpass in Troy. TXDoT reported the lanes were closed.
March 2012FloodTroy-Residual flooding continued and many roads remained closed until the morning hours. This was well after the heavy rain had ended.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTroy-Thunderstorm winds blew down a 10 inch diameter tree approximately 1 mile north of Troy.
April 2010HailTroy-Quarter size hail was reported 4 miles north of Troy.
May 2007Flash FloodTroy-Exit 307 on Interstate 35 was flooded and barricaded.
August 2005Flash FloodTroy-Interstate 35 was closed due to high water. Reported by the Lampasas Department of Public Safety.
August 2001Flash FloodTroy-Water was 3 feet deep on I-35.
January 1998Flash FloodTroy-Portions of I-35 were flooded and closed due to six to eight feet of water over the road.
May 1997Flash FloodTroy-Portions of Interstate 35 were reported flooded.
May 1997HailTroy-Baseball to softball size hail was reported.
May 1997Tornado (F3)Troy-This is the same tornado that began 1mile east of Moody in McLennan County.
May 2024HailTroy-no account filed
May 2024HailTroy-no account filed
May 2004HailTroy-no account filed
May 2004HailTroy-no account filed
June 2003HailTroy-no account filed
December 2002HailTroy-no account filed
May 1997HailTroy-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodTroy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bell County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pendleton2.6 miles15
Berger3.1 miles15
Belco5.3 miles15
Belfalls5.7 miles12
Oenaville6.7 miles12
White Hall6.8 miles16
Stampede7.5 miles16
Temple7.8 miles15

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 TroyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q975226The 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 1370154. 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.