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.
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
- Main Street, Main Street, Troyfederal building survey, 8 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresTroy 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,645 | |
| 2020 | 2,375 | +730 (+44%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Belton quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
40 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERGER RD FIRE |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRIPPLE CREEK |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROY MUT AID FM 935 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 439 GRASS FIRE |
| 7 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 26 |
| 18 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PENDLETON FIRE |
| 22 May 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12290 S.3RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex-Rock | Silica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
34 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $50,000 | A 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 2007 | Tornado (F0) | Troy | $40,000 | Off-duty meteorologists reported a tornado. This tornado was also filmed by a TV station near Troy. A few home roofs were damaged. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $20,000 | Strong winds caused structural damage to a house and a chimney. Several pecan trees were blown down as well. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Troy | $10,000 | A small bridge was washed out. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Troy | $6,000 | Emergency management reported a high water call on the 200 block of College Street in Troy. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $6,000 | An aluminum awning fell on a car at a truck stop. The truck stop is at mile marker 305 on I-35. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged an outdoor structure and other trees nearby. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $1,000 | A telephone pole was snapped about 4-5 feet above the ground by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Troy | - | Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail northeast of Temple. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Troy | - | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | A 12-foot diameter tree was snapped and fell over the road at West Hilliard Rd and Old Troy Road. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Law enforcement reported that over 20 roads across Bell County were flooded. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Emergency management reported 7 water rescues ongoing across Bell County. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Bell County Sheriff's Department reported numerous roads flooded across the county including the Temple area. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Troy | - | 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 2012 | Flood | Troy | - | Residual flooding continued and many roads remained closed until the morning hours. This was well after the heavy rain had ended. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a 10 inch diameter tree approximately 1 mile north of Troy. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Troy | - | Quarter size hail was reported 4 miles north of Troy. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Exit 307 on Interstate 35 was flooded and barricaded. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Interstate 35 was closed due to high water. Reported by the Lampasas Department of Public Safety. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Water was 3 feet deep on I-35. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Portions of I-35 were flooded and closed due to six to eight feet of water over the road. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | Portions of Interstate 35 were reported flooded. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Troy | - | Baseball to softball size hail was reported. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F3) | Troy | - | This is the same tornado that began 1mile east of Moody in McLennan County. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Troy | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Troy | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Q975226 | 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 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.





