Editing Troy, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Doniphan County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Troy, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]] and [[County seat]]

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|image_skyline            = Troy Kansas.jpg
|image_caption            = Troy business district with brick street (2006)
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|image_map                = Doniphan_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Troy_Highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]] and [[Kansas]]
|image_map1               = Map of Doniphan Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1             = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])

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|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|39|47|05|N|95|05|37|W|region:US-KS_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kansas]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kansas|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        =

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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1855
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1860
|named_for                = [[Troy]]

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|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Sarah Boeh-Cerra {{cn|date=September 2023}}

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_20.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.98
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.97
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|area_total_km2           = 2.54
|area_land_km2            = 2.52
|area_water_km2           = 0.02
|unit_pref                = Imperial

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|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|elevation_ft             = 1089

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census-2020-Profile"/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 964
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_est           =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto

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|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 66087
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 785|785]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 20-71575 
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 2397063<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|2397063}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://troykansas.com/|troykansas.com}}
}}

'''Troy''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 964.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Troy, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2071575 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626222419/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2071575 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Troy is part of the [[St. Joseph, Missouri|St. Joseph]], [[Missouri|MO]]&ndash;KS [[St. Joseph, Missouri Metropolitan Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].
Troy was [[plat]]ted in 1855.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t09AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA479|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=479}}</ref> It was named after the ancient city of [[Troy]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zdAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA177 | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=177}}</ref> The first house in Troy was built in 1856, and the first store opened in 1857. Troy was incorporated as a city in 1860.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi9cXyTWt9EC&pg=PA821 | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=821}}</ref> The first post office in Troy was established in March, 1857.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130242/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

Troy grew up from humble beginnings along the wagon route from [[St. Joseph, Missouri]] to [[Oregon]] and [[California]].  British explorer [[Richard Francis Burton]] en route to California in 1860 noted: "Passing through a few wretched shanties called Troy ..."<ref>Richard Burton, (1862) ''The Look of the West 1860'', Lincoln: Univ. Nebraska Press, reprint, n.d., p.23.</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.98|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-07-02}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Troy 3N, Kansas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1950–present)
|single line = Y
|width = auto
| Jan record high F = 73
| Feb record high F = 79
| Mar record high F = 89
| Apr record high F = 94
| May record high F = 97
| Jun record high F = 103
| Jul record high F = 106
| Aug record high F = 106
| Sep record high F = 103
| Oct record high F = 95
| Nov record high F = 83
| Dec record high F = 72
| year record high F = 106

|Jan avg record high F = 60.6
|Feb avg record high F = 65.3
|Mar avg record high F = 77.4
|Apr avg record high F = 84.6
|May avg record high F = 88.7
|Jun avg record high F = 92.6
|Jul avg record high F = 96.3
|Aug avg record high F = 95.8
|Sep avg record high F = 91.6
|Oct avg record high F = 85.7
|Nov avg record high F = 72.7
|Dec avg record high F = 63.0
|year avg record high F = 97.6

| Jan high F = 36.0
| Feb high F = 41.5
| Mar high F = 53.7
| Apr high F = 64.5
| May high F = 74.2
| Jun high F = 82.9
| Jul high F = 86.7
| Aug high F = 85.4
| Sep high F = 78.7
| Oct high F = 67.0
| Nov high F = 52.5
| Dec high F = 40.0
| year high F = 63.6
| Jan mean F = 26.5
| Feb mean F = 31.2
| Mar mean F = 42.5
| Apr mean F = 53.0
| May mean F = 63.6
| Jun mean F = 72.9
| Jul mean F = 76.9
| Aug mean F = 74.9
| Sep mean F = 67.3
| Oct mean F = 55.4
| Nov mean F = 42.2
| Dec mean F = 31.0
| year mean F = 53.1
| Jan low F = 17.0
| Feb low F = 20.9
| Mar low F = 31.2
| Apr low F = 41.6
| May low F = 53.1
| Jun low F = 63.0
| Jul low F = 67.0
| Aug low F = 64.5
| Sep low F = 55.9
| Oct low F = 43.8
| Nov low F = 31.8
| Dec low F = 22.0
| year low F = 42.6

|Jan avg record low F = -5.0
|Feb avg record low F = 1.3
|Mar avg record low F = 10.7
|Apr avg record low F = 25.4
|May avg record low F = 38.0
|Jun avg record low F = 49.5
|Jul avg record low F = 54.8
|Aug avg record low F = 52.6
|Sep avg record low F = 38.6
|Oct avg record low F = 26.0
|Nov avg record low F = 14.4
|Dec avg record low F = 1.8
|year avg record low F = -8.4

| Jan record low F = −18
| Feb record low F = −23
| Mar record low F = −13
| Apr record low F = 8
| May record low F = 26
| Jun record low F = 40
| Jul record low F = 45
| Aug record low F = 43
| Sep record low F = 30
| Oct record low F = 17
| Nov record low F = −7
| Dec record low F = −22
| year record low F = −23
| precipitation colour= green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.97
| Feb precipitation inch = 1.37
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.23
| Apr precipitation inch = 3.75
| May precipitation inch = 5.13
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.50
| Jul precipitation inch = 5.00
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.90
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.40
| Oct precipitation inch = 3.06
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.96
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.57
| year precipitation inch = 36.84
| Jan snow inch = 5.5
| Feb snow inch = 5.9
| Mar snow inch = 2.2
| Apr snow inch = 0.8
| May snow inch = 0.1
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.3
| Nov snow inch = 1.3
| Dec snow inch = 5.0
| year snow inch = 21.1
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 6.6
| Feb precipitation days = 6.4
| Mar precipitation days = 8.8
| Apr precipitation days = 10.5
| May precipitation days = 11.5
| Jun precipitation days = 10.3
| Jul precipitation days = 9.4
| Aug precipitation days = 8.6
| Sep precipitation days = 8.0
| Oct precipitation days = 8.2
| Nov precipitation days = 6.2
| Dec precipitation days = 6.4
| year precipitation days = 100.9
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 3.7
| Feb snow days = 3.2
| Mar snow days = 1.7
| Apr snow days = 0.5
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.2
| Nov snow days = 0.8
| Dec snow days = 3.1
| year snow days = 13.2
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA >
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=eax
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 2, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00148250&format=pdf
| title = Station: Troy 3N, KS
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 2, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
[[Image:Doniphan County Courthouse Troy Kansas.jpg|thumb|right|Doniphan County Courthouse (2006)]]
{{US Census population
|align= left
|1860= 131
|1870= 639
|1880= 694
|1890= 730
|1900= 750
|1910= 940
|1920= 1013
|1930= 1042
|1940= 1049
|1950= 977
|1960= 1051
|1970= 1047
|1980= 1240
|1990= 1073
|2000= 1054
|2010= 1010
|2020= 964
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US2071575 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> of 2020, there were 964 people and 375 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 94.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4% from [[Multiracial people|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.4% of the population.

There were 375 households, of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them.

The median age in the city was 44.2 years. 22.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.1% were from 25 to 44; 32.8% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.8% male and 57.2% female.

=== 2010 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,010 people, 421 households, and 275 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1030.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 467 housing units at an average density of {{convert|476.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.7% of the population.

There were 421 households, of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.95.

The median age in the city was 39.1 years. 24.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.9% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.

=== 2000 census ===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |accessdate=2008-01-31 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,054 people, 439 households, and 295 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,473.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 474 housing units at an average density of {{convert|662.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.77% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.28% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.28% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.04% of the population.

There were 439 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,786, and the median income for a family was $37,039. Males had a median income of $28,229 versus $19,706 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,138. About 13.4% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The community is served by [[Troy USD 429]] public school district.<ref>[http://www.troyusd.org/ USD 429]</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Chloe Gartner]], American novelist.
* [[Charles "Buffalo" Jones]], American frontiersman, farmer, rancher, hunter, and conservationist who cofounded [[Garden City, Kansas]].
* [[Charles Evans Whittaker]], [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court]] from 1957 to 1962

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
{{Kansas books}}
{{See also|Doniphan County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Doniphan County, Kansas}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Troy, Kansas}}
* [http://troykansas.com/ City of Troy]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41261075 Troy - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928131926/http://www.kansasheritage.org/for_nancy/cards/troysign.jpg Troy - Kansas Historical Marker], Kansas Heritage.org
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/troy.PDF Troy city map], KDOT

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[[Category:St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area]]
[[Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory]]