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Coordinates: 34°0708N 88°5306W / 34.11889°N 88.88500°W / 34.11889; -88.88500
 

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Troy, Mississippi
Troy, Mississippi is located in Mississippi
Troy, Mississippi

Troy, Mississippi

Troy's position in Mississippi

Coordinates: 34°07′08N 88°53′06W / 34.11889°N 88.88500°W / 34.11889; -88.88500
Country United States
State Mississippi
CountyPontotoc
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID695008
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Troy, Mississippi

Troy is an unincorporated communityinPontotoc County, Mississippi, around the intersection of Mississippi Highway 41 and County Road 82, roughly two miles west of the Natchez Trace Parkway, due west of Shannon.

History[edit]

Troy was established in the 1830s at a site about two miles north of its present coordinates (later referred to as Old Troy), and moved to its current location in 1881.[1] In the late 1800s, this was the site of Troy Normal College, which at times was also known as Mississippi Normal College.[2][3] The college was founded by professor H.B. Abernethy in 1882.[4] but moved to Houston in 1888.[5] Troy is also the site of a Civil War Union Cemetery containing several unmarked graves.[6][7]

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "W.P.A. History of Pontotoc County, Mississippi". USGenWeb. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  • ^ "W.P.A. History of Pontotoc County, Mississippi". USGenWeb. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  • ^ "Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 1891". Mississippi Genealogy. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  • ^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Part 1 Vol. II Part I. Pelican Publishing Company, inc. pp. 285–549. ISBN 9781455601196.
  • ^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Part 1 Vol. II Part I. Pelican Publishing Company, inc. pp. 343–549. ISBN 9781455601196.
  • ^ "Sites". Mississippi Civil War. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  • ^ "The Civil War Battle of Okolona, Mississippi – Sesquicentennial – Photographs by Newt Rayburn – February 22, 2014". The Local Voice. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  • ^ Mississippi. Department of Archives and History (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: Department of Archives and History. p. 840.
  • ^ Dunbar, Rowland (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History.

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