Troy, New York#Legislative branch

{{Main|History of Troy, New York}}

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Mohican Indians had a number of settlements along the Hudson River near its confluence with the Mohawk River. The land comprising the Poesten Kill and Wynants Kill areas -- "kill" being the Dutch word for "creek" or small stream—were owned by two Mohican groups. The land around the Poesten Kill was owned by Skiwias and was called Panhooseck. The area around the Wynants Kill, known as Paanpack, was owned by Peyhaunet. The land between the creeks, which makes up most of today's downtown and South Troy neighborhood along the Hudson River, was owned by Annape. South of the Wynants Kill and into present-day Town of North Greenbush, the land was owned by Pachquolapiet. These parcels of land were sold to the Dutch between 1630 and 1657, and each purchase was overseen and signed by Skiwias, the sachem—the political leader of the indigenous people—at the time. In total, more than 75 individual Mohicans were involved in deed signings in the 17th Century.

The site of the city was a part of Rensselaerswyck, a patroonship created by Kiliaen van Rensselaer. Dirck Van der Heyden was one of the first settlers. In 1707, he purchased a farm of {{convert|65|acre|ha}}, which in 1787 was laid out as a village.

The name Troy, after the legendary Greek city of Troy made famous in Homer's Iliad, was adopted in 1789, before which the tiny community had been known as Ashley's Ferry. The area was formed into the Town of Troy in 1791 from part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck. The township included today's towns of Brunswick and Grafton. Troy became a village in 1801 then was chartered as a city in 1816. In the post–Revolutionary War years, as Central New York was first settled, a strong trend to classical names existed, and Troy's naming fits the same pattern as the New York cities of Syracuse, Rome, Utica, Ithaca, and the towns of Sempronius and Manlius, and dozens of other similarly named towns to the west of Troy. Troy's Latin motto is Ilium fuit, Troja est, which means "Ilium was, Troy is".{{efn|Ilium fuit is the well-known expression from the Aeneid, where it is the beginning of Parthus' reply to Aeneas. Aeneid, Bk. II., 325. 30 153, and which had come to mean a complete and final end. The second half, Troja est, is a defiant declaratory statement that nevertheless, Troy still lives.}}

Northern and Western New York was a theater of the War of 1812, and militia and regular army forces were led by Stephen Van Rensselaer of Troy. Quartermaster supplies were shipped through Troy. A local butcher and meatpacker named Samuel Wilson supplied the military, and according to local lore, stamped the meat barrels "U.S." which alternately was interpreted as "United States" and "Uncle Sam," meaning Wilson. Troy has since claimed to be the historical home of Uncle Sam, who is buried in the historic Oakwood Cemetery located on the northern outskirts of the city and the burial site of numerous local luminaries. The iconic Uncle Sam caricature was created by political newspaper cartoonist Thomas Nast.

On December 23, 1823, The Troy Sentinel newspaper was the first publisher of the world-famous Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also known as "The Night Before Christmas" or {{"'}}Twas the Night Before Christmas"). The poem was published anonymously. Its author has long been believed to have been Clement Clarke Moore, but now is regarded by some as having been Henry Livingston Jr.

Scientific and technical proficiency was supported by the presence of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), one of the highest-ranked engineering schools in the country.{{cite web|title=America's Best Colleges 2007|publisher=U.S. News|year=2006|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|access-date=December 1, 2007}} RPI originally was sponsored by Stephen Van Rensselaer, one of the most prominent members of that family of Dutch colonial origins. RPI was founded in 1824, and eventually absorbed the campus of the short-lived liberal arts-based Troy University, which closed in 1862 during the Civil War. Rensselaer founded RPI for the "application of science to the common purposes of life," and it is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world.{{cite web|title=RPI History Main Page |url=http://www.rpi.edu/about/history.html |access-date=January 21, 2007}} The institute is known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace.{{cite web |url=http://catalog.rpi.edu/content.php?catoid=4&navoid=76 |title=Rensselaer in Brief |year=2008 |access-date=May 22, 2008}}

Through much of the 19th and into the early 20th centuries, Troy was one of the most prosperous cities in the United States. Prior to its rise as an industrial center, it was the transshipment point for meat and vegetables from Vermont and New York, which were sent by the Hudson River to New York City. The trade was vastly increased after the construction of the Erie Canal, with its eastern terminus directly across the Hudson River from Troy at Cohoes in 1825. Another artery constructed was the Champlain Canal. In 1916, Troy Federal Lock opened as one of the first modern locks along the present-day canal system.{{Cite web |title=Champlain Canal Guide: Albany to Troy – Erie Canal, Oswego Canal and Champlain Canal Guide |url=https://www.nycanals.com/Champlain_Canal_Guide:_Albany_to_Troy |access-date=February 24, 2021 |publisher=www.nycanals.com}}

Troy has nearly been destroyed by fire three times. What was known as the Great Troy Fire of 1862 burned down the W. & L. E. Gurley Company factory, which later that year was replaced by the new W. & L. E. Gurley Building, now a National Historic Landmark: Gurley & Sons remains a worldwide leader in precision instrumentation to this day.

Troy's one-time great wealth was produced in the steel industry, with the first American Bessemer converter erected on the Wynantskill Creek, a stream with falls in a small valley at the south end of the city.A Resourceful People: A Pictorial History of Rensselaer County, New York The industry first used charcoal and iron ore from the nearby Adirondack Mountains. Later, ore and coal from the Midwest were shipped via the Erie Canal to Troy and were processed before being sent down the Hudson River to New York City. The iron and steel also were used by the extensive federal arsenal located—as it is today—across the Hudson at Watervliet, a community then called West Troy. After the Civil War, the steel production industry moved west to be closer to raw materials. The presence of iron and steel also made it possible for Troy to be an early site in the development of iron storefronts and steel structural supports in architecture, and some significant early examples remain in the city.

Troy was an early home of professional baseball and was the host of two major league teams. The first team to call Troy home was the Troy Haymakers, a National Association team operating in 1871–72. One of its major players was Williams H. Craver, a Civil War veteran who was a noted catcher and also managed the team. Its last manager was Jimmy Wood, recognized as the first Canadian to play professional baseball. The Troy Haymakers team folded, and the city subsequently had no team for seven seasons. Then, from 1879 to 1882, Troy rebounded as home to the National League's Troy Trojans. They not only were competitive in the league, they fielded a young Dan Brouthers who went on to become baseball's first great slugger.

Today's sports scene is quite different.The Tri-City ValleyCats, a minor league professional baseball team, calls the Joseph L. Bruno Stadium at Hudson Valley Community College home. The RPI Engineers are an NCAA Division III sports participant except in ice hockey where it plays at the Division I level and won various championships including the national title in 1954 and 1985.

The Hudson Valley CC Vikings participate in Region III of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference. Russell Sage College's Gators compete at the NCAA Division III level in numerous sports and in, among various conferences, the Empire 8 Conference.

In 1892, poll watcher Robert Ross was shot dead and his brother was wounded by operatives of Mayor Edward Murphy, later a U.S. senator, after uncovering a man committing voter fraud. The convicted murderer, Bartholomew "Bat" Shea, was executed in 1896, although another man, John McGough, later admitted he had been the shooter.{{cite book |last1=Rittner |first1=Don |title=Legendary Locals of Troy |date=2012 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-0007-6 |page=78}}

The initial emphasis on heavier industry later spawned a wide variety of highly engineered mechanical and scientific equipment. Troy was the home of W. & L. E. Gurley, Co., makers of precision instruments. Gurley's theodolites were used to survey much of the American West after the Civil War and were highly regarded until laser and digital technology eclipsed the telescope and compass technology in the 1970s. Bells manufactured by Troy's Meneely Bell Company ring all over the world. Troy also was home to a manufacturer of racing shells that used impregnated paper in a process that presaged the later use of fiberglass, Kevlar, and carbon-fiber composites.

In 1900, Troy annexed Lansingburgh, a former town and village whose standing dates back prior to the War of Independence, in Rensselaer County. Lansingburgh is thus often referred to as "North Troy." However, prior to the annexation that portion of Troy north of Division Street was called North Troy and the neighborhood south of Washington Park was referred to as South Troy. To avoid confusion with streets in Troy following the annexation, Lansingburgh's numbered streets were renamed: its 1st Street, 2nd Street, 3rd Street, etc., became North Troy's 101st Street, 102nd Street, 103rd Street, etc. Lansingburgh was home to the Lansingburgh Academy.

In the early 1900s, the New York Central Railroad was formed from earlier railroads and established its "Water Level Route" from New York City to Chicago, via Albany. A Beaux-Arts station was constructed {{Circa|1903}}. A short New York Central branch from Rensselaer connected at Troy. Also serving the station was the Boston and Maine Railroad to/from Boston and the Delaware and Hudson Railroad to/from Canada. The railroads quickly made obsolete the 1800s-constructed canals along the Mohawk. The former NYC operates today as CSX for freight service and Amtrak for passenger service, the latter operating from Albany–Rensselaer station, directly opposite downtown Albany on the east side of the Hudson River. The end of rail passenger service to Troy occurred when the Boston and Maine dropped its Boston–Troy run in January 1958. The Troy Union Station was demolished in 1958.

File:Troy NY Union Depot pre1911img024.jpg {{Circa|1900}}]]

In addition to the strong presence of the early American steel industry, Troy also was a manufacturing center for shirts, shirtwaists, detachable collars and cuffs. In 1825, local resident Hannah Lord Montague was tired of cleaning her blacksmith-husband's shirts. She cut off the collars of his shirts since only the collar was soiled, bound the edges and attached strings to hold the false collars in place. This also allowed the collars and cuffs to be starched separately. Montague's idea caught on and changed the fashion for American men's dress for a century. Her patented collars and cuffs first were manufactured by Maullin & Blanchard, which eventually was absorbed by Cluett, Peabody & Company. Cluett's Arrow brand shirts still are worn by men across the country.{{Cite web |url=http://www.arrowshirt.com/heritage.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325032714/http://www.arrowshirt.com/heritage.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2009 |title=Arrow Shirt|date=March 25, 2009|access-date=August 8, 2019}} The large labor force required by the shirt manufacturing industry also produced in 1864 the nation's first female labor union, the Collar Laundry Union, founded in Troy by Kate Mullany. On February 23, 1864, 300 members of the union went on strike. After six days, the laundry owners gave in to their demands and raised wages 25%. Further developments arose in the industry when, in 1933, Sanford Cluett invented a process he called Sanforization, a process that shrinks cotton fabrics thoroughly and permanently. Cluett, Peabody's last main plant in Troy, was closed in the 1980s, but the industrial output of the plant had long been transferred to facilities in the South.

In 1906, the city supplied itself with water from a 33-inch riveted-steel main from the Tomhannock Reservoir. A 30-inch cast-iron main was added in 1914.{{cite web |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-starts-40-million-water-main-project-to-16166397.php?IPID=Times-Union-HP-CP-Spotlight |title=Troy starts $40M project to replace lines to Tomhannock Reservoir |author=Kenneth C. Crowe II |work=Albany Times-Union |date=May 10, 2021|access-date=May 10, 2021}} In 2023, the city completed the first phase of installation of two 36-inch pipes totaling approximately 8 miles between the reservoir and the city's Water Treatment Plant as part of a multi-year project to fully replace the existing century-old transmission line.[https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-water-project-supply-customers-250-years-17757466.php] The project began in 2021. [https://www.troyny.gov/257/Tomhannock-Water-Transmission-Line-Repla] [https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-starts-40-million-water-main-project-to-16166397.php][https://www.wamc.org/capital-region-news/2021-05-13/troy-begins-40m-project-to-replace-tomhannock-reservoir-water-main-lines]

When the iron and steel industry moved westward to Pennsylvania around Pittsburgh to be closer to iron ore from Lake Erie and nearby coal and coke needed for the Bessemer process, and with a similar downturn in the collar industry, Troy's prosperity began to fade. After the passage of Prohibition, and given the strict control of Albany by the O'Connell political machine, Troy became a way station for an illegal alcohol trade from Canada to New York City. Likewise, the stricter control of morality laws in the neighboring New England states encouraged the development of openly operating speakeasies and brothels in Troy. Gangsters such as "Legs Diamond" conducted their business in Troy, giving the city a somewhat colorful reputation through World War II. A few of the buildings from that era have since been converted into restaurants, such as the former Old Daly Inn.

Kurt Vonnegut lived in Troy and the area,{{Citation needed|date=May 2021|reason=Records generally indicate that Vonnegut lived in Alpaus, NY while working for General Electric before moving to Cape Cod in 1951}} and many of his novels include mentions of "Ilium" (an alternate name for Troy) or surrounding locations. Vonnegut wrote Player Piano in 1952, based on his experiences working as a public relations writer at nearby General Electric. His 1963 novel, Cat's Cradle, was written in the city and is set in Ilium. His recurring main character, Kilgore Trout, is a resident of Cohoes, just across the Hudson River from Troy.

Like many old industrial cities, Troy has had to deal with the loss of its manufacturing base, loss of population and wealth to the suburbs, and to other parts of the country. This led to dilapidation and disinvestment until later efforts were made to preserve Troy's architectural and cultural past.

{{As of|2014}}, Troy is updating its citywide comprehensive plan for the first time in more than 50 years.{{cite news |title=Troy plans for first citywide plan in 52 years |author=Kenneth C. Crowe II |date=June 20, 2014 |newspaper=Times Union |location=Albany |url=http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Troy-plans-for-first-citywide-plan-in-52-years-5568732.php}} The two-year process is known as "Realize Troy" and was initiated by the Troy Redevelopment Foundation (with members from the Emma Willard School, RPI, Russell Sage College, and St. Peter's Health Partners). Urban Strategies Inc. (Toronto) is planning Troy's redevelopment.{{cite web |date=June 19, 2014 |title=A company to do a comprehensive plan (NEWS) |publisher=T-Spin |author=Jim Franco |url=http://troyspin.blogspot.ca/2014/06/a-company-to-do-comprehensive-plan-news.html}}

{{wide image|Troy NY 1909 LOC 6a14121u.jpg|1200px|align-cap=center|Troy, as viewed from across the Hudson River looking east, {{circa|1909}}}}

File:City of Troy map 2.svg

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|11.0|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}} (5.44%) is covered by water.

Troy is located several miles north of Albany near the junction of the Erie and Champlain canals, via the Hudson River, and is the terminus of the New York Barge Canal. It is the distributing center for a large area.{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Breuer |url=http://www.troyvisitorcenter.org/tours/canal.html |title=RiverSpark: Crossroads of the Historic Canals |website=Troy's RiverSpark Visitor Center |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205184401/http://www.troyvisitorcenter.org/tours/canal.html |archive-date=December 5, 2004 |access-date=August 1, 2007}}

The city is on the central part of the western border of Rensselaer County. The Hudson River makes up the western border of the city and the county's border with Albany County. The city borders within Rensselaer County, Schaghticoke to the north, Brunswick to the east, and North Greenbush to the south; to the west, the city borders the Albany County town of Colonie, the villages of Menands and Green Island, and the cities of Watervliet and Cohoes. To the northwest, Troy borders the Saratoga County village of Waterford within the town of Waterford.

The western edge of the city is flat along the river, and then steeply slopes to higher terrain to the east. The average elevation is 50 feet, with the highest elevation being 500 feet in the eastern part of the city. The city is longer than it is wide, with the southern part wider than the northern section of the city (the formerly separate city of Lansingburgh). Several kills (Dutch for creek) pass through Troy and empty into the Hudson. The Poesten Kill and Wynants Kill are the two largest, and both have several small lakes and waterfalls along their routes in the city. Several lakes and reservoirs are within the city, including Ida Lake, Burden Pond, Lansingburgh Reservoir, Bradley Lake, Smarts Pond, and Wright Lake.

Troy has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). The average temperature throughout the year is {{Convert|50.9|F}}, with the highest average temperature in July being {{Convert|74.9|F}}, and January being the coldest month with an average temperature of {{Convert|25.5|F}}. The annual precipitation is {{convert|42.09|in}}.

The highest temperature in New York State was recorded in Troy on July 22, 1926, when it reached 108 °F (42.2 °C).

{{Weather box

|location = Troy, New York (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1932–2018)

|single line = Y

|Jan record high F = 66

|Feb record high F = 75

|Mar record high F = 86

|Apr record high F = 92

|May record high F = 97

|Jun record high F = 96

|Jul record high F = 108

|Aug record high F = 99

|Sep record high F = 96

|Oct record high F = 89

|Nov record high F = 83

|Dec record high F = 72

|year record high F = 101

|Jan avg record high F = 55.6

|Feb avg record high F = 54.8

|Mar avg record high F = 65.4

|Apr avg record high F = 82.9

|May avg record high F = 88.4

|Jun avg record high F = 92.5

|Jul avg record high F = 93.0

|Aug avg record high F = 92.6

|Sep avg record high F = 89.2

|Oct avg record high F = 79.0

|Nov avg record high F = 69.7

|Dec avg record high F = 57.6

|year avg record high F = 95.4

|Jan high F = 34.2

|Feb high F = 37.1

|Mar high F = 46.0

|Apr high F = 60.2

|May high F = 72.5

|Jun high F = 80.5

|Jul high F = 85.6

|Aug high F = 84.1

|Sep high F = 77.2

|Oct high F = 63.7

|Nov high F = 51.0

|Dec high F = 39.7

|year high F = 61.0

|Jan mean F = 25.5

|Feb mean F = 27.7

|Mar mean F = 36.1

|Apr mean F = 48.9

|May mean F = 60.9

|Jun mean F = 69.7

|Jul mean F = 74.9

|Aug mean F = 73.1

|Sep mean F = 65.8

|Oct mean F = 53.4

|Nov mean F = 42.1

|Dec mean F = 32.2

|year mean F = 50.9

|Jan low F = 16.9

|Feb low F = 18.2

|Mar low F = 26.2

|Apr low F = 37.7

|May low F = 49.3

|Jun low F = 59.0

|Jul low F = 64.1

|Aug low F = 62.2

|Sep low F = 54.4

|Oct low F = 43.2

|Nov low F = 33.2

|Dec low F = 24.7

|year low F = 40.8

|Jan avg record low F = -4.8

|Feb avg record low F = -1.4

|Mar avg record low F = 8.0

|Apr avg record low F = 25.4

|May avg record low F = 34.9

|Jun avg record low F = 46.2

|Jul avg record low F = 53.3

|Aug avg record low F = 50.1

|Sep avg record low F = 40.2

|Oct avg record low F = 29.4

|Nov avg record low F = 19.2

|Dec avg record low F = 6.7

|year avg record low F = -7.5

|Jan record low F = -23

|Feb record low F = -17

|Mar record low F = -11

|Apr record low F = 13

|May record low F = 20

|Jun record low F = 38

|Jul record low F = 45

|Aug record low F = 35

|Sep record low F = 29

|Oct record low F = 20

|Nov record low F = 10

|Dec record low F = -15

|year record low F = -23

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|Jan precipitation inch = 2.65

|Feb precipitation inch = 2.43

|Mar precipitation inch = 2.91

|Apr precipitation inch = 3.09

|May precipitation inch = 3.79

|Jun precipitation inch = 4.61

|Jul precipitation inch = 4.64

|Aug precipitation inch = 3.92

|Sep precipitation inch = 3.83

|Oct precipitation inch = 4.23

|Nov precipitation inch = 2.84

|Dec precipitation inch = 3.15

|year precipitation inch = 42.09

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 10.1

|Feb precipitation days = 8.1

|Mar precipitation days = 9.2

|Apr precipitation days = 11.3

|May precipitation days = 12.1

|Jun precipitation days = 11.4

|Jul precipitation days = 11.4

|Aug precipitation days = 10.1

|Sep precipitation days = 9.5

|Oct precipitation days = 11.9

|Nov precipitation days = 10.2

|Dec precipitation days = 10.3

|year precipitation days = 125.6

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|work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)

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{{US Census population

|1820= 5264

|1830= 11556

|1840= 19334

|1850= 28785

|1860= 39235

|1870= 46465

|1880= 56747

|1890= 60956

|1900= 60651

|1910= 76813

|1920= 71996

|1930= 72763

|1940= 70304

|1950= 72311

|1960= 67492

|1970= 62918

|1980= 56638

|1990= 54269

|2000= 49170

|2010= 50129

|2020= 51401

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}} 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/troycitynewyork/PST045219|title=Quick Facts: Troy city, New York|website=census.gov|access-date=November 14, 2021}}

}}

{{update|section|reason=Newer information is available from the 2020 Census report.|date=November 2021}}

At the 2010 census, 50,129 people, 20,121 households and 10,947 families were residing in the city.{{cite web|last=Quickfacts|first=United States Census|date=April 1, 2020|title=Race and Hispanic Origin|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/troycitynewyork/EDU685219#EDU685219|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915083120/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3675484.html|archive-date=September 15, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2022|website=United States Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} The population density was 4,840.1 people/sq mi, with 23,474 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 69.7% White, 16.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.4% Asian, and 4.1% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 7.9% of the population.

The median household income in 2013 was $37,805 (NY average of $57,369), and the median family income was $47,827 (NYS average of $70,485). The median per capita income for the city was $20,872 (NY average of $32,514). About 27.3% of the population were living in poverty as of 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Troy-New-York.html |title= Troy (city), New York City data |access-date=February 26, 2016}}

Since then, Troy's population size has increased to 51,401 with 19,899 households, taken from the 2020 census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/troycitynewyork/LND110210 |title=Troy (city), New York Quick Facts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=February 13, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915083120/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/3675484.html |archive-date=September 15, 2013 }} The racial makeup of the city increased in the percentage of African Americans to 17.5% whereas the number of White residents decreased to 63.5%. The rest of the population was reported to be 0.1% Native American, 4.8% Asian, 9.6% Latino or Hispanic, and 7.3% two or more races. The majority of Troy's population consists of women (51.4%) whereas males makeup the remaining 48.6%. Troy residents under the age of 5 were reported to be 5.2%, under the age of 18 were 19.6%, and 65 years and over were 11.4%.title=Troy (city) Demographics People with a disability, under age 65 years were 13.3% and those without health insurance (under age 65 years) was outlined to be 5.9%. The population of veterans in 2020 was 1,907, which coincided with those who had disabilities. The number of foreign born persons, between 2015 and 2019, was 8.0%.

Economically in 2020, the city's median household income had increased to $45,728 per family, with each family reporting to have 2.25 persons residing in them. The per capita income in past 12 months (in 2019 dollars), taken 2015–2019 was $25,689 with 24.4% of the population living in poverty. The poverty rate overall has decreased 3.3% since 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/troycitynewyork/INC910219#INC910219 |title=Troy (city), New York City data |access-date=February 13, 2022}}

The education rate of Troy locals, 25 years or more, with a high school graduate or higher is 86.8% whereas the number of persons with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.8%. Additionally, due to the increasing age of the internet, the percentage of households with a computer from 2015 to 2019 has increased to 88.5% and those with a broadband Internet subscription lies at 81.5%.

The city is also home to numerous churches (Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant), three synagogues, and one mosque.

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Troy is known as the "Collar City" due to its history in shirt, collar, and other textile production. Until the early 1990s, Troy was home to several textile manufacturers, including Cluett, Peabody, a subsidiary of the nation's largest publicly held textile manufacturer West Point-Pepperell Inc. The detachable collar was first established in Troy in 1820 by a Mrs. Montague.{{cite web |url=https://www.albanyinstitute.org/shirt-collars.html|title=Shirt Collars – Albany Institute of History and Art }} Her husband was a prominent blacksmith who complained to his wife that after coming home from work he had no clean white shirts for the next day. Mrs. Montague solved this problem by cutting collars off of her husbands shirts, and reattaching clean ones for him to wear when needed. This created the important industry of detachable collars and shirts in Troy. It also created the need for buttons, as a detachable collar often left gaps between the shirt and the collar, and buttons were used to snap collars in place. Other types of apparel invented in this time were Bishop collars, which were an upright modification of the turn-down collar, dickeys, detached shirt bosoms, and separate cuffs. This industry also gave rise to the laundry industry, when the first laundry store Troy Laundry was opened at 66 North Second St (Fifth Avenue today), and later on, the laundry industry in Troy would spark the creation of the first female union in the country.{{cite web |url=https://rensselaer.nygenweb.net/article11.htm|title=Collar City – Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY }} For close to a hundred years, Cluett, Peabody & Company was the largest industry in town, with a variety of products including detachable collars, arrow shirts, and other apparel. Around the early 20th century, Troy was responsible for making 90% of the collars worn in America. This was also the birthplace of the "white collar" social class, which was a more upscale working class community and the "blue collar" social class, which consisted of mostly factory workers. The industry had mostly died out by the 1960s, when most business had either gone out of business or moved south for cheaper land and labor costs.

At one point, Troy was also the second-largest producer of iron in the country, surpassed only by the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Troy, like many older industrial cities, has been battered by industrial decline and the migration of jobs to the suburbs. Nevertheless, the presence of RPI is helping Troy develop a small high-technology sector, particularly in video game development. The downtown core also has a smattering of advertising and architecture firms, and other creative businesses attracted by the area's distinctive architecture. Uncle Sam Atrium is an enclosed urban shopping mall, office space, and parking garage in downtown Troy. RPI is the city's largest private employer.

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Troy is home to Victorian and Belle Époque architecture.

The Hudson and Mohawk Rivers play their part, as does the Erie Canal and its lesser tributary canal systems, and later the railroads that linked Troy to the rest of the Empire State, New York City to the south, and Utica, New York, Syracuse, New York, Rochester, New York, Buffalo, New York, and the myriad of emergent Great Lakes' cities in the burgeoning United States.

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• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• The Emma Willard School for Girls aka Emma Willard School
• The Hart-Cluett Mansion
• Paine Mansion{{Cite news|url=http://adirondackgirlatheart.com/2014/11/historic-homes-of-troys-2nd-stree.html|title=Historic Homes of Troy's 2nd Street – Adirondack Girl @ Heart|date=November 25, 2014|newspaper=Adirondack Girl @ Heart|access-date=February 12, 2017|language=en-US}}
• Russell Sage College
• Troy Public Library
• Hudson Valley Community College

Natives of Troy expressed their passion for building, using the following materials, for an array of building features:

• Iron: cast and structural iron works (facades, gates, railings, banisters, stairwells, rooftop crenellation, window grilles, etc.)
• Stone: carved hard and soft stone foundations, facades and decorative elements
• Glass: as well as in the vast array of ornate stained and etched glass works;
• Wood: fine wood work in found in many of Troy's buildings.

Tiffany and La Farge created magnificent stained-glass windows, transoms and other decorative stained-glass treatments for their customers in Troy. With many examples of intact 19th-century architecture, particularly in its Central Troy Historic District, this has helped to lure several major movies to film in Troy, including Ironweed, The Age of Innocence (filmed partially in the Paine mansion), Scent of a Woman, The Bostonians, The Emperor's Club, and The Time Machine. In addition, the television series The Gilded Age filmed in Troy.{{Cite web|date=November 18, 2021|title=Teaser for 'The Gilded Age,' shot in Troy, premieres|url=https://www.news10.com/news/rensselaer-county/teaser-for-the-gilded-age-shot-in-troy-premieres/|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=NEWS10 ABC|language=en-US}} There are many buildings in a state of disrepair, but community groups and investors are restoring many of them.

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Troy's downtown historic landmarks include Frear's Troy Cash Bazaar, constructed on a steel infrastructure clad in ornately carved white marble; the Corinthian Courthouse constructed of gray granite; the Troy Public Library, built in an elaborate Venetian palazzo style with high-relief carved white marble; the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, designed in the Second Empire style, with a recital hall with highly regarded acoustic properties. There is a rich collection of Colonial, Federal, Italianate, Second Empire, Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival and other Romantic period townhouses surrounding the immediate downtown. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20081230160113/http://www.rchsonline.org/ar_hc.htm Hart-Cluett Mansion] displays a Federal facade executed in white marble, quarried in Tuckahoe, New York. Often with foundations of rusticated granite block. Medina sandstone, a deep mud-red color, from Medina, New York, was also used.

As with many American cities, several city blocks in downtown Troy were razed during the 1970s as a part of an attempted urban renewal plan, which was never successfully executed, leaving still vacant areas in the vicinity of Federal Street. Today, however, there have since been much more successful efforts to save the remaining historic downtown structures.

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Part of this effort has been the arrival of the "Antique District" on River Street downtown. Cafes and art galleries are calling the area home. Residents and visitors can access the area via boat and utilize the Troy Downtown Marina. As home to many art, literature, and music lovers, the city hosts many free shows during the summer, on River Street, in parks, and in cafes and coffee shops.

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• Troy Flag Day parade – was the largest Flag Day parade in the US. It started in 1967 and ended in 2017.{{cite news |title=Troy's yearly Flag Day Parade over after 50-year run |author=Kenneth C. Crowe II |date=March 2, 2018 |newspaper=Times Union |location=Albany |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Troy-Flag-Day-Parade-will-march-no-more-after-50-12723162.php}}
• Troy River Fest – arts, crafts and music festival held every June in the downtown district.{{cite web|url=http://www.downtowntroy.org/troy-river-fest/|title=Troy River Fest – Downtown Troy BID|website=Downtown Troy BID}}
• Uncle Sam Parade – was held near Samuel Wilson's birthday in mid-September. It was held last in 2015 after 40 years.{{Cite web|title=End of line for Troy's Uncle Sam Birthday Parade|url=https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/End-of-the-line-for-Uncle-Sam-Birthday-Parade-7958141.php|last=Crowe II|first=Kenneth C.|date=June 2, 2016|website=Times Union|language=en-US|access-date=May 3, 2020|quote=There will be no 41st annual parade on Sept. 13 to salute the 250th birthday of Samuel Wilson...}}
• Bakerloo Theatre Project – classical summer theatre{{cite web|url=http://www.bakerloo.org|title=Bakerloo Theatre Project|website=Bakerloo Theatre Project|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511085646/http://www.bakerloo.org/|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=dead}}
• The Victorian Stroll – held annually in December{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianstroll.com|title=Troy Victorian Stroll|website=Troy Victorian Stroll}}
• Troy Turkey Trot – Thanksgiving Day run; the oldest race in the Capital District.{{cite web|url=http://www.troyturkeytrot.com|title=Troy Turkey Troy|website=Troy Turkey Trot}}
• The Enchanted City – Steampunk festival in downtown Troy{{Cite web|url=https://www.enchantedtroy.com|title=The Enchanted City|website=The Enchanted City Troy, NY|language=en-US|access-date=November 28, 2017}}
• Troy Night Out – monthly arts and cultural event in the streets of Downtown Troy{{cite web|url=http://www.downtowntroy.org/troy-night-out/|title=Troy Night Out|website=Downtown Troy BID|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044353/http://www.downtowntroy.org/troy-night-out/|url-status=dead}}
• Rockin' on the River – outdoor concert series in June to August{{cite web|url=http://www.downtowntroy.org/rockin-on-the-river/|title=Rockin on the River|website=Downtown Troy BID}}
• Troy Pig Out – BBQ competition in Riverfront Park{{cite web|url=http://www.downtowntroy.org/troy-pig-out/|title=Troy Pig Out|website=Downtown Troy BID}}
• Chowderfest – chowder festival in downtown Troy{{cite web|url=http://www.downtowntroy.org/chowder-fest/|title=Troy Chowderfest|website=Downtown Troy BID|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044718/http://www.downtowntroy.org/chowder-fest/|url-status=dead}}
• Troy Waterfront Farmers Market – held weekly, during the summer at Monument Square and River Street, and in the winter in the Atrium{{Cite web|url=https://www.troymarket.org/the-market|title=The Market|website=Troy Farmers Market|language=en-US|access-date=August 23, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.troymarket.org/|title=Troy Farmers Market|website=Troy Farmers Market|language=en-US|access-date=June 25, 2019}}

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{{see also|List of mayors of Troy, New York}}

The executive branch consists of a mayor who serves as the chief executive officer of the city. The mayor is responsible for the proper administration of all city affairs placed in his/her charge as empowered by the city charter. The mayor enforces the laws of New York State as well as all local laws and ordinances passed by the city council. She or he exercises control over all executive departments of the city government, including the Departments of Finance, Law, Public Safety, Public Works, Public Utilities, and Parks and Recreation.

The mayor's term of office is four years, and an incumbent is prohibited from serving for more than two consecutive terms (eight years).

The current mayor of Troy is Carmella Mantello (R), who is serving her first term, having been elected on November 7, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Ben |last2=Kantz |first2=K.C. |last3=Eagle |first3=Skylar |title=Carmella Mantello becomes first female mayor in Troy |url=https://www.news10.com/news/your-local-election-hq/carmella-mantello-declares-victory-in-troy-mayor-election/ |work=NEWS10 ABC |date=November 7, 2023}}

Results from the last seven mayoral elections (an asterisk* indicates the incumbent):

• November 7, 2023 – Carmella Mantello (R) defeated Nina Nichols (D)
• November 5, 2019 – Patrick Madden* (D, W) defeated Rodney Wiltshire (G, I), Tom Reale (R, C)
• November 3, 2015 – Patrick Madden (D) defeated Jim Gordon (R, C, G, I, RF), Rodney Wiltshire (W), Jack Cox (REV)
• November 8, 2011 – Lou Rosamilia (D, W) defeated Carmella Mantello (R, C, I)
• November 6, 2007 – Harry Tutunjian* (R, I, C) defeated James Conroy (D), Elda Abate (TPP)
• November 4, 2003 – Harry Tutunjian (R, I, C) defeated Frank LaPosta (D)
• November 2, 1999 – Mark Pattison* (D, L, W) defeated Carmella Mantello (R, I, C)
• November 7, 1995 – Mark Pattison (D, C) defeated Kathleen Jimino (R, RtL, Fre), Michael Petruska (I, W), Michael Rourke (L)
• prior to the November 1995 election, a city-manager form of government was utilized

Troy's legislative branch consists of a city council composed of seven elected members: one at-large member who represents the entire city and acts as City Council President, and six district members who represent each of the six districts of Troy. Currently, there are three Democrats and four Republicans.

Each of the six district council members serves a two-year term, and an incumbent is prohibited from serving for more than four consecutive terms (eight years). The City Council President serves a four-year term, and is prohibited from serving for more than two consecutive terms (eight years).

The council meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm in the City Hall council chambers. All meetings are open to the public and include a public forum period held before official business where residents can address the council on all matters directly pertaining to city government.

The current Troy City Council took office on January 1, 2024, and will serve until December 31, 2025.[https://www.troyny.gov/315/City-Council] The members are:

• Susan Steele (D– At-Large; Council President)
• Bill Keal (R – District 1)
• Ryan Brosnan (R – District 2)
• Katie Spain-McLaren (D – District 3)
• Aaron Vera (D – District 4)
• Irene Sorriento (R – District 5)
• Thomas Casey (R – District 6)

The City of Troy is divided into thirty (30) election districts, also known as EDs. An ED is the finest granularity political district that can be used, from which all other political districts are formed.

Other political districts that make use of these EDs include City Council Districts, County Legislative Districts, State Assembly Districts, State Senate Districts, and U.S. Congressional Districts.

The 30 EDs are grouped into six Council Districts, as follows:

• Council District 1: ED1–ED6
• Council District 2: ED7–ED10
• Council District 3: ED11–ED15
• Council District 4: ED16–ED18
• Council District 5: ED19–ED24
• Council District 6: ED25–ED30

All of the City of Troy is in the 43rd State Senate District, currently represented by Jake Ashby{{Cite web |title=Senate District 43 |url=https://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/senate2022/sen43.pdf |website=NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment}}

All of the City of Troy is in the 108th Assembly District, currently represented by John McDonald III{{Cite web |title=Assembly District 108 |url=https://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/2022assembly/asm108.pdf |website=NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment}}

All other political districts that exist in Troy consist of the entire city — all 30 EDs:

• U.S. Congressional District 20: ED1–ED30
• Rensselaer County Legislative District 1: ED1–ED30

The Rensselaer School, which later became RPI, was founded in 1824 with funding from Stephen Van Rensselaer, a descendant of the founding patroon, Kiliaen. In 1821, Emma Willard founded the Troy Female Seminary. It was renamed Emma Willard School (America's first girls' high school and a high-academic boarding and day school) in 1895. The former Female Seminary was later reopened in 1916 as Russell Sage College (a comprehensive college for women). All of these institutions still exist today. {{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In addition, Troy is home to the 10,000-student Hudson Valley Community College (part of the State University of New York system); two public school districts (Troy and Lansingburgh); three private high schools: La Salle Institute (Catholic military-style), Emma Willard School, Catholic Central High School (a regional Catholic high school in Lansingburgh section), and one K-12 charter school system, Troy Prep. {{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Regional and local buses are operated by Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdta.org/routes-and-schedules/troy|title=Troy {{!}} www.cdta.org|website=www.cdta.org|access-date=January 23, 2019}} CDTA Blue Line, Red Line and Purple Line also serves the city of Troy with Bus Rapid Transit, with regional connections to Albany, Cohoes, Waterford, and Watervliet

US 4 runs north–south through the city along River St and 3rd & 4th St. New York State Route 7 passes east–west through the city on Hoosick St, using the Collar City Bridge to cross the Hudson River. New York State Route 2 also passes east–west on Congress St, crossing the Hudson River at the Congress Street Bridge.

The New York Central Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Railroad, Rutland Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad provided passenger rail service to Troy. By the late 1950s, only the Boston & Maine passenger service remained. The last Boston and Maine passenger train arrived from Boston, Massachusetts in 1958.Ronald Dale Karr, The Rail Lines of Southern New England: A Handbook of Railroad History, Branch Line Press, 1995 Troy Union Station closed and was demolished later that year.{{cite web |title=Troy Union Railroad |url=https://penneyvanderbilt.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/troy-union-railroad/ |website=PenneyVanderbilt |date=August 16, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2019}} Amtrak serves Albany-Rensselaer station, 8.5 miles to the south of Troy.

Troy Fire Department's 119 uniformed personnel operate out of six fire stations located throughout the city and operate five engine companies, a rescue-engine company, two truck companies, three ambulances, a Hazardous Material response unit (Troy Fire Department is the hazardous material response unit for Rensselaer County) and two rescue boats.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Northeast Health is now the umbrella administration of Troy's two large hospitals (Samaritan Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital).{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

• Joe Alaskey (1952–2016), voice actor, known for various Looney Tunes characters{{cite web|url=http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/02/03/joe-alaskey-r-p/|title=Joe Alaskey, R.I.P.|date=February 3, 2016|website=News From ME}}
• Dave Anderson (1929–2018), Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter for The New York Times, born in Troy{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/obituaries/dave-anderson-award-winning-times-sportswriter-dies-at-89.html|title=Dave Anderson, Award-Winning Times Sportswriter, Dies at 89|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=October 4, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 25, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
• David Baddiel (1964), comedian
• Garnet Douglass Baltimore (1859–1946), distinguished civil engineer and landscape designer, first African-American graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute{{Cite web|url=https://www.rpi.edu/about/alumni/inductees/baltimore.html|title=Garnet Douglas Baltimore|language=en|access-date=November 23, 2020}}
• John C. Baker (1919–1996), US Army major general{{cite book |date=1955 |title=Who's Who In the East |volume=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnZmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22baker,+john+caswell%22+%22Who%27s+Who%22 |location=Chicago, Illinois |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |page=47 |via=Google Books}}
• Thomas Baker (1916–1944), U.S. infantryman, received Medal of Honor for Battle of Saipan{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/world-war-ii-saipan-veterans-108591.html|title=70 years later, vets remember Saipan|agency=Associated Press|website=POLITICO|date=July 6, 2014 |language=en|access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• James A. Barker, Wisconsin state senator
• George Packer Berry (1898–1986), Dean of Harvard Medical School, born in TroyAltman, Lawrence K., [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/09/obituaries/george-p-berry-87-is-dead-bacteriologist-and-educator.html "George P. Berry, 87, Is Dead; Bacteriologist and Educator"], New York Times
• Nick Brignola (1936–2002), musician (internationally famous jazz baritone saxophonist), was born in Troy and lived his whole life in the area.Nick Brignola{{Circular reference|date=August 2018}}
• Dorothy Lavinia Brown (1919–2004), African American surgeon, legislator and teacher, raised in the Troy Orphan Asylum for much of her childhood and attended Troy High School, where she graduated at the top of her class in 1937.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brown-dorothy-lavinia-1919-2004/|title=Dorothy Lavinia Brown (1919–2004) • BlackPast|date=January 19, 2015|website=BlackPast|language=en-US|access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• Dan Bryant (1833–1875), stage name of Dan O'Brien (or possibly Dan O'Neill), co-founder of Bryant's Minstrels with his brothers Jerry and Neil.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/04/12/82028741.pdf The New York Times, 12 April 1875, Obituary of Daniel Webster Bryant]
• Henry Burden (1791–1871), originally from Scotland, engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy called the Burden Iron Works that featured the most powerful water wheel in the world{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/albanyrural/burden/|title=Henry Burden|website=Times Union|date=December 5, 2013 |access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• William Carragan (1937–2024), musicologist who completed Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. Born in Brunswick, taught at Hudson Valley Community College for 35 years, and spent his last two decades back in his childhood home.Steve Barnes, [https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/william-carragan-troy-hvcc-obituary-bruckner-19509418.php 'Troy physicist and musicologist William Carragan dies at 86'], Times Union, June 12, 2024
• Evelyn Cavanaugh (b. 1890s), Broadway and vaudeville dancer, actress
• Howie Charbonneau (b. 1955), soccer player{{Cite web |title=NASL–Howie Charbonneau |url=https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/C/Charbonneau.Howie.htm |access-date=March 29, 2025 |website=(NASL) jerseys}}
• Hadden Clark, Cannibal child murderer and suspected serial killer; Born in Troy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/dorr/dorr111592.htm?noredirect=on|title=Murder Suspect's 'Lifestyle is Getting Even'|last=Jennings|first=Veronica T.|date=November 15, 1992|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• James Connolly (1868–1916), a leader of the Irish Easter Rising, lived in Troy 1903 – c. 1910; a statue of Connolly was erected in Troy in 1986{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/celebrating-the-life-of-james-connolly-in-troy-new-york/|title=Celebrating the life of James Connolly in Troy, New York|last=Townsend|first=Chris|date=May 2, 2016|website=People's World|language=en-US|access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• Thomas H. Conway, Wisconsin State Assemblyman'Wisconsin Blue Book 1929', Biographical Sketch of Thomas H. Conway, p. 558
• Charles Crocker, a railroad executive, a founder of the Central Pacific Railroad, and an associate of Leland Stanford
• Jeff Daly, architect and designer, former head of design for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Blanche Dayne, an actress in vaudeville from 1890s to 1920s
• Courken George Deukmejian Jr. (1928–2018), an American politician from the Republican Party who was the 35th Governor of California from 1983 to 1991 and Attorney General of California from 1979 to 1983
• Shaun Deeb (born 1986), poker player
• Katharine DeWitt (1867–1963), an American nurse, writer and co-editor of the American Journal of Nursing.
• John Joseph Evers (1883–1947), baseball Hall of Fame second baseman
• Mame Faye (1866–1943), brothel mistress{{Cite web|url=http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2008/01/29/mame-faye-the-inside-scoop-on-troys-second-most-fa|title=Mame Faye: the inside scoop on Troy's second most famous figure|website=All Over Albany|access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• Robert Fuller (born 1933), actor, star of TV series Wagon Train, rancher, born in Troy
• Alice Fulton (born 1952), poet and author, MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, was born and raised in Troy; her novel The Nightingales of Troy{{cite web|title=Greg Schutz|url=http://fictionwritersreview.com/reviews/the-nightingales-of-troy-by-alice-fulton|publisher=Fiction Writers Review|access-date=December 20, 2012}} follows a fictional Irish-American family through the 20th Century in Troy{{cite web|title=Companion Map to Alice Fulton's The Nightingales of Troy |url=https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113392205776745354649.00046e65a4e475e8fba73&ll=42.754701,-73.679123&spn=0.08987,0.128746&z=13|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=December 20, 2012}}
• Charles Ganimian (1926–1988), Armenian American musician and oud player
• Henry Highland Garnet (1815–1882), African-American abolitionist, minister and orator; editor of The National Watchman and The Clarion
• Uri Gilbert (July 10, 1809 – June 17, 1888) 19th century mayor and alderman of Troy and owner of Gilbert Car Company.{{Cite book |last=Rittner |first=Don |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhlGBGpjZ1gC&pg=PA44 |title=Legendary Locals of Troy |date=February 2012 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-0007-6 |language=en}}
• Abba Goddard (1819–1873), editor of The Trojan Sketchbook {{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebYe8eSzWg8C|title=The Trojan Sketch Book|first=Abba A.|last=Goddard|date=August 8, 1846|publisher=Young & Hartt|via=Google Books}}
• Jay S. Hammond (1922–2005), fourth governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982
• Tim Hauser (1941–2014), singer and founding member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer
• Joe Horan (1878–1961), racing driver
• Edward Burton Hughes, the Deputy Superintendent of New York State Department of Public Works from 1952 to 19671910 US Census: Edward B. Hughes (head) aged 30, Susan B. Hughes (wife) aged 30. Address: 693 Third Avenue, Troy.
• Theodore Judah, a railroad engineer for the Central Pacific Railroad
• King Kelly (1857–1894), professional baseball player, born in Troy
• Deborah G. King (1839–1922), Women's Crusader and Prohibition advocate; born in the county, went to school in Troy
• Ida Pulis Lathrop (1859–1937), American painter, born in Troy.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzHTAAAAMAAJ|title=Who's Who in New York City and State|publisher=L.R. Hamersly Company|others=Lewis Randolph Hamersly, John William Leonard, William Frederick Mohr, Frank R. Holmes, Herman Warren Knox, Winfield Scott Downs (editors)|year=1924|volume=8|pages=760}}
• Dennis Mahoney (1974–), author, born in Troy
• William L. Marcy (1786–1857), governor, U.S. senator, U.S. Secretary of State{{cite encyclopedia|title=William Marcy|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000127|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 20, 2012}}
• Edward P. McCabe (1850–1920), African American settler, attorney and land agent, born in Troy
• Herman Melville (1819–1891), author (Moby Dick), from 1838 to 1847 resided in Lansingburgh
• John Morrissey (1831–1878), bare-knuckle boxer, U.S. representative, co-founder of Saratoga Race Course{{cite encyclopedia|title=John Morrissey|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001001|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 20, 2012}}
• Kate Mullany (1845–1906), Irish-born labor organizer, founder of the Collar Laundry Union
• James Mullowney, Wisconsin State Assemblyman{{cite book|title=The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |edition=18th|location=Madison, Wis.|publisher=David Atwood|year=1879|page=495}}
• Edward Murphy Jr. (1836–1911), mayor, U.S. senator{{cite encyclopedia|title=Edward Murphy|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m001090|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 20, 2012}}
• Florence Nash (1888–1950), actress
• Mary Nash (1884–1976), actress
• Mary Louise Peebles (1833–1915), author of children's books
• Cicero Price (1805–1888), United States Navy commodore who fought in American Civil War and was commander of East India Squadron, resided in Troy for 36 years
• Jacob S. Raisin (1878–1946), rabbi
• La Mott W. Rhodes (1843–1890), lawyer and member of the New York State Assembly
• Don Rittner, Historian, author, film maker
• George G. Rockwood (1832–1911), celebrity photographer
• Richard Selzer (1928–2016), surgeon and author, was born in Troy; his memoir Down from Troy recounts his experiences there as the son of a physician
• Bernard Shir-Cliff (1924–2017), editor
• Kate Simmons (1850–1926), composer
• Jeanie Oliver Davidson Smith (1836–1925), poet, romancist
• Horatio Spafford (1828–1888), composer of the well-known Christian hymn "It Is Well With My Soul", was born in Lansingburgh (now Troy)
• Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), Academy Award-winning actress of film, stage and television
• Lavinia Stoddard (1787–1820), poet, school founder
• John J. Taylor, U.S. Congressman
• Mike Valenti, radio commentator
• Joseph M. Warren, U.S. Representative for New York{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000165|title=WARREN, Joseph Mabbett, (1813–1896)|dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 10, 2012}}
• Amy Wax (born 1953), law professor
• Harriet Hilreth Weeks (1875–1939), Wisconsin state legislator
• Samuel Wilson (1766–1854), a butcher and meatpacker during War of 1812 whose name is believed to be the inspiration for the personification of the United States known as Uncle Sam{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam|title=United States nicknamed Uncle Sam|website=HISTORY|date=November 24, 2009 |language=en|access-date=June 25, 2019}}
• Russell Wong (born 1963), actor
• Duke Zeibert (1910–1997), restaurateur

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• {{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=George Baker |title=Landmarks of Rensselaer County New York |publisher=D. Mason and Company |location=Syracuse, New York |year=1897 |url=https://archive.org/stream/landmarksofrenss00ande#page/n5/mode/2up |oclc= 1728151}}{{via|IA}}
• {{Cite book |last=Hayner |first=Rutherford |title=Troy and Rensselaer County New York: A History |location=New York |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc |year=1925 |oclc=22524006}}
• {{Cite book |last=Sylvester |first=Nathaniel Bartlett |title=History of Rensselaer Co., New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers |publisher=Everts & Peck |location=Philadelphia |year=1880 |oclc= 3496287}}
• {{Cite book |last=Weise |first=Arthur James |title=History of the Seventeen Towns of Rensselaer County from the Colonization of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck to the Present Time |year=1880 |publisher=J. M. Francis & Tucker |location=Troy, New York |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924064123015#page/n5/mode/2up |oclc= 6637788}}{{via|IA}}

• {{Cite book |title=Troy, NY: A Collar City History |last=Rittner |first=Don |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=0-7385-2368-2 }}
• {{Cite book |title=Charter of and laws relating to the city of Troy: as amended at the close of the legislative session of 1906 |author=City of Troy |year=1906 |publisher=Troy Observer Co |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UO9EAAAAYAAJ |oclc=13208186}}{{via|GB}}
• {{Cite book |title=The city of Troy and its vicinity |last=Weise |first=Arthur James |publisher=Edward Green |year=1886 |location=Troy, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/citytroyanditsv00weisgoog |oclc=8989214}}{{via|GB}}
• {{Cite book |title=Troy's one hundred years, 1789–1889 |last=Weise |first=Arthur James |publisher=William H. Young |year=1891 |location=Troy, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/troysonehundredy00weis_0 |oclc=17346272}}{{via|GB}}
• {{Cite book |title=History of the city of Troy: from the Expulsion of the Mohegan Indians to the Present Centennial Year of Independence of the United States of America, 1876 |last=Weise |first=Arthur James |publisher=William H. Young |year=1876 |location=Troy, New York |oclc=12930415}}
• {{Cite book |title=Troy's Little Italy |last=Esposito |first=Michael A. |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7385-6513-2}}

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• [http://www.troyny.gov/ City of Troy Homepage]
• [https://archive.today/20120710215039/http://history.rays-place.com/ny/ren-troy-village-ny.htm Early history of Troy, NY]
• [http://video.wmht.org/video/2276793223 Our Town: Troy] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214195938/http://video.wmht.org/video/2276793223 |date=December 14, 2012 }})—Documentary produced by WMHT (TV)

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