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History · Troy Township

Troy Township’s post office opened in 1880, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Swedish Lutheran Church of Strandburg.

1880first post office
1on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Troy Township began

When was Troy Township founded?

1880

The Troy Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Troy (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 67146 years
Founding year: the first Troy Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Troy Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Swedish Lutheran Church of Strandburg
Swedish Lutheran Church of Strandburg
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian Gothic1
Swedish Lutheran Church of StrandburgLate Victorian Gothic

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Troy, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Troy
Gone or out of use
Troy Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Troy Township
Troy

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

StrandburgIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townStockholm Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRome TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWaverly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGeorgia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Troy Township’s history

What year was Troy Township founded?

The Troy Township post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Troy Township?

One place: the Swedish Lutheran Church of Strandburg (listed 1978).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.