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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 319 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TROY , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Miami county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the See also:west See also:bank of the See also:Great Miami See also:river, about 65 m. W. of See also:Columbus. Pop. (189o), 4494; (1900), 5881 (234 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910), 6122. Troy is served by the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St See also:Louis and the Cincinnati, See also:Hamilton & See also:Dayton See also:railways, and by the Dayton & Troy and the See also:Spring-See also:field, Troy & See also:Piqua electric inter-See also:urban lines. The Miami and See also:Erie See also:Canal, formerly important for See also:traffic, is now used only for See also:power. The See also:principal public buildings include the See also:court See also:house and the city See also:hall, and there are a public library (housed in the city hall) and a See also:children's See also:home. Troy is situated in a See also:good See also:general farming region, of which See also:tobacco is an important See also:crop; and there are various manufactures. The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks and electric-See also:lighting plant. The first See also:settlement was made in 1807, and Troy was first chartered as a city in 189o.

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