Troy

Troy University

Troy, city, seat (1839) of Pike county, southeastern Alabama, U.S., about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Montgomery. Originally known as Deer Stand Hill (an Indian hunting ground) and first settled about 1824, it was later known as Zebulon and then Centreville before being renamed Troy (1838), either for Troy, New York, or for Alexander Troy, a Montgomery resident. An old military road (completed 1824) passes through it.

Agriculture (including poultry, livestock, and peanuts [groundnuts]), timber, and industry (including food processing, aircraft refurbishing, and the manufacture of missiles, computers, building materials, lead, plastics, and apparel) are the economic mainstays. The city is the home of Troy University (1887). The Pike Pioneer Museum has exhibits on 19th-century life; the Peanut Butter Festival, held in October in nearby Brundidge, celebrates the area’s peanut farming heritage. Inc. 1843. Pop. (2000) 13,935; (2010) 18,033.