This is a transcription of the Troy, NH description from New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton; Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire by George Ticknor, Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N. H., 1855.
TROY
TROY, Cheshire county.
Bounded north by Marlborough, east by Jaffrey, south by Fitzwilliam, and west by Richmond and Swanzey. Distance from Concord, 54 miles, south-west; from Keene, 12, south-east. This is a small township, possessing a variety of surface and soil. The inhabitants are industrious, and chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits. There is a small woollen factory, four pail manufactories, five clothes pins do., and one rake do. The aggregate number of hands employed in these various enterprises is 42. There are six common schools, one academy, one hotel, and three meeting houses, belonging respectively to Congregational, Baptist, and Unitarian societies. This town was severed from Marlborough and Fitzwilliam, and incorporated January 23, 1815.
Population, 759.
Number of legal voters in 1854, 190.
Inventory, $236,910.
Value of lands, $126,452.
Stock in trade, $7580.
Value of mills, $15,200.
Money at interest, $14,258.
Number of sheep, 163.
Do. neat stock, 642.
Do. horses, 95.