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Troy is located in western Bradford County at (41.782180, -76.789561 It is surrounded by Troy Township but is separate from it. U.S. Route 6 passes through the borough, leading east 20 miles (32 km) to Towanda, the county seat, and west 17 miles (27 km) to Mansfield.
The Van Dyne Civic Building, also known as The Court House, is an historic, American courthouse building that is located in Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Pennsylvania Route 14 runs north–south through the township, crossing US 6 in Troy borough. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km 2 ), of which 36.0 square miles (93.3 km 2 ) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km 2 ), or 0.40%, is water.
One of the most well known events in Troy's early history is the Great Fire of 1862, which destroyed over 507 buildings in Troy and gutted 75 acres (300,000 m 2) in the heart of the city. [18] The fire started around noon on May 10 due to sparks from a passing locomotive setting a shingle of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Bridge on fire.
Troy Public High School, also known as Troy Area Senior High School and Troy High School, is an historic, American high school building that is located in Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the United States Post Office Department began with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan, [42] soon involving 210,000 of the nation's 750,000 postal employees. With mail service virtually paralyzed in New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia, President Nixon declared a state ...
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends to thousands of years before the foundation of the Province of Pennsylvania. Archaeologists generally believe that the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago during the last glacial period , though it is unclear when humans first entered present-day Pennsylvania.