Troy (Missouri)
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Location in Missouri
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Basic data | |
State : | United States |
State : | Missouri |
County : | Lincoln County |
Coordinates : | 38 ° 59 ′ N , 90 ° 59 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Residents : | 10,540 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 684.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 15.4 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
Height : | 165 m |
Postal code : | 63379 |
Area code : | +1 636 |
FIPS : | 29-73942 |
GNIS ID : | 727810 |
Website : | cityoftroymissouri.com |
Mayor : | Mark A. Cross |
Troy is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Lincoln County in US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 Troy had 10,540 inhabitants.
Troy is part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area .
geography
The city is located at 38 ° 58'46 "north latitude and 90 ° 58'51" west longitude and extends over 15.4 km². The Cuivre River , a right tributary of the Mississippi, flows along the northeastern outskirts of the city . About two kilometers northeast of Troy is the Cuivre River State Park , a 25.87 km² leisure and recreation area.
Neighboring places of Troy are Moscow Mills , which borders the southeastern outskirts , Wright City (19.8 km south-southwest), Hawk Point (14.1 km west), Briscoe (17.3 km north), Winfield (23.8 km east ) and Fountain N 'Lakes (17 km east-southeast).
The center of St. Louis is located 89.1 kilometers southeast of Troy. The other nearest major cities are Kansas City (339 km west), Iowa's capital Des Moines (458 km northwest), the Quad Cities (357 km north), Chicago (525 km northeast), Indiana's capital Indianapolis (467 km east), Tennessees Capital Nashville (569 km southeast) and Tennessee's largest city Memphis (522 km south).
traffic
US Highway 61 , which intersects Missouri State Route 47 in downtown Troy, runs north-south through Troy . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-urban connecting roads.
The nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, 68.1 km southeast .
Demographic data
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1880 | 703 | - | |
1890 | 971 | 38.1% | |
1900 | 1153 | 18.7% | |
1910 | 1120 | -2.9% | |
1920 | 1116 | -0.4% | |
1930 | 1419 | 27.2% | |
1940 | 1493 | 5.2% | |
1950 | 1738 | 16.4% | |
1960 | 1779 | 2.4% | |
1970 | 2538 | 42.7% | |
1980 | 2624 | 3.4% | |
1990 | 3811 | 45.2% | |
2000 | 6737 | 76.8% | |
2010 | 10,540 | 56.4% | |
1880-2000 2010 |
According to the 2010 census , Troy had 10,540 people in 3,843 households. The population density was 684.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.67 people lived in each of the 3843 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.5 percent white, 3.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.
30.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 49,156 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,752. 13 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Patrick Elzie (* 1960), basketball coach
- Richard Henry Norton (1849-1918), politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 25, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 25, 2012
- ↑ Decennial Censuses Accessed 25 July 2012