Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany. At the 2020 census, the population of Troy was 51,401. Troy has close ties to Albany and nearby Schenectady, forming a region called the Capital District, which has a population of 1.24 million.
Northeast
Troy
Rensselaer County, NY
Population
51,268
Walk Score
91 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,086
Median home value
$177,100
Settled
1787
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Central Lansingburgh Historic District · listed 2023
- Central Troy Historic District · listed 1986
- Central Troy Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2016
- Coletti-Rowland-Agan Farmstead · listed 2013
- Corliss Park Historic District · listed 2024
- Fifth Avenue-Fulton Street Historic District · listed 1970
- Grand Street Historic District · listed 1973
- Griswold Heights Historic District · listed 2024
- Halford-Hayner Farmstead · listed 2013
- Northern River Street Historic District · listed 1988
- Poesten Kill Gorge Historic District · listed 1978
- River Street Historic District · listed 1976
- Second Street Historic District · listed 1974
- Trinity Church Lansingburgh · listed 1995
- Troy Downtown Commercial Historic District
- Washington Park Historic District · listed 1973
- Champlain Canal · listed 1976
Notable landmarks
- Burden Iron Works Site · listed 1977
- Burden Ironworks Office Building · listed 1972
- Bussey, Esek, Firehouse · listed 1973
- Cannon Building · listed 1970
- Catholic Central High School · listed 2024
- Chapel and Cultural Center · listed 2011
- Church of the Holy Cross · listed 1973
- Connors, William, Paint Manufacturing Company Building · listed 2016
- Defreest Homestead · listed 1977
- Earl, Gardner, Memorial Chapel and Crematorium · listed 2004
- Empire Stove Works · listed 2024
- Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building · listed 2003
- First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh · listed 2022
- Fitzgerald Brothers Brewing Company Bottling Works · listed 2024
- Glenwood · listed 1973
- Hart-Cluett Mansion · listed 1973
- Ilium Building · listed 1970
- International Shirt and Collar Company · listed 2017
- Koon, Henry, House · listed 1997
- Lansingburgh Academy · listed 1976
- Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground · listed 2002
- Lion Factory · listed 2022
- McCarthy Building · listed 1970
- Melville, Herman, House · listed 1992
- Miller, Hall & Hartwell Shirt Collar Factory · listed 2024
- …and 31 more
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