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TROY, TEXAS
Texas Ghost
Town
Freestone County, Central Texas N / East Texas
12 miles East of the county seat of Fairfield
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History in
a Pecan Shell
Nothing is left of the town. Not even a cemetery is shown on the TxDoT
county map for Freestone County.
Troy, was also known as Pine Bluff. There is currently another
Troy, Texas off Interstate 35 between Temple and Waco. The Troy discussed
here was on the Trinity River and near what is presently Fairfield
Lake.
The town started around 1847 with a dozen families who thought the
location on the river ideal for a town. A man named Bateman is said
to be the town's founder. Troy was granted a post office in 1850 and
it closed 16 years later.
Troy enjoyed a short period of prosperity when its location as a shipping
point on the river made it the most important town in Freestone County.
The rival port of Magnolia (Anderson County) stole the promise
of greatness from Troy. Troy was soon dropped from many maps and by
1936 it was just a memory. |
Troy Texas
Forum
I saw your
listing about Troy, Freestone County, Texas. Fairfield Lodge No.
103 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons traces its roots to a masonic
lodge at Troy. As you may already know, Fairfield is the county
seat of Freestone County. - Michael E. Bonner, August 20, 2004
I have been
doing some research and came across a town that was named Troy and
was once the county seat of Freestone County. It was a stop for
boats on the Trinity River and was east of Fairfield, now the Freestone
County seat. Other than this there is no other information as to
what happened to this town. Nothing of this place exists except
for an old type of rail car that ran people down and across the
river. I have asked other people but they just laugh and smile and
then say, " You'll never find anything about Troy." Was this town
some type of nightmare place or did it just die? ... - Sincerely,
Yvette Bravo Calhoun Middle School History Teacher, Denton, TX,
January
25, 2002
The rail car
and tracks are still intact. I've been out to see them. ... There
is a small (cemetery) on a private piece of land. There are about
4 or 5 stones and you can verify this with the Freestone Co. cemetery
list. ... I have been there 3-4 times and every time I am there
it's as if I know the town is there but can't exactly find it. Thank
you!!! Sincerely, Yvette Bravo Calhoun MS Denton, TX, January
27, 2002
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