Attractions

Build A Bear Workshop, Grandville and Novi

Businesses

Target.com

Verizon Wireless

Wal-Mart

Community Information

City of Troy

Community Organizations

American Business Women Association

Exploring our Heritage through our Ancestors

Portus, John, Orchard Lake and Troy

Genealogy

Family & Local Histories Information

View Original Census Records

Golf Courses

Sylvan Glen Golf Course

Hospitals

William Beaumont Hospital

Local History

Johnson Niles, from Otsego County, N.Y., purchased the first land here in 1821 and became the first settler in 1822.  In 1838, he platted the village and recorded it as Hastings, honoring Eurotas P. Hastings, then president of the Michigan Bank.  It was also called Troy Corners, named after its township which had been named after Troy, N.Y., many of the early settlers having come from that area.  Incorporated as the city of Troy in 1955.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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