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Troy
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city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Oakland
- Organized
- 1827 (as Troy Township)
- Named after
- Troy, New York
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Ethan Baker ( R )
- Manager
- Frank Nastasi
- City
- 33.63 sq mi (87.10 km )
- Land
- 33.45 sq mi (86.63 km )
- Water
- 0.18 sq mi (0.47 km )
- Elevation
- 748 ft (228 m)
- Density
- 2,609.9/sq mi (1,007.69/km )
- Metro
- 4,296,250 ( Metro Detroit )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 48007, 48083–48085, 48098, 48099
- Area codes
- 248 and 947
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Troy
- Population
- 87294
- Area
- 87.129581
- Elevation
- 228
- Official website
- troymi.gov
- Image
- 16miletroy.jpg
- Households
- 31660
- Dialing code
- 248
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- Commons category
- Troy, Michigan
- postal code
- 48099
- P8168
- Lindsay Crouse
- water as percent of area
- 0.4986
- per capita income
- 49211
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Troy is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. A northern suburb of Detroit, Troy is located about 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 87,294, making Troy the largest community in Oakland County and 13th-most populous municipality in the state.
Troy was organized as a township in 1827, and sections of the township were later incorporated into the cities of Birmingham, Clawson, and Royal Oak. The remainder of the township was incorporated as the city of Troy in 1955.