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Troy is a comparatively new township. having been organized in 1835.
Population in 1840 - 289
Population in 1850 - 849
Population in 1860 - 931
For many years the settlement of Troy was retarded to a greater degree than the adjacent townships on the north,
east and west, in consequence of the ownership of the land by Eastern speculators. For some years prior to 1845,
the system of legislation prevailed in Ohio, the effect and probably the design of which was to confiscate lands
of non-resident owners, or cause them to sell the same. For some years the lands of non residents were valued for
taxation the same as improved farms. The roads were made and improved by a tax of a certain amount per acre, the
wilderness lands of the speculators being taxed the same per acre as were the best and most improved farms of the
settlers. The same rule applied in the erection of school houses and in the support of the schools. This legislative
policy soon brought the lands of non-residents into the market, and the lands were taken up by actual settlers
and improved, adding much to the wealth and increasing the population of the township. The only town in the years
agone in Troy township was Troy village, the name of which has been changed to Nova.
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