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Troy
New York, United States
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Troy, city, seat (1793) of Rensselaer county, eastern New York, U.S. It lies on the east bank of the Hudson River, opposite Watervliet and the junction of the Hudson with the Mohawk River and the New York State Canal System. With Albany and Schenectady, it forms an urban-industrial complex. Its site was originally part of the Kiliaen van Rensselaer patroonship (estate) granted by the Dutch West India Company in 1629 to encourage Dutch colonization. In 1707 the Vanderheyden family acquired the property, which was laid out in 1786 as Vanderheyden’s Ferry and renamed in 1789 for the ancient city of ...(100 of 271 words)