From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co.

TROY STATION.

Located at the crossing of the Mobile & Ohio and Paducah & Memphis Railroads, is a place of about 125 inhabitants. It is in the 13th district of Obion County, 7 miles west of Troy, the county seat, and 160 west of Nashville. The Obion River affords good water power, applied to a grist mill. There is also a steam saw and planing mill in the village. It has a Union Church and public school, and ships tobacco, lumber, cotton, grain and stock. Settled 1865. Telegraph Western Union. Express Southern. Stage line to Troy daily, and daily mail. R. B. Hamilton, postmaster.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

CALDWELL, W. H. – hotel.
CALLICOTT, C. H. & Co. – general store.
CONN & WHARTON – saw and planing mill and ginners.
GRAYSON, A. C. – flouring mill.
HAISLIP, A. D. – general store.
HEAD, HORACE – physician.
HILL, J. .J. – hotel proprietor.
HUTCHINSON, James – hotel.
HUTCHINSON & STOVALL – general store.
JOURDAN, G. A. – wagon and plowmaker.
McCAW, E. A. – blacksmith.
MOFFATT, S. M. – general store.
MOFFATT & BONNER – general store.
ROBBINS, T. R. – boot and shoemaker.
SIDDONS, J. A. – physician.
THOREIL, A. – livery stable.
WALLIS, ____ – flouring mill.
WRIGHT, W. A.  – physician.