Troy is a
city in the
US State of
New York and the
seat of
Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the
Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of
Albany and
Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the
Capital District. The city is one of the three major centers for the Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which has a population of 1,170,483. At the
2010 census, the population of Troy was 50,129. Troy's motto is
Ilium fuit, Troja est, which means "Ilium was, Troy is".