Was Troy, NY Really Named After The Odyssey??

The story starts at the end of the Trojan War with the Fall of Troy. Obviously, this takes place in ancient Greece (the city of Troy itself was assumed to be in present day Turkey), but why does one of Upstate New York's most historic cities share its name? Get our free mobile appBefore TroyTroy wasn't always the name of the city on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. As such, the land between Poesten Kill and Piscawan Kill was named Vanderheyden (commonly referred to as Ashley's Ferry). Rome and Syracuse were notable, and Ithaca was also named after the same mythos that Troy was.