 troupville (occasionally written as troupeville) is an unincorporated community in lowndes county, georgia, united states, near valdosta. troupville was a riverboat landing at the junction of the withlacoochee river and the little river (withlacoochee river). when the railroad came and killed off the riverboats, troupville residents picked up their houses and moved to the railroad, founding valdosta. ==history== troupville was named after governor george troup. in 1833, lowndesville replaced franklinville, located east of modern hahira, as the county seat. in 1834, a group of citizens were appointed to select a new county seat. in july 1836, a group of commissioners were advertising for merchants and mechanics to settle at troupville. they believed that the little river and withlacoochee river could be made navigable at a small expense.{{cite news |author= |title= merchants and mechanics, look at this!! |url= |newspaper= southern recorder |location= milledgville |date= 26 july 
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