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Floyd County, Indiana

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26historic places

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1819formed

80,484pop. 2020

14cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near New Albany, Georgetown, Bridgeport.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Beard-Kerr Farm	Georgetown	Building	2012
Cedar Bough Place Historic District	New Albany	District	2008
Culbertson Mansion	New Albany	Building	1974
DePauw Avenue Historic District	New Albany	District	2008
Division Street School	New Albany	Building	2002
East Spring Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)	New Albany	District	2002
East Spring Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)	New Albany	District	2020
Farnsley, Gabriel, House	Bridgeport	Building	1982
Fine, M. and Sons Building	New Albany	Building	2018
Frederick, Charles and Elletha, House	Floyds Knobs	Building	2022
Georgetown Historic District	Georgetown	District	2013
Hartman, Louis and Anna K. Kunz, House	New Albany	Building	2022
Hedden's Grove Historic District	New Albany	District	2010
Jersey Park Farm	Galena	Building	1984
Mansion Row Historic District	New Albany	District	1983
New Albany Downtown Historic District (Additional Documentation)	New Albany	District	1999
New Albany National Cemetery	New Albany	Site	1999
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library	New Albany	Building	2022
Northside Industrial Historic District	New Albany	District	2026
Pike Inn, Old	New Albany	Building	2001
Scribner House	New Albany	Building	1977
Shelby Place Historic District	New Albany	District	2008
Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church	Greenville	Building	2004
U.S. Court House and Federal Office Building	New Albany	Building	2021
Woodbine	New Albany	Building	1994
Young, William, House	New Albany	Building	2010

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Floyd was formed in 1819 (1819-02-01) from Clark, Harrison.

FLOYD created from CLARK and HARRISON. A small fragment of CLARK was left separate from rest of county by this creation.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Floyd County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,776	9,454	20,183	24,590	30,118	30,661	35,061	43,955	51,397	61,169	70,823	80,484

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

14 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bailey Cemetery	38.21544	-85.88173
Buttontown Cemetery	38.35275	-85.98508
Fairview Cemetery	38.29285	-85.82052
Green Lawn Cemetery	38.37475	-85.9827
Holy Trinity Cemetery	38.31309	-85.83774
Hopewell Cemetery	38.20692	-85.9505
Kraft - Graceland Cemetery	38.32445	-85.79825
Mount Eden Cemetery	38.40009	-85.92576
New Albany National Cemetery	38.30004	-85.80557
New Albany National Cemetery	38.30046	-85.80597
Saint Mary's Cemetery	38.30505	-85.81081
Scott Cemetery	38.34518	-85.83424
West Haven Cemetery	38.29498	-85.83747
Wolfe Cemetery	38.30184	-85.99452

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Corydon	846	24.3 km	IN001

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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