Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its county seat is New Albany. The population of the county was 80,484 as of the 2020 United States census. Floyd County has the second-smallest land area in the entire state. It was formed in the year 1819 from neighboring Clark and Harrison counties. Floyd County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
thumb|right|From Floyds Knobs, the view of the [[Sherman Minton Bridge that crosses the Ohio River and connecting Indiana and Kentucky and the Louisville International Airport in the distance.]]
History
Floyd County, originally the Shawnee Indians hunting ground, was conquered for the United States by George Rogers Clark during the American Revolutionary War from the British. He was awarded large tracts of land in Indiana, including almost all of present-day Floyd County. Clark sold land to the settlers who began arriving as soon as peace returned.
left|thumb|upright|Pearl Street in downtown New Albany. The Knobs can be seen in the distance.
thumb|upright|The woods of Mount Saint Francis in Floyds Knobs, Indiana.
In 1818, New Albany was large enough to become a county seat and form a new county. New Albany leaders sent Nathaniel Scribner and John K. Graham to the capital at Corydon to petition the General Assembly. The origin of the county's name is debated. According to the State Library, it was named for John Floyd, a leading Jefferson County, Kentucky pioneer and uncle of Davis Floyd. John Floyd was killed in 1783 when his party was attacked by Indians in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
thumb|left|200px|House of Nathaniel Scribner
Between 1800 and 1860, Floyd County experienced a huge boom in population (doubling many times over).
The Duncan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in Indiana, was built in Floyd County in 1881 between New Albany and Edwardsville. Because no route over the Floyds Knobs was suitable for a railroad line, civil engineers decided to tunnel through them. The project was originally started by the Air Line but was completed by Southern Railway. It took five years to bore at a cost of $1 million. The Tunnel is long.
thumb|The New Albany National Cemetery was one of the original seven first established in 1862 by Congress. More than 5,000 are buried here, from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
Floyd County, during the 19th century, attracted immigrants of Irish, German, French and African American origins. The French settlers located mostly in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. The Irish began arriving in 1817 and settled in large numbers between 1830 and 1850. The lowest point in the county is the shore of the Ohio River near New Albany at an elevation of .
Transit
- Transit Authority of River City
Major highways
- 25px Interstate 64
- 30px Interstate 265
- 30px U.S. Route 150
- 25px Indiana State Road 11
- 25px Indiana State Road 62
- 25px Indiana State Road 64
- 30px Indiana State Road 111
- 30px Indiana State Road 335
Adjacent counties
- Clark County (northeast)
- Jefferson County, Kentucky (south, across the Ohio River)
- Harrison County (west)
- Washington County (northwest)
Climate and weather
In recent years, average temperatures in New Albany have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July. The record low temperature was , recorded in January 1994, and a record high was , recorded in July 1936. On July 4, 2012, the record for highest temperature in the county was almost broken; the temperature reached . Average monthly precipitation ranged from in October of last year to in May of last year.
Board of Commissioners: The executive body of the county is made of a board of commissioners. The commissioners are elected county-wide, in staggered terms, and each serves a four-year term. One of the commissioners, typically the most senior, serves as president. The commissioners are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government. and Indiana House of Representatives districts 70 and 72.
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