Floyd County, Indiana

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Clark and Harrison

Namesake: John Floyd, Virginia politician
Seat: New Albany (1819–)

Land area: 148 square miles

Population (2010): 74,578

Population (historic): 2,776 (1820); 20,183 (1860); 24,590 (1880); 30,118 (1900); 34,655 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1870; 1880s; 1920s; 1940–1960

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; one CDP; five townships

National Register listings: 20

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,183 (15.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,346
Average outbuilding value (1930): $718

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,252
Average farm size (1920): 41.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky and Germany

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New Albany

Namesake: Albany, New York

Founding: 1813 (platting); 1813 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 36,372

Population (historic): 2,079 (1830); 12,647 (1860); 16,423 (1880); 20,628 (1900); 25,819 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1870; 1880s; 1910–1930; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,216 (23.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Budd House (c. 1825). McCarthy Knob Road, west of Budd Road. Franklin.
2. Aydelott Farm (c. 1875). 4939 River Road. Franklin. Italianate.
3. *Gabriel Farnsley House (1856). Seven Mile Lane, south of Farnsley Knob Road. Franklin.
4. *Yenowine House (1832). 5100 State Route 64. Georgetown. Federal.
5. *John Coffman House (1875). Cunningham–Sarles Road, east of Borden Road. Greenville. Ruined.
6. Mordecai Collins Farm (1827). Georgetown–Greenville Road, north of Nadorff Road. Greenville.
7. Parsons Farm (c. 1885). 3750 Paoli Pike. Lafayette. Italianate.
8. Augustus Lamb House (c. 1850). US Highway 150, southeast of Buck Creek Road. Lafayette. Greek Revival.
9. Lewis Log House (c. 1820). 5402 Grant Line Road. New Albany. Razed.
10. Jacob Dowerman House (c. 1860). River Road, south of Corydon Pike. New Albany. Italianate.