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 (2020): 80,484

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–2020

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

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 (2020): 37,841

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1910–1930; 1940–1970; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,216 (23.9%)

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