Floyd County, Virginia

Founding: 1831
Parent county: Montgomery
Namesake: John Floyd, Virginia governor
Seat: Floyd (1832–)
Land area: 381 square miles
Population (2020): 15,476
Population (historic): 4,453 (1840); 9,824 (1870); 15,388 (1900); 11,698 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1930s; 1970–2020
Subdivisions: One town
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,037 (12.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $754
Average outbuilding value (1930): $354
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,333
Average farm size (1920): 68.9 acres
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Floyd

 
Namesake: John Floyd, Virginia governor
Founding: 1832 (platting as Jacksonville); 1832 (post office); 1858 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 448
Population (historic): 402 (1900); 369 (1910); 390 (1920); 450 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1900; 1920s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 92 (30.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. The Pines / Valentine Sowder Farm (c. 1910). 263 North Floyd Highway. Classical Revival.
2. Oakdale / Oscar Huff Farm (c. 1890). 5773 Franklin Pike. Queen Anne.
3. George Phlegar House (1816/1850s/1900). 149 Pioneer Way Road.

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