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Floyd County is divided into 5 Civil Township as follows: Franklin, Georgetown,
Greenville, Lafayette and New Albany.
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Formerly part of Clark and Harrison Counties, through the efforts of the
Scribner family (founders of New Albany), Floyd County was organized January
2, 1819 and made effective one month later.
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New Albany is the County Seat.
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An act of the Legislature January 10, 1823, tried unsuccessfully to relocate
the County Seat.
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There was a school called Old Buttontown School in the 1800's that was located
in Greenville on Buttontown Road. As one might suspect, there was a button
factory on this road, hence the name. Thanks to Carrie
Wells-Young
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1825.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Floyd County start with the prefix
22 because it is the twenty-second county in alphabetical listing.
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