The Floyd County Historical Society was founded in 1916 to study the history of Floyd County, to collect and preserve artifacts, maps, papers, pictures and any other articles that describe or illustrate the social, religious, political or industrial progress of the County.
President: Ann Baumgartle 812-945-2064 Vice-President: Vic Megenity 812-786-2019 Secretary: Treasurer: Bob Sterrett 812-590-2798 bob@bobsterrett.com
The following have agreed to answer your historical questions.
Sue Carpenter Cemeteries spcarpenter5468@gmail.com
Vic Megenity Schools 812-786-2019
Bob Zipp Civil War
Artifact inventory
August 11, 2018 version, includes 2018 acquistions until this date.
No inventory was examined, this list was compiled from several existing lists and one recently discovered.
Next steps are daunting in discovering what we have, stabilizing and preserving the items. Potentially expensive and definitely time consuming.
Our Community
The Society has provided the booklet This is Our Community to the Floyd County New Albany School's 3rd graders for a number of years. The booklet supports the local history curriculum.
Requests for Historical Materials (Check our artifact list above) are best directed to the New Albany / Floyd County Public Library Stuart Barth Wrege Indiana History Room (812) 949-3527
Send mail to Floyd County Historical Society Sign up for email
Explore the Floyd county Historical Society's Padgett Museum
Society meetings for 2023-2024
About the Society, phone numbers and email addresses
Consult Historical Subject Matter Experts
Inventory of Artifacts by Accession NumberCtrf-F to search the list after you open it
Some recently acquired artifacts
Accession Form
Accession Policy
Society History
Seeking Identification, Information
Items for Sale
200th Anniversary of Floyd County Events & Information
Member Communications emails video recordings
This is Our Community -- 1959 (4th edition).
This is Our Community -- 2019 PDF printable This is Our Community -- 2020 PDF printable This is Our Community -- 2021 PDF printable - Web view This is Our Community -- 2022 PDF printable - Web view This is Our Community -- 2023 PDF printable - Web view
A list of historical markers in Floyd County.
The Sgt Charles Floyd/Corps of Discovery/Floyd Family exhibit is now at the Padgett Museum.
The civil war exhibit upstairs at the museum has been dismantled. Some materials relative to the Indiana 38th regiment are displayed here.
Brochure for the 2010-2011 Civil War exhibit.
List and brief discussion of some early Floyd County places.
Greenville Web site. Greenville Preservation Commission. A town on the move! Check it out.
3rd and 4th grade classes at S. Ellen Jones Elementary School adopt "Old Colored People's Cemetery."
Highlighting the need to preserve and restore a New Albany African-American cemetery.
Contact FCHS