Floyd County Historical Society

Floyd County Historical Society PO Box 455 New Albany, Indiana 47151 About / Contact Expert Help 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 29^th, 2024 version, includes all 2018 acquistions. We are continuing to catalog collections. Check back often. Society History Recent Accessions Publications Unidentified Photos Bicentennial Member Communications	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. Historical Markers Sgt Charles Floyd embarks on another Excellent Adventure The Lewis and Clark explorer has left the Floyd County Library and is currently in the Padgett/Floyd County Historical Society Museum The Sesquicentennial Civil War Exhibit at the museum has been dismanteled Exhibit Brochure Places in Floyd 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

Raising money to preserve windows and doors at the museum. Solicitation Letter

Town of Greenvile / Greenville Historic Preservation Commission
FreedomLand Cemetery Video
Floyd County Namesake? A biography of Davis Floyd by Bill Smith
Indiana Historical Society
Indiana Historical Bureau

Indiana Historical Societies

Indiana Genealogy Society

Genealogy Trails

ISL:Floyd County Maps

Bobby Powell, New Albany, Indiana on Flickr

Historic photos of Louisville Ky and environs

Library of Congress

Explore New Albany

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Membership & Renewal
Donation Form

Send mail to
Floyd County Historical Society

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 Number

Ctrf-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

200^th 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

This is Our Community -- 2024 - under construction - 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 38^th 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.

The remarkable life of Davis Floyd.