FLOYD, TEXAS

Hunt County, Central Texa North

33° 8' 55" N, 96° 14' 42" W (33.148611, -96.245)
About 8 Miles W of Greenville the county seat
Population: 220 (2000)

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Floyd TX - Floyd United Methodist Church

Floyd United Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Mike Price, September 2009

History in a Pecan Shell

First called Oliverea, after an official of the East Line and Red River Railroad (actual name Oliver) in 1882 when the railroad was expanding it’s service from Greenville to McKinney.

That same year a post office was opened but the locals balked at their town being named for a stranger. Foster was suggested but rejected by postal authorities. Their second choice was Floyd. The reason was lost but it’s thought that it was done to honor a dispatch rider of the Texas Revolutionary Army. The name was in effect in 1887.

In 1904 Floyd’s population was 231 and it reached a high-water mark of 300 at the onset of the Great Depression. Development of modern roads favored the county seat of Greenville and Floyd suffered as a result. The post office closed in the 1930s and the population was in decline. After WWII the population was just 150 and only three businesses had managed to hold on. In the early 1950s the population had dipped to a mere 70 residents, but from the mid 1970s it had increased to 220 – the same figure given for the 2000 census.

Floyd Baptist Church.
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Photo courtesy Mike Price, September 2009

A Visit to Floyd, Texas

Photographer's Note:
What little there is of this town is taking a hit, as the highway is now bypassing town and the school is probably being closed as they are building a Branch Elementary school about 5 miles up the road in Merit. - Mike Price, September 2009

The 1938 School
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Photo courtesy Mike Price, September 2009

Photo courtesy Mike Price, September 2009

Photo courtesy Mike Price, September 2009

Take a road trip

Floyd, Texas Nearby Towns:
Greenville the county seat
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