FLOYD COUNTY, TEXAS

34° 4' 12" N, 101° 18' 0" W (34.07, -101.3)
Population: 5,917 Est. (2016) 6,446 (2010)
Total area: 993 square miles (2,570 km2)
992 square miles (2,570 km2) land
0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) water

Floyd County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Briscoe County (N) Motley County (E) Crosby County (S) Hale County (W) Swisher County (NW) Lubbock County (SW) Dickens County (SE)

Floyd County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker
(On US 62/SH 207, 6 miles S of Floydada in a roadside park):

FLOYD COUNTY

Formed from Young and Bexar territories.
Created August 221, 1876.
Organized May 28, 1890,
Named in honor of Dolphin Ward Floyd, a captain who died at the Alamo.
County seat, Floyd City, 1890;
Floydada, since 1892. (1936)

Historical Marker on Courthouse Grounds:

Organization of Floyd County

Floyd County was created by the Texas Legislature in 1876. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company began building westward from Wichita Falls, resulting in increased settlement of the area. Ranchers T. J. Braidfoot and J. R. McLain formed a partnership in 1887 to establish a town they hoped to promote as county seat. Named Della Plain, it soon boasted homes, businesses, and civic institutions. As more homesteaders settled northwest of Della Plain, a town named Lockney was created in 1889. Soon there was rivalry over which town would be named county seat.

In 1890 M. C. Williams and J. K. Gwynn selected this site for a town called Floyd City. In an election held on May 28, 1890, the voters chose Floyd City as county seat. Officers elected were: Arthur B. Duncan, County Judge; John C. Hendrix, County Attorney; R. T. Miller, County and District Clerk; D. W. Jenkins, Sheriff and Tax Collector; E. E. Keeley, County Treasurer; L. C. Darby, Tax Assessor; W. M. Massie, Surveyor; and C. F. Ramsey, T. B. Michael, W. R. Vandeveer, and B. P. Merrell, County Commissioners. When a post office was established in September, the name of the town was changed to Floydada.
(1990)

Floyd County Courthouse

Floyd County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Floyd County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Floydada
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Alcino ghost town

Edgin ghost town

Floydada county seat

Gray Mule ghost town

Lockney

South Plains

Floyd County Vintage Maps

Floyd County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Floyd County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Floyd County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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