Floyds Knobs, Indiana

Floyds Knobs
Unincorporated community
Floyds Knobs
Coordinates: 38°19′28″N 85°52′25″W / 38.32444°N 85.87361°W / 38.32444; -85.87361Coordinates: 38°19′28″N 85°52′25″W / 38.32444°N 85.87361°W / 38.32444; -85.87361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Floyd
Township Lafayette
Elevation 771 ft (235 m)
ZIP code 47119
Area code(s) 812 & 930
FIPS code 18-23800[1]
GNIS feature ID 434618[2]

Floyds Knobs is a small unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana. Historically a farming community on the outskirts of New Albany, it has since become a bedroom community for Louisville, Kentucky. It contains subdivisions, farms, small shopping centers, churches, and transmitters for many of the area's television and radio stations. It is also the location of Floyd Central High School.

History

The town was named after Colonel Davis Floyd.[3] James Moore built a gristmill here in 1815. The word "knobs" comes from the local terrain. As one approaches Floyds Knobs from the southeast, The Knobstone or Siltstone Escarpment rises 400–850 feet above the Ohio River floodplain along the northwestern edge of New Albany, Indiana. The eroded hills along the edge of this plateau, called knobs, are the eastern edge of the Norman Upland geologic area of Indiana.[4] Floyds Knobs is home to PGA golfer Fuzzy Zoeller.

Historically, the commercial center of the community was at the intersection of Scottsville Road and Paoli Pike, (Old U.S. Highway 150) along the primary route from New Albany to Paoli, Indiana. However, exit 119 on Interstate 64 (US 150) has substantial commercial and residential development west of the historic center.

Geography

Floyds Knobs is located at 38°19′28″N 85°52′25″W / 38.32444°N 85.87361°W / 38.32444; -85.87361, four miles northwest of the Ohio River and downtown New Albany.

Education

New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation serves the community. Residents are assigned to Floyds Knobs Elementary School,[5] Highland Hills Middle School,[6] and Floyd Central High School.[7]

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