Welcome to Floyd ...
Floyd is located in Elmore County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Floyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.
Floyd is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Floyd lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Floyd (for example, toward Mountain Hill (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
Area Code for Floyd: 334
Communities Also Named Floyd ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Floyd - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (3), Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas (2) and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Floyd.
Communities near Floyd ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Floyd.
- Wetumpka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tallassee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Coosada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <3>
- Shorter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorter
- Shorter is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shorter <3>
- Kent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Kent is located in Elmore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
- Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Central is located in Elmore County
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Jordan is located in Elmore County
- East Tallassee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tallassee
- East Tallassee is located in Tallapoosa County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Floyd. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Floyd.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Floyd. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Floyd.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Floyd. See our Newspapers Page for Floyd.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Floyd ...
Looking for more information about Floyd? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Floyd, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Floyd.
Adding Floyd to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Floyd in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Floyd was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Floyd post office opened in 1899.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Floyd.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Elmore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Floyd - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |