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Welcome to Floyd ...

Floyd is located in West Carroll Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Floyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Floyd is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Floyd lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Floyd: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Floyd ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Floyd - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 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.

  • Lake Providence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Delhi
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Delhi is located in Richland Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <4>
  • Oak Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Epps
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Epps is located in West Carroll Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epps
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epps <4>
  • Forest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Forest is located in West Carroll Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest <4>
  • Pioneer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Transylvania
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fiske
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fiske is located in West Carroll Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiske
  • Sondheimer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Waverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Waverly is located in Madison Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly

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 (so far) for Floyd was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Floyd post office opened in 1854. The Floyd post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Floyd.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including West Carroll, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Floyd area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Floyd area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/