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Welcome to Floyd ...

Floyd is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Floyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Floyd is 870 feet [265 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: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Floyd ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Floyd: This one is located in Washington County and the other is located in Ray County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 23 communities that are also named Floyd - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (3), Mississippi (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.

  • Potosi
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Potosi is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,548 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Potosi <4>
  • Viburnum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Irondale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mineral Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Mineral Point is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Caledonia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fourche a Renault ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fourche a Renault is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche a Renault
  • Aptus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Aptus is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aptus
  • Berryman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Berryman is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
  • Old Mines
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Mines is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mines
  • Belgrade
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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 the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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 1893. The Floyd post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Floyd.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Washington, 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Floyd area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. 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/