Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Floyd came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Floyd in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Floyd. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Floyd data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Floyd was listed as Floyd Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Floyd was listed as Floyd Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Floyd was listed as Floyd Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Virginia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Floyd is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Floyd in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Floyd for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Floyd. See our Misc Page for Floyd for more information.