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History · Floyd

Floyd’s post office opened in 1888, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Floyd was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Its Register listings are the Floyd Cotton Gin, the L. D. Hutchinson House and the Ackins House.

1888first post office
3on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Floyd began

When was Floyd founded?

1888

The Floyd post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Eva (1881), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 377138 years
Founding year: the first Floyd post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Floyd’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Floyd are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Floyd’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Floyd, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Floyd yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Floyd is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western White County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 377. The rural community is situated along Highways 31 and 305, in addition to the county-maintained El Paso Road. Though relatively small, the community maintains a variety of activities and institutions throughout the year, notably its annual parade and display of fireworks during Independence Day.

Its first post office opened in 1888.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Floyd, 1881 to 1931

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Eva post office opens
  3. 1887Born hereHank Robinson is born here
  4. 1888Post officeThe Eva post office closes
  5. 1888Post officeThe Floyd post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1931Post officeThe Floyd post office closes
By decade

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Floyd

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Ackins House
Floyd Cotton GinL. D. Hutchinson HouseAckins House
Buildings
Floyd Cotton GinBuilding
L. D. Hutchinson HouseBuilding
All 3 listings
Ackins HouseBuilding · listed 1992

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Floyd had its own post office from 1888 to 1931. Another post office, Eva, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Eva
1881–1888
Floyd
1888–1931
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Floyd’s history

What year was Floyd founded?

The Floyd post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Floyd?

Three places: the Floyd Cotton Gin (listed 1992), the L. D. Hutchinson House (1992) and the Ackins House (1992).

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.