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History · Floyds Knobs

Half of Floyds Knobs’ homes were built after 1993

More historic than 21% of U.S. towns · #533 of 593 in Indiana. What drives it

Most of Floyds Knobs was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
3famous people
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About Floyds Knobs’ history

How historic is Floyds Knobs?

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More historic than 21% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Floyds Knobs’ History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Floyds Knobs is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #533 of 593 in Indiana. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Floyds Knobs’ overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19407.0% of homes (±5.6) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%C+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical IN town 7.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 21%
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Indiana towns of 2,500+ (593)Ahead of 10%

Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Floyds Knobs’ 0.0 sits below most of its state (22% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.6 points).

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Floyds Knobs’ 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 Floyds Knobs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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How Floyds Knobs came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Floyds Knobs.

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The town was named after Colonel Davis Floyd. James Moore first built a gristmill in the town in 1815. The word "knobs" in the town's name comes from the local terrain. As one approaches Floyds Knobs from the southeast, the Knobstone Escarpment rises 400–850 feet above the Ohio River floodplain along the northwestern edge of New Albany, Indiana. The eroded hills along the edge of this plateau, called "knobs", run the gauntlet of the eastern edge of the Norman Upland geologic area of Indiana. Floyds Knobs is home to PGA golfer Fuzzy Zoeller, as well as Terraria developers Re-Logic.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Floyds Knobs, 1896 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Born hereOstis Otto Moore is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1933Born hereGerry Huth is born here
  5. 1953Born hereDonna Schaibley is born here
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Floyds Knobs, decade by decade

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Famous people

3 famous people were born in Floyds Knobs

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Donna SchaibleyAmerican politician from Indiana · b. 1953
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Gerry HuthAmerican football player · b. 1933
Ostis Otto Moore(1896-1990) American jurist · b. 1896
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Lafayette TownshipIts storyC−New Albany Township19 historic placesA

Questions about Floyds Knobs’ history

How does Floyds Knobs rank for history?

Floyds Knobs is more historic than 21% of U.S. towns, #533 of 593 in Indiana. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Floyds Knobs?

7% of Floyds Knobs’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.6 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1993.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.