Floyd’s post office opened in 1821, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns · #632 of 758 in New York. What drives it
Most of Floyd was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Its Register listing is the Camroden Presbyterian Church. Below: maps from 1895 on and the census since 1800.
The Floyd post office opened in 1821, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Camroden (1871) and East Floyd (1891), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 767 in 18002020 census: 3,733205 years
How historic is Floyd?
B
More historic than 56% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Floyd post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Floyd’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Floyd is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #632 of 758 in New York. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Floyd’s overall grade.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Floyd’s 2.7 sits below most of its state (28% of New York towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Floyd’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The Town of Floyd was founded in 1796 from the Town of Steuben. William Floyd, for whom the town is named, became a resident of Oneida County in 1794.
The population of Floyd was 1,227 in 1865 but only 663 in 1920.
In the 19th century, Floyd was known for "Masonic, scholarly, political and anti-slavery activities."
The Camroden Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The town was briefly mentioned in the 1996 film "City Hall," in which the two main characters are stuck in Floyd while waiting for snow to clear off the train tracks.
Pleasant Grove Township, comprising township 9i north, range 16 west, lies in the southern tier of townships of Floyd County, second west from the eastern line, joining Riverton Township on the west and Union Township on the " east. It was formerly a part of Riverton and Union townships, and was organized as a township of Floyd County in 1867, by setting oif the east half of this congressional township, 94 north, range 16 west, from Riverton, and the west half, which was a part of Union, thus
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Floyd, 1821 to 2000
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Floyd post office opened in 1821, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Floyd rank for history?
Floyd is more historic than 56% of U.S. towns, #632 of 758 in New York. 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.
What is on the National Register in Floyd?
One place: the Camroden Presbyterian Church (listed 2007).
How old are the homes in Floyd?
9% of Floyd’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1969.
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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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