Floyds Knobs is a small

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in Lafayette Township, Floyd County,

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. Historically a farming community on the outskirts of New Albany, it has since become a bedroom community for

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. It contains subdivisions, farms, small shopping centers, churches, and

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s for many of the area's television and radio stations. It is also the location of

Floyd Central High School Floyd Central High School is a public high school in the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation and is located in Southern Indiana, in Floyds Knobs, an unincorporated area in Floyd County, Indiana. In addition to Floyds Knob ...

and Floyd Knobs Elementary.

History

The town was named after Colonel Davis Floyd. James Moore built a

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here in 1815. The word "knobs" comes from the local terrain. As one approaches Floyds Knobs from the southeast, The Knobstone or Siltstone 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, are the eastern edge of the Norman Upland geologic area of Indiana. Floyds Knobs is home to PGA golfer

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, as well as '' Terraria'' developers Re-Logic. Historically, the commercial center of the community was at the intersection of Scottsville Road and Paoli Pike, (Old U.S. Highway 150) along the primary route from New Albany to Paoli, Indiana. However, exit 119 on Interstate 64 (US 150) has substantial commercial and residential development west of the historic center.

Geography

Floyds Knobs is located at , four miles northwest of the

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and downtown New Albany.

Education

New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation serves the community. Residents are assigned to Floyds Knobs Elementary School, Highland Hills Middle School, and

.Floyd Central High School District MapArchive
. New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation. Retrieved on April 9, 2015.

References

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