Editing Floydada, Texas (section)

==History==
[[File:City Hotel at Floydada, Texas (10000487).jpg|thumb|left|Postcard of City Hotel in Floydada, unknown date]]

According to the [[Texas State Historical Association]], the community of Floydada was originally named "Floyd City".<ref name=handbook>{{cite web| last=Hunt| first=William R.| title=FLOYDADA, TX| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hgf05| work=Handbook of Texas Online| publisher=Texas State Historical Association| access-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref> It was established in 1890 on {{convert|640|acre}} of land donated by James B. and Caroline Price of [[Jefferson City, Missouri]]. Floydada won the election as county seat over Della Plain. When a post office opened, the name was changed to "Floydada". The meaning of the name is disputed. Some claim it was meant to be "Floydalia" but was garbled in transmission to the U.S. Postal Service, while others insist it is a combination of the county's name and that of James Price's mother, Ada. A third view is that it was formed from Caroline Price's parents, Floyd and Ada.

Floydada became an important railroad junction in 1928, when the [[Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway]] reached the town.<ref name=handbook/>