Editing Floyd County, Virginia

{{short description|County in Virginia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Floyd County
 | state                = Virginia 
 | flag                 = Flag of Floyd County, Virginia.png
 | seal                 = Floyd County Seal.png
 | logo                 = Logo of Floyd County, Virginia.svg
 | founded              = 1831 
 | named for            = [[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]] 
 | seat wl              = Floyd 
 | largest city wl      = Floyd
 | city type            = town
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 382 
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 381 
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 0.9 
 | area percentage      = 0.2 
 | population_as_of     = 2020 
 | population_total     = 15476 {{increase}} 
 | pop_est_as_of        = 
 | population_est       = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = 41 
 | web                  = www.floydcova.org
 | ex image             = Floyd Co CH.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Floyd County Courthouse and Confederate Monument
 | ex image size        = 
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | district             = 9th
}}

'''Floyd County''' is a [[county (United States)|county]] located in the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[Virginia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 15,476.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Floyd County, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US51063|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is the town of [[Floyd, Virginia|Floyd]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Floyd County is included in the [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg]]-[[Christiansburg, Virginia|Christiansburg]], VA [[Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

Named after Virginia politician [[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]], <!--not related to Stephen Floyd McIrvin--> the county was established in 1831. 
The county is located on the high plateau of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] and surrounded by the [[Little River (New River tributary)|Little River]]. In the 1960s and 1970s, Floyd proved popular with people in [[1960s counterculture|the era's counterculture]], particularly those who wanted to live in closer contact with nature.

== History ==
[[File:John Floyd (cropped).jpg|thumb|Portrait of [[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]], for whom Floyd County was named]]
[[File:To Arms Confederate Enlistment Poster 1862.jpg|thumb|left|A recruitment poster for the Virginia Volunteers from Floyd County in 1862, during the [[American Civil War]]]]
Floyd County's recorded history begins with the arrival of traders, trappers and hunters in Southwest Virginia in the 18th century. The earliest known travel way through present day Floyd County was the [[Trader's Path]], running from east to west across the [[Roanoke River]] where Back Creek enters the river, by John Mason's, R. Poage's, the headwaters of Back Creek and southwest over Bent Mountain. The trail continued westward through the [[Little River (New River)|Little River]] area to the Lead Mines.

The first known attempts to settle the area appear to have been made during the 1740s. In 1745 the Virginia Council granted [[James Patton (Virginia colonist)|James Patton]], of Augusta County, among others, {{convert|100,000|acre|km2}} on the New River and the westward flowing waters, including the Little River area. In 1749 the Royal Company of Virginia also received a grant on the westward flowing waters, putting the two companies in competition with one another to settle the area. The first surveying of the land occurred in the late 1740s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floydcova.org/visitors/history.shtml |title=A Brief History of Floyd County |access-date=February 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303015122/http://www.floydcova.org/visitors/history.shtml |archive-date=March 3, 2011 }}</ref>

On January 15, 1831, the [[General Assembly of Virginia]] passed an act creating the present county of Floyd out of the county [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery]]. The new county was named for the then Governor of Virginia, [[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]].<ref>McDonald, James J. (1907). ''Life in Old Virginia'', p. 368. The Old Virginia Publishing Co. (Inc.)</ref> The new county's courthouse was completed in 1834. In 1870 a portion of [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]] was added to Floyd County. The first Commonwealth's Attorney was [[William Ballard Preston]], a nephew of John Floyd, who would later serve as Secretary of the United States Navy. Preston was followed in later years by [[Jubal Early]], who would later serve as a general for the [[Confederate States Army]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Beautiful Mountain: A Brief Floyd County History|url=http://www.floydcova.org/visitors/history_floyd_county.pdf|archive-date=November 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118141650/http://www.floydcova.org/visitors/history_floyd_county.pdf|publisher=Floyd County, VA|first=Lydeana|last=Martin|date=January 3, 2005|editor-first=Jean|editor-last=Schaeffer}}</ref>

The [[county seat]] of Floyd County was first called Jacksonville for [[Andrew Jackson]], the seventh [[President of the United States]] from 1829 to 1837. Jacksonville was first incorporated in 1858 and then re-incorporated on February 19, 1892, to expand the town boundaries. On January 23, 1896, the General Assembly passed an Act officially changing the name of the town from Jacksonville to Floyd.

The county became a destination for those involved in the [[counterculture]] during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly those who wanted to live in closer contact with nature.<ref>Blackwell, Mary Alice & Causey, Anne Patterson (9th ed. 2005). ''Insider's Guide to Virginia's Blue Ridge'', p. 39. The Globe Pequot Press.</ref>  In the late 1990s, the Rivendell community was established by a group of Christians so they could practice a lifestyle consistent with their [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed Church's]] interpretations of the [[Bible]] and also, in part, to be better isolated from possible societal disruptions caused by the [[year 2000 problem]]. Most of the original members of this community have moved on.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Closed Circuit |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2013/closed-circuit |access-date=September 4, 2022 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}</ref>

Floyd County was also a setting for the ministry of [[Bob Childress|Reverend Bob Childress]], whose life was chronicled in the book ''The Man Who Moved a Mountain''.

The county's location directly adjacent to both the [[Roanoke, VA MSA|Roanoke]] and the [[Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA MSA|Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Areas]] have contributed to modest population growth in contrast to most rural counties in Southwest Virginia. Several [[bloggers]] live in the county and frequently post observations about the community and its rural setting.<ref>Floyd County Local History {{cite web |url=http://www.floydcountyinview.com/countyfacts_history.htm |title=Floyd County History and Facts |access-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006034250/http://www.floydcountyinview.com/countyfacts_history.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref>

Floyd County also has a strong music and literary scene. Three establishments in Floyd regularly offer a variety of live music during the weekends ranging from traditional styles such as [[bluegrass music|Bluegrass]] and [[old-time music|Old-time]] music to contemporary and alternative acts. Best known is the Friday Night Jamboree held at The Floyd Country Store.<ref>{{cite web|website=Floyd Country Store|url= http://floydcountrystore.com|title=A Great Little Country Store in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia}}</ref>  Both the Floyd Country Store and County Sales, founded in the 1960s,<ref>County Records {{cite web |url=http://www.countysales.com/pages.php?pageid=2 |title=About |access-date=November 10, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929074734/http://www.countysales.com/pages.php?pageid=2 |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }}</ref> are featured on the Virginia Heritage Music Trail called "The Crooked Road."<ref>{{cite web|website=The Crooked Road|url=https://thecrookedroadva.com/venues/floyd-country-store/|title=Floyd Country Store}}</ref> In the early 21st century, Floyd became the home of an annual world music festival called [[FloydFest]]. Floyd County-based old time string band The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee won first prize at the 85th Annual Old Fiddlers' Convention held in Galax, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/85th-annual-old-fiddlers-convention-results/|title=85th Annual Old Fiddlers Convention Results|first=John|last=Lawless|website=Bluegrass Today|date=August 16, 2021 |accessdate=February 22, 2022}}</ref>

The Chateau Morrisette and Villa Appalaccia wineries have been established since the 1980s.

==Geography==
[[Image:Hills of Floyd County VA USA.JPG|right|thumb|Rolling hills of Floyd County.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|381.8|sqmi|1}}, of which {{convert|380.9|sqmi|1}} is land and {{convert|0.9|sqmi|1}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is located in the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] of southwestern Virginia. Floyd County is one of the 423 counties served by the [[Appalachian Regional Commission]],<ref name="ARC">{{cite web |title=About the Appalachian Region |url=https://www.arc.gov/about-the-appalachian-region/ |publisher=Appalachian Regional Commission |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref> and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book ''[[American Nations|American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America]]''.<ref name="NYT_CW">{{cite news |last1=Woodard |first1=Colin |title=The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html |work=New York Times |date=July 30, 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

The county seat, the town of Floyd, is {{convert|40|mi|km}} southwest of Roanoke on US 221. [[Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve|Buffalo Mountain]], at {{convert|3971|ft|m}}, is the highest point in the county.

Floyd County is situated atop a high plateau of the Blue Ridge Mountains which divides the eastward flowing from the westward flowing waters. With the high topography, no streams flow into Floyd County. The county is drained primarily by [[Little River (New River)|Little River]] and its tributaries which flow into New River below the [[Claytor Lake]] Dam and, in turn, by way of the [[Kanawha River]], the [[Ohio River]] and the [[Mississippi River]], into the [[Gulf of Mexico]].

The Little River, the county's largest waterway, is formed by three main branches, or forks: the East, West, and South (also known as Dodd's Creek). It is said that no water flows into Floyd County.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Floyd County|url=http://visitfloydva.com/about-floyd-county/|access-date=February 7, 2021|website=Visit Floyd Virginia|language=en-US}}</ref>

The headwaters of the south fork of the [[Roanoke River]] are in the northeastern part of the county. One particular fast stream is Shooting Creek, named for its speed over rocks. This creek today follows Shooting Creek Road from Floyd into Franklin County. In was once the site of moonshine liquor distilleries and the lawlessness that surrounded this industry.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]] – east
* [[Patrick County, Virginia|Patrick County]] – southeast
* [[Carroll County, Virginia|Carroll County]] – southwest
* [[Pulaski County, Virginia|Pulaski County]] – northwest
* [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]] – northwest
* [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]] – north

===Protected areas===
* [[Blue Ridge Parkway]] (part), including [[Rocky Knob Recreation Area]] (part)
* [[Buffalo Mountain Natural Area Preserve]]

===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|221}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|SR|8}}
* {{Jct|state=VA|US|58}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 4453
|1850= 6458
|1860= 8236
|1870= 9824
|1880= 13255
|1890= 14405
|1900= 15388
|1910= 14092
|1920= 13115
|1930= 11698
|1940= 11967
|1950= 11351
|1960= 10462
|1970= 9775
|1980= 11563
|1990= 12005
|2000= 13874
|2010= 15279
|2020= 15476
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/va190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Floyd County, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Floyd County, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US51063&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Floyd County, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US51063&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|14,385
|14,114
|94.15%
|91.20%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|270
|234
|1.77
|1.51%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|19
|18
|0.12%
|0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|35
|46
|0.23%
|0.30%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|0.01%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|16
|72
|0.10%
|0.47%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|141
|505
|0.92%
|3.26%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|412
|487
|2.70%
|3.15%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''15,279'''
|'''15,476'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 13,874 people, 5,791 households, and 4,157 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|36|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 6,763 housing units at an average density of {{convert|18|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 96.71% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.00% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.09% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.09% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.36% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.74% from two or more races. 1.35% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 5,791 households, out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.90% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.20% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,585, and the median income for a family was $38,128. Males had a median income of $30,886 versus $20,466 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,345. About 8.50% of families and 11.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.70% of those under age 18 and 15.30% of those age 65 or over.

==Communities==
Town of [[Floyd, Virginia|Floyd]]

Other communities:
{| border="0"
|-
|valign="top"|
* [[Alum Ridge, Virginia|Alum Ridge]]
* Burks Fork (c 1880–1930)
* [[Carthage, Virginia|Carthage]]
* [[Check, Virginia|Check]]
* [[Conners Grove, Virginia|Conners Grove]]
* [[Copper Hill, Virginia|Copper Hill]]
* [[Copper Valley, Virginia|Copper Valley]]
* Court House (c 1900–1920)
* [[Duncan, Virginia|Duncan]]
* [[Haycock, Virginia|Haycock]]
|valign="top"|
* [[Hemlock, Virginia|Hemlock]]
* [[Huffville, Virginia|Huffville]]
* [[Indian Valley, Virginia|Indian Valley]]
* [[Laurel Branch, Virginia|Laurel Branch]]
* Little River (c 1880–1930)
* Locust Valley (c 1900–1930)
* [[Mabry Mill, Virginia|Mabry Mill]]
* [[Pizarro, Virginia|Pizarro]]
* [[Poff, Virginia|Poff]]
* [[Shelors Mill, Virginia|Shelors Mill]]
|valign="top"|
* [[Simpsons, Virginia|Simpsons]]
* [[Smart, Virginia|Smart]]
* [[Sowers, Virginia|Sowers]]
* [[Terrys Fork, Virginia|Terrys Fork]]
* Turtle Rock
* [[Union, Virginia|Union]]
* [[Weddle, Virginia|Weddle]]
* [[Willis, Floyd County, Virginia|Willis]]
|}

==Government and politics==
Floyd County is an anomaly in Virginia politics, being a solidly Republican county even during the height of the Democratic "[[Solid South]]". This is due to the fact that the county's inhabitants largely deserted the Confederate army during the Civil War,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Dotson|first=Rand|title="The Grave and Scandalous Evil Infected to Your People": The Erosion of Confederate Loyalty in Floyd County, Virginia|magazine=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography|volume=108|issue=4|year=2000|pages=393-434}}</ref> so that it was one of very few white areas in [[slave states and free states|antebellum slave states]] to endorse [[Radical Reconstruction]]. Over generations, this has translated into powerful party loyalty thereto. Floyd was the only Virginia county to vote for [[Herbert Hoover]] against [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1932, and the last Democrat to carry the county in a presidential election was [[Winfield S. Hancock]] in 1880.<ref>{{cite book|last=Menendez|first=Albert J.|title=The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004|pages=323, 326, 329|isbn=0786422173}}</ref> [[Theodore Roosevelt]] did win Floyd County in 1912 as a result of a split in the Republican Party, while Democratic Senatorial candidate [[Mark Warner]] carried the county in his landslide [[2008 United States Senate election in Virginia|2008 victory]].

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===Board of Supervisors===
* District A (Locust Grove District): Levi Cox (R)
* District B (Little River District): Linda DeVito Kuchenbuch (I)
* District C (Courthouse District): Jerry W. Boothe (D)
* District D (Burks Fork District): Joe D. Turman (R)
* District E (Indian Valley District): Kalinda Bechtold (R)

===Constitutional officers===
* Clerk of the Circuit Court: Rhonda T. Vaughn (R)
* Commissioner of the Revenue: Lisa Dawn Baker (R)
* Commonwealth's Attorney: Eric Branscom
* Sheriff: Brian Craig (R)
* Treasurer: Melissa M. "Missy" Keith (R)

Floyd is represented by Republican David R. Sutterlein in the Virginia Senate, Republican Marie March in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican H. Morgan Griffith in the U.S. House of Representatives.

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Floyd County, Virginia|National Register of Historic Places in Floyd County, Virginia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.floydcova.org/Floyd County Government Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163624/http://www.floydcova.org/Floyd |date=July 14, 2014 }}
* [http://www.floydcountyvirginia.com/ Floyd Virginia Online]
* [http://www.visitfloyd.org/ Floyd County Chamber of Commerce]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Floyd County, Virginia
|North     = [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Franklin County, Virginia|Franklin County]]
|Southeast = [[Patrick County, Virginia|Patrick County]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Carroll County, Virginia|Carroll County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Pulaski County, Virginia|Pulaski County]] and [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]]
}}

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