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Office: Floyd County Emergency Management – confirm current contact via floydcounty.in.gov.
Sheriff: Floyd County Sheriff’s Department – 311 Hauss Square, New Albany, IN 47150 | (812) 948-5400; Sheriff Steve Bush. Established 1819, serving continuously for over 200 years.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: I-64 and SR-111 serve New Albany, the county seat, on the Ohio River directly across from Louisville, Kentucky.
Notes: New Albany and Louisville developed as sister cities across the Ohio River, with New Albany experiencing significant economic prosperity in the mid-to-late 19th century.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Floyd County Courthouse – New Albany, IN.
Notes: Floyd County is home to the Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site (914 E. Main Street, New Albany), a genuinely significant French Second Empire mansion built 1867-1869 for $120,000 by William Stewart Culbertson, once considered the wealthiest man in Indiana with a net worth at his 1892 death of $3.5 million (roughly $61 million today). The 25-room, 20,000-square-foot mansion, designed by local architect James T. Banes, is one of the most architecturally significant houses in New Albany’s Mansion Row Historic District. Culbertson made his fortune in dry goods, utilities, and railroads (helping fund New Albany’s first bridge with business partner John Jacob Astor III), and was a major local philanthropist, founding the Culbertson Widows Home and Cornelia Memorial Orphans Home. The mansion narrowly escaped demolition for a gas station in the 1960s before Historic New Albany purchased it in 1964; it’s been part of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites system since 1976, and every third-grader in Floyd County traditionally visits on a spring field trip. New Albany also claims the first successful manufacture of plate glass in America, commemorated by a state historical marker downtown.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Floyd County Veterans Affairs – confirm current contact via floydcounty.in.gov.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library (New Albany) – confirm current address/phone via the county library system.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site (guided tours, annual haunted house, murder mystery dinners, Victorian Christmas tea) and the broader Mansion Row Historic District are the county’s premier heritage attractions.
Notes: The genuine, richly preserved Culbertson Mansion – home of once the wealthiest man in Indiana – is among the standout local heritage facts covered anywhere in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Floyd County Assessor’s Office – confirm current contact via floydcounty.in.gov.
Office: Floyd County Environmental Health – confirm current contact via floydcounty.in.gov.
NOTES: Floyd County is the twenty-third county completed in Indiana’s Round 3 v2 redo, under the A+ sourced standard established for this project. The genuine, richly preserved Culbertson Mansion is among the standout local heritage facts covered anywhere in this project. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Floyd County County
Floyd County is southern Indiana’s Ohio River heritage and Louisville northern suburb county – New Albany’s magnificent antebellum Mansion Row and its role as Indiana’s former largest city anchor a community that today functions as an integral part of the Louisville metro while maintaining its distinct Ohio River character and the Indiana University Southeast campus.
New Albany (the county seat, population ~37,000) is Floyd County’s governmental and cultural hub, an Ohio River city whose historic downtown revitalization, craft brewery scene, and Louisville proximity define a southern Indiana community experiencing significant renewal.
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Floyd County Assessor at 311 W. 1st Street, New Albany, IN 47150, phone 812-948-5480. IN assessed at market value.
Courts & Legal
Floyd County Circuit Court at 311 W. 1st Street, New Albany, IN 47150, phone 812-948-5411, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT (Court Records, Marriage Licenses)
311 Hauss Square, New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 948-5411
ELECTIONS (County Clerk)
311 Hauss Square, New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 948-5411
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Floyd County Circuit Court (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Floyd County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Floyd County Circuit Court 311 West 1st Street, Room 235/417, New Albany, IN 47150 (812) 948-5415 Floyd County is part of the Louisville, KY metro area, seated in New Albany along the Ohio River.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Indiana has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code – probate is governed by Indiana Code Title 29. Indiana offers several tracks depending on estate size and complexity:
Small Estate Affidavit – for estates where the gross probate estate (less liens, encumbrances, and funeral expenses) is $100,000 or less. Available 45 days after death. The affidavit must be signed and recorded with the county recorder’s office before a personal representative is appointed. No court filing is required.
Devolution of Real Estate Affidavit – a separate affidavit specifically for transferring real property, available 7 months after death, with no value limit on the real estate, recorded with the county recorder.
Unsupervised Administration – a simplified probate track available when the estate is solvent and all inheritors agree; fewer court appearances and filings than supervised administration.
Supervised Administration – full court oversight, used for contested, complex, or insolvent estates.
Step 2: filing for formal probate
File a Petition for Probate of Will and for Issuance of Letters (if there’s a will) or a Petition for Appointment of Personal Representative (if intestate) with the Floyd County Circuit Court.
The court reviews the will for compliance with Indiana Code § 29-1-5-3 (in writing, signed by the testator, witnessed by at least 2 credible witnesses).
The court issues Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (intestate) appointing the personal representative.
Publish notice to creditors; creditors generally have a limited window (commonly 3 months from first publication) to file claims.
The personal representative marshals assets, pays valid debts and expenses, and distributes the estate.
File a closing statement or final accounting to formally close the estate.
What it costs
Indiana does not have a state estate or inheritance tax.
Filing fees vary by county – confirm current amounts with the Floyd County Circuit Court.
Indiana has no statutory fee schedule for attorneys or personal representatives – fees must be “reasonable” and are subject to court approval.
Typical timelines: Small Estate Affidavit – a minimum 45-day wait; Unsupervised Administration – roughly 6-9 months if uncontested; Supervised Administration – 9-12+ months.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
311 Hauss Square, New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 948-5400
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTIONS (County Clerk)
311 Hauss Square, New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 948-5411
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Floyd County Health Dept
(812) 948-4726
IN FSSA — Southeast Region
(800) 403-0864
IN Medicaid
(800) 403-0864
Baptist Health Floyd
baptistfloyd.com (New Albany — major regional hospital; Level II Trauma)
Clark Memorial Health (Jeffersonville)
clarkmemorial.org
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Floyd County Health Department – confirm current contact via floydcounty.in.gov.
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County Facts
County Seat: New Albany
Population: 78,000
Area: 149 sq mi (Indiana's smallest county by area)
Established: 1819
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