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New Albany grew rapidly and was the largest city in Indiana from 1816 until 1860, when it was overtaken by Indianapolis. Before the Civil War , over half of Hoosiers worth over $100,000 (~$1.7 million in 2023) lived in New Albany, [ 9 ] making it by far the wealthiest part of the state.
In the state of Indiana, U.S. 150 runs south with U.S. Route 41 from Terre Haute. It is then concurrent with its parent, U.S. Route 50 from Vincennes to Shoals. It then runs east to New Albany before overlapping Interstate 64 into Kentucky. Between Vincennes and New Albany the road follows the original route of the Buffalo Trace.
Before 1926, a portion of SR 10 from Terre Haute to Vincennes and most of SR 5 from Vincennes to New Albany roughly traveled along the present-day routing of US 150. [4] Then, in October 1926, lots of state roads in Indiana were supplanted by their U.S. Route counterpart.
The town was named after Colonel Davis Floyd. [6] James Moore built a gristmill 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.
There were eight segments in all, with the first to be opened being the very short segment from the Kentucky state line on the Sherman Minton Bridge to Spring Street in New Albany, which became operational on December 22, 1961. By the end of 1968, two more segments consisting of 12.94 miles (20.82 km) had opened, one near each end of the route ...
The New Albany Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Albany, Indiana. The general area is W. First Street to the west, Spring St. to the north, E. Fifth Street to the east, and Main Street to the south.
The Indiana DNR has halted work at the Providence Mill Dam through court motions after officials say the New Albany mayor Jeff Gahan issued emergency maintenance order without proper permits.
The DePauw Avenue Historic District is a national historic district just northeast of downtown New Albany, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.The district consists mostly of Depauw Avenue from Vincennes Street in the west to Aebersold Drive to the east, and includes portions of the 1200 block of Beechwood Avenue and two residences on Vance Street.