Floyd's Station, Kentucky Explained

Floyd's Station was a fort on Beargrass Creek in what is now St. Matthews, Kentucky. In November 1779 James John Floyd built cabins and a stockade near what is now Breckenridge Lane.^[1] In 1783, John Floyd, future Governor of Virginia was born in the Station. The pioneer's father was killed by Indians twelve days before the birth of his son.^[2] The station was one of six on Beargrass Creek and was involved in local conflict with Native Americans in the area for the next five years.^[3] All that remain today of Floyd's Station are a spring house and cemetery.^[4]

Approximate location: 38.2395°N -85.6463°W

See also

• Corn Island (Kentucky)
• Fort Nelson (Kentucky)
• Fort-on-Shore
• Fort William (Kentucky)
• Spring Station (Kentucky)
• Low Dutch Station
• Bryan's Station
• Station (frontier defensive structure)

Further reading

• Book: Floyd2013 . Neal O. Hammon . John Floyd: The Life and Letters of a Frontier Surveyor . Louisville . Butler Books . 2013 . 978-1-935497-69-1 . 2016-11-15.

Notes and References

1. Yater, George H. (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Falls of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson County, 2nd edition, Filson Club, Incorporated, 12-13.
2. Web site: Floyd, John biography - S9.com . www.s9.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907214405/http://www.s9.com/Biography/Floyd-John . 2008-09-07.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20040120020932/http://www.carnegiecenter.org/exhibitFloyd.html Adventure West with Famous Floyds
4. Web site: Lewis and Clark in Kentucky . 2008-08-11 . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080514034459/http://www.lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/places/falls_brochure.shtml . dead .