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On August 21, 1876, the Texas legislature formed Floyd County, named
for the Alamo martyr Dolphin Ward Floyd, as one of the fifty-four
counties established from the Bexar and Young territories. In 1884
Arthur B. Duncan and his family became the county's first settlers
when they located in Blanco Canyon a short distance above Henry Clay
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The move to organize Floyd County produced heated rivalry among its
developing communities for the honor of being the county seat.
Lockney, which became Della Plain's chief rival, was founded in
1889. In the spring of 1890 J. K. Gwynn appeared on the scene as a
representative of Carolina V. Price, a Missouri native who owned
numerous patented sections in Floyd County. |
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Gwynn had one of the prize sections platted as Floyd City, another
candidate for county seat. Lockney combined with Floyd City, and in
the organization election on May 28, 1890, Floyd City won by a vote
of 55 to 33. The election was subsequently contested in the district
court and later in the Supreme Court, but its validity was
sustained; Floyd City, renamed Floydada in 1892, remained the seat
of local government, with A. B. Duncan serving as the first county
judge. |
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