[3] It is named for Dolphin Ward Floyd,[4] who died on his 32nd birthday, March 6, 1836, defending the Alamo.

Around 21.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Reasons include the quality of wind in the region, the possibilities of connecting into two different electric grid systems, and the scheduled transmission line build-out in the area.

Floyd County is home to two general news organizations and two radio stations.

In addition, Floydada is the corporate headquarters for Paramount Broadcasting Corp., which provides daily agricultural programming to All Ag, All Day affiliates (KFLP (AM) in Floydada, TX, and KPUR (AM) in Amarillo, TX) as well as All Ag Network affiliates from Fresno, CA to Utica, NY.

[13] For the first 23 years, the West Texas Friday Night Scoreboard Show was produced and syndicated from the downtown Floydada studios before moving to its current Lubbock studios in 2019.