New Albany /ˈɑːlbəni/ is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River, opposite Louisville, Kentucky.

[5] It is bounded by I-265 to the north and the Ohio River to the south, and is considered part of the Louisville metropolitan area.

The land of New Albany was officially granted to the United States after the American Revolutionary War.

For his services Clark was awarded large tracts of land in Southern Indiana including most of Floyd County.

In 1819, three years after Indiana was admitted as a state, New Albany became the seat of government for newly established Floyd County.

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.

Fueled by abundant forests for lumber, at least a half-dozen shipbuilders were in operation and turned out a multitude of steamboats and packet boats, including the Robert E. Lee, Eliza Battle, the Eclipse, and the A.A. Shotwell.

Ashbel P. Willard, governor of the state of Indiana, dedicated the Floyd County Fairgrounds in 1859.

During the Civil War, the fairgrounds were converted to become Camp Noble and used as a muster point for the area's regiments.

Up to 1,500 wounded soldiers were treated in New Albany during the war, and many non-medical buildings were converted into makeshift hospitals.

During the Civil War, New Albany businesses were boycotted by Confederates because it was in a Union state and by the North because it was considered too friendly to the South.

Indianapolis overtook New Albany as Indiana's largest city in 1860, and across the river, Louisville's population grew much faster.

The advent of railroads created economic opportunity for the city as a pork packing and locomotive repair center.

A bridge was built across the Ohio River in 1886, providing a rail and road connection with Kentucky.

When the factory relocated in 1893, New Albany lost a large part of its population and went into economic decline.

Senator and later U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, who was a native of nearby Georgetown and practiced law in New Albany.

Charles Allen Prosser School of Technology was named in honor of his accomplishments as the "father of vocational education."

New Albany's flood walls served as examples for those constructed around Louisville and Clark County.

According to the 2023 American Community Survey, the Median Household Income in New Albany was $54,152, compared to the Indiana state average of $69,477.

New Albany's Main Street features a large collection of late 19th century mansions from the city's heyday as a shipbuilding center.

The centerpiece is the Culbertson Mansion, a three-story French Second Empire Style structure, which is today an Indiana state memorial.

[16] Every October, New Albany hosts the Harvest Homecoming festival, one of the largest annual events in the state.