Floyd County administrative offices are located at 12 East 4th Avenue, Rome, GA 30162; phone: 706-291-5110.
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Floyd County [†] , located in northwest Georgia, was established in December of 1832 after state legislature passed a law extending its jurisdiction over Cherokee territory. Two years after the county’s creation, the county seat was moved to a fertile area of land where the Etowah, Oostanaula, and Coosa rivers meet: there, the city of Rome was born. Historically, Rome’s claims to prominence were based on the transportation and cotton industries, unlike today where healthcare and education are important to the area’s influence in northwest Georgia and nearby Alabama. A victim of Sherman’s March to Atlanta during the Civil War, the city rapidly recovered during Reconstruction, and became a grander city, boasting beautiful architecture and a thriving downtown. Around the same time Floyd County was founded, the city of Cave Spring was incorporated in the southwestern end of the county. Named for the limestone spring, Cave Spring was once known as an educational hub with its Manual Labor School and School for the Deaf, the latter still operating there today. Today, Cave Spring is known for its historic character, the downtown, and the cave at Rolater Park.
† Rome-Floyd Cave Spring 20240, comprehensive plan, 2024, www.nwgrc.gov, accessed September, 2025.