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New Albany, Indiana is the county seat of Floyd County, Indiana, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky. New Albany was founded in July 1813 when three brothers from New York-Joel, Abner, and Nathaniel Scribner-arrived at the Falls of the Ohio and named the site after Albany, the state capital of New York. The Scribner House still stands. The steamboat industry was the engine of the city's economy during the mid-19th century. At least a half-dozen shipbuilders were in operation, and turned out a multitude of steamboats, including the Robert E. Lee. Prior to the American Civil War, it was the most populous city in Indiana.
New Albany feature three separate Federal historic districts: East Spring Street Historic District, Mansion Row Historic District, and the New Albany Downtown Historic District.
