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6 unusual facts about New Albany


Albany Airport

New Albany-Union County Airport in New Albany, Mississippi, United States (FAA: M72)

Kentucky Common Beer

The New Albanian Brewing Company in New Albany, Indiana, features its version, Phoenix Kentucky Komon, as a rotating seasonal selection.

New Albany, Ohio

New Albany is situated in the headwaters of the Rocky Fork Creek, a tributary of the Big Walnut Creek.

The 2009 Fathima Rifqa Bary controversy occurred in New Albany, and made national headlines.

Union County Airport

New Albany-Union County Airport, in Union County, Mississippi, United States (FAA: M72)

Vincent A. Hoover

Hoover died on June 29, 1883, being unmarried at the time and survived by a brother, Charles B. Hoover of New Albany, Indiana, and a sister, Mary Ann Hoover.


CSS Spray

The CSS Spray was a steam-powered, side-paddle wheel tugboat built in New Albany, Indiana originally fitted as a mercantile ship before becoming a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and used in the St. Marks, Newport, Florida area.

DePauw Avenue Historic District

The DePauw Avenue Historic District is a registered historic district just northeast of downtown New Albany, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.

Hindostan Falls, Indiana

The settlement sat along the original stagecoach route between New Albany and Vincennes and was one of the only roads in the new state of Indiana, which had been a territory until 1816.

Kentucky Educational Television

Louisville's WKPC and WKMJ are the only KET stations to have their transmitters outside of Kentucky—their transmitters are located at the Tower Farm in Floyds Knobs, Indiana, just north of New Albany.

Shelby Place Historic District

Shelby Place Historic District is a registered historic district in New Albany, Indiana, one mile north of the Ohio River, across from Louisville, Kentucky.

William A. Koch

With so many projects going - seemingly all at once - Bill Koch discovered in the late 1950s that Indiana's segment of Interstate 64 was going to run from Vincennes to New Albany.


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DePauw Avenue Historic District

Washington C. DePauw, a wealthy New Albany banker, was the original owner of the land.

Indiana University Southeast

Classes were initially held in classrooms at New Albany High School and Hazelwood Junior High School in New Albany, and at Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville.

Ripley and New Albany Railroad

In October 2011, a spur to an industrial park north of New Albany was removed during the expansion of Mississippi Highway 15.