The land that was to become the city was founded in the center of Plain Township in 1837 by Nobel Landon and William Yantis.
Rapid growth in New Albany began in the 1990s, much due to the expansion of the Les Wexner clothing empire and Wexner's construction of his mansion (the 2nd largest in central Ohio behind the Longaberger mansion) off Kitzmiller Road in the village [REF].