Corydon, Indiana
| Corydon, Indiana | |
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| Town | |
| Town of Corydon | |
Downtown Corydon Indiana viewed from the Pilot Knob in the Hayswood Nature Reserve
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 Location in the state of Indiana |
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| Coordinates: 38°12′46″N 86°7′31″W / 38.21278°N 86.12528°WCoordinates: 38°12′46″N 86°7′31″W / 38.21278°N 86.12528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Harrison |
| Township | Harrison |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) |
| • Land | 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 587 ft (179 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,122 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 3,108 |
| • Density | 1,892.1/sq mi (730.5/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 47112 |
| Area code(s) | 812 |
| FIPS code | 18-15256 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0433003 |
| Website | www |
Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana. Located north of the Ohio River in the extreme southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana, it is the seat of government for Harrison County. Corydon was founded in 1808 and served as the capital of the Indiana Territory from 1813 to 1816. It was the site of Indiana's first constitutional convention, which was held June 10–29, 1816. Forty-three convened to consider statehood for Indiana and drafted its first state constitution. Under Article XI, Section 11, of the Indiana 1816 constitution, Corydon was designated as the capital of the state until 1825, when the seat of state government was moved to Indianapolis. During the American Civil War, Corydon was the site of the Battle of Corydon, the only official pitched battle waged in Indiana. More recently, the town's numerous historic sites have helped it become a tourist destination. A portion of its downtown area is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Corydon Historic District. As of the 2010 census, Corydon had a population of 3,122.
During the American Revolution George Rogers Clark captured the surrounding area of what became the town of Corydon from the British, bringing it under the control of the fledgling United States government.
In the early 1800s Edward Smith brought his family to settle at the edge of a fertile valley near a large spring, the site of the present-day Harrison County fairgrounds.William Henry Harrison, the first governor of the Indiana Territory and a future president of the United States, often stopped to rest at their home while travelling to and from Vincennes, the territorial capital. In 1804 Harrison purchased a tract of land where Big Indian Creek and Little Indian Creek join to become Indian Creek and decided to build a town on the site.
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