12 Facts About Corydon Indiana

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.

Corydon Indiana purchased land at the edge of a fertile valley near a large spring, which is the site of the present-day Harrison County fairgrounds.

Corydon Indiana's official founding date of 1808 commemorates the year when Heth, a US government surveyor and landowner, platted the town.

In 1809 Corydon Indiana was connected by road to Doup's Ferry, 15 miles to the south at Mauck's Port, providing access to the Ohio River for trade.

Corydon Indiana fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe, where it suffered more casualties than any other unit.

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Corydon Indiana competed with Charlestown, Clarksville, Lawrenceburg, Madison, and Jeffersonville to become the new territorial capital.

President James Madison signed the congressional resolution admitting Indiana as the nineteenth state in the Union on December 11,1816, and Corydon began a new era as the first state capital of Indiana.

Corydon Indiana was sacked in retaliation for Union looting in Kentucky, the town's treasury of $690 was seized, and the inmates of the local jail were released.

The state of Corydon Indiana purchased the 1816 courthouse to preserve as a state historic site following the move.

In 1917 the state of Corydon Indiana purchased the historic capitol building with the goal of restoring it.

In 2008 Corydon celebrated its bicentennial anniversary with a year-long series of events that included the unveiling of a $200,000 bronze statue of Honorable Frank O'Bannon, the late governor of Indiana and a former citizen of Corydon.

Corydon Indiana has a public library, a branch of the Harrison County Public Library.