Harrison County, Indiana

E222005

Harrison County, Indiana is a southern Indiana county along the Ohio River known for its historic town of Corydon, the state’s first capital, and its Civil War and pioneer heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Harrison County, Indiana canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Indiana
borderedBy Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Crawford County, Indiana
Floyd County, Indiana
Hardin County, Kentucky
Meade County, Kentucky
Washington County, Indiana
borders Ohio River
civilWarBattle Battle of Corydon
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeat Corydon, Indiana
establishedIn 1808
fipsCode 18-061
formedFrom Clark County, Indiana
gnisID 0450873
governmentType county government
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
manufacturing
tourism
hasHeritage Civil War history
pioneer history
hasHistoricEvent Battle of Corydon
hasHistoricRole site of Indiana’s first state capital (Corydon)
hasHistoricTown Corydon, Indiana
hasLandmark Constitution Elm
Corydon Capitol State Historic Site
Harrison-Crawford State Forest
O’Bannon Woods State Park
Wyandotte Caves
hasRiverBoundaryWith Kentucky
hasSettlement Corydon, Indiana
Crandall, Indiana
Elizabeth, Indiana
Lanesville, Indiana
Mauckport, Indiana
New Middletown, Indiana
Palmyra, Indiana
knownFor Civil War heritage
Corydon as first capital of Indiana
pioneer heritage
largestCity Corydon, Indiana
locatedIn Southern Indiana
locatedOn north bank of the Ohio River
namedAfter William Henry Harrison
partOf Louisville metropolitan area
region Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio River Valley
state Indiana
subdivisionOf Indiana
surface form: State of Indiana
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meade County, Kentucky borderedBy Harrison County, Indiana
Jefferson County, Kentucky borders Harrison County, Indiana
Southern Indiana contains Harrison County, Indiana
Walter Quinton Gresham placeOfBirth Harrison County, Indiana
subject surface form: Walter Q. Gresham
Crawford County, Indiana borderedBy Harrison County, Indiana