Corydon, Indiana

E609959
American Civil War battle county seat town

Corydon, Indiana is a historic town best known as Indiana’s first state capital and the site of the only Civil War battle fought in the state.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Corydon 1
Corydon, Indiana, United States 1
Battle of Corydon 0

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
town ⓘ
capitalFrom 1816 ⓘ
capitalOf Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalUntil 1825 ⓘ
CivilWarBattleStatus only pitched Civil War battle in Indiana ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains Constitution Elm site NERFINISHED ⓘ
First State Capitol building of Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Harrison County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
date July 9, 1863 ⓘ
elevation approximately 738 feet ⓘ
event Battle of Corydon NERFINISHED ⓘ
FIPSCode 18-15102 ⓘ
founded early 19th century ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0432760 ⓘ
governmentType town government ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Corydon Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Constitution Elm Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corydon Battle Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indiana’s First State Capitol historic site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismFocus heritage tourism ⓘ
historicDistrictStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Harrison County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor being Indiana’s first state capital ⓘ
site of the only Civil War battle fought in Indiana ⓘ
legislativeEvent Indiana constitutional convention of 1816 NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Corydon, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corydon, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropolitanArea Louisville metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter the song “The Pastoral Elegy” (featuring the shepherd Corydon) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Morgan’s Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ
population approximately 3,000–3,500 (early 21st century) ⓘ
predecessorCapitalOfIndiana Vincennes, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Southern Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
role first state capital of Indiana ⓘ
state Indiana ⓘ
successorCapitalOfIndiana Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportation served by Indiana State Road 62 ⓘ
served by Interstate 64 (nearby) ⓘ

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

Southern Indiana → contains → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Harrison County, Indiana → countySeat → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Harrison County, Indiana → largestCity → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Harrison County, Indiana → hasHistoricTown → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Harrison County, Indiana → hasSettlement → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Indiana Territory → capital → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corydon
Erin Moran → placeOfDeath → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corydon, Indiana, United States