Corydon, Indiana

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Corydon, Indiana canonical 23
Corydon 4
Corydon, Indiana Territory 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

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

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Referenced by (30)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Erin Moran → placeOfDeath → Corydon, Indiana, United States ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Jonathan Jennings → residence → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Morgan's Raid of 1863 → enteredTown → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Battle of Corydon → location → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
subject linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Indiana constitutional convention of 1816 → location → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
subject linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Corydon Seminary → locatedIn → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Corydon Seminary → namedAfter → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Indiana State Road 62 → connects → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
admission of Indiana → locationOfConvention → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
admission of Indiana → capitalAtTimeOfAdmission → Corydon ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Secretary of State of Indiana Territory → location → Corydon, Indiana Territory ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Secretary of State of Indiana Territory → seat → Corydon ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Constitution Elm → locatedIn → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Wyandotte Caves → locatedNear → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Mauckport, Indiana → locatedNear → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Battle of Corydon → place → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Marengo, Indiana → nearbyCity → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
O’Bannon Woods State Park → near → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Lanesville, Indiana → locatedNear → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Palmyra, Indiana → locatedNear → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ
Indiana Territorial Legislature → appliesToJurisdiction → Corydon, Indiana Territory ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
Indiana Territorial Legislature → seatOfGovernment → Corydon ⓘ
linked to: Corydon, Indiana
History of Indiana → firstStateCapital → Corydon, Indiana ⓘ