Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1870.
The Corydon post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Corydon’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,019 in 1920; 737 people lived here in 2020.
16 censuses, 1870–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Corydon’s Wikipedia page.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
From Wikipedia’s history of Corydon.
Settled in 1849 by the Dorsey brothers, John and William, the city was named by John's wife, Patsy, for the hero of the 19th-century song "Pastoral Elegy" (who was himself named for a lovesick shepherd in Virgil's Eclogues). Corydon incorporated in 1867.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Corydon, cut from the printed page as they were published.
This precinct was established on the 20th day December, 1851, and a voting place appointed at a house built upon the ground now within the limits of the beautiful little town of Corydon. The precinct at that time was a wilderness of wild woods, inhabited by droves of wolves and other wild animals known to Kentucky for many years anterior to that date.
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tain Henry Dixon, and granddaughter of Capt Hal Dixon. On January 1st, 1870, he removed with his family to Henderson County, and on the first day of January, 1872, occupied his new and handsome residence in the town of Corydon, whciC he has since continued to reside. Mr. McClure has served a number of terms as Trustee of the Public School of the town of Corydon, and twice or more times honored in his appointment as Chairman. For five years or more he has
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Corydon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Corydon.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Corydon post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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