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History · Corydon Township

Corydon Township dates to 1810, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1941 on and the census since 2000.

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How Corydon Township began

When was Corydon Township founded?

1810

Corydon Township dates its founding to 1810 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 2000.

First census: 301 in 20002020 census: 283216 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1832.The full story ↓

What stands out about Corydon Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Corydon Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Corydon Township, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsEstablished in 1810: 216 years of Corydon Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Corydon Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Corydon
1832–1963
Stickney
1890–1925
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KlondikeStickney

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Timeline

Corydon Township, 1810 to 1963

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1810
    FoundingCorydon Township is established
  3. 1832Post officeThe Corydon post office opens
  4. 1888Born hereRay Caldwell is born here
  5. 1890Post officeThe Stickney post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1925Post officeThe Stickney post office closes
  8. 1941On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1963Post officeThe Corydon post office closes
The story

How Corydon Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Corydon Township.

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Corydon was settled in 1810 and incorporated in 1829. On March 26, 1846, a small sliver of the westernmost portion of Corydon bordering the Allegheny River was transferred to Warren County; the new township also retained the name Corydon, resulting in there being two adjacent but separate townships with the same name. The Warren County township of Corydon was flooded and dissolved in 1964.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Corydon Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Alleghany National Forest - Pennsylvania2014Alleghany National Forest - PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State Route 3462013Pennsylvania State Route 346FLT M01 0.1 mi - Register in PA on NCT2010FLT M01 0.1 mi - Register in PA on NCTPennsylvania State Route 321 southbound at split with PA 59 westbound2003Pennsylvania State Route 321 southbound at split with…
On the map

Corydon Township on the map, 1941 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Corydon Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Corydon Township on the 1941 USGS mapCorydon Township on the 1966 USGS mapCorydon Township on the 1973 USGS map1941Kinzua sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Corydon Township.

People over time

Corydon Township, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 301

Between 275 and 301 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Corydon Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Hamilton TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMead TownshipIts storyC+Lafayette TownshipIts storyB

Questions about Corydon Township’s history

What year was Corydon Township founded?

In 1810, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Corydon Township’s post office opened in 1832, and the census of 2000 counted 301 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.