Corydon, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Corydon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42406. The Survey maps it on the Poole quadrangle. 737 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCorydon grew from 720 to 737 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 720 | |
| 2020 | 737 | +17 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Sebree quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Poole quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Corydon between 1998 and 2010, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BUSH HOG |
| 19 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corydon in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Corydon | $500,000 | The tornado began in Corydon, passed across the southern outskirts of Henderson, and ended a mile or so west of Spottsville. The tornado did roof, siding, and fascia damage to dozens of homes along the path. At least a dozen barns or outbuildings sustained roof or structural damage. One large barn was completely destroyed, with debris scattered hundreds of yards from its foundation. The tornado moved northeast across the intersection of the Audubon Parkway and Highway 41 on the south side of Henderson. A Kentucky state road maintenance facility at that intersection sustained damage. A salt dome was destroyed, and a radio tower was blown down. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 115 mph. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Corydon | $350,000 | The tornado entered the southwest corner of the county from Union County. Most of the significant damage occurred near Robards, where three mobile homes were destroyed. Several large barns were destroyed. An empty grain silo was damaged. Upwards of 100 trees were down. The damage ended along U.S. Highway 41 near the Pennyrile Parkway at a truck stop. Peak winds were estimated near 110 MPH. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. Two houses were damaged by falling trees, including one in Reed and another in Corydon. About ten streets were blocked by downed trees around the county. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $25,000 | Several trees were reported down in the community of Corydon. A large tree and power lines were down in the community of Smith Mills. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $15,000 | The roof and two chimneys of a house were blown off. The roof was a rubberized roof recently installed after a tornado the previous year. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $10,000 | Several trees and large limbs were blown down in Corydon. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $1,000 | A tree was blocking a road. About 2000 customers were without power in Henderson County. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corydon | $1,000 | A tree was down on Highway 145. |
| September 2024 | Flood | Corydon | - | Minor ponding of water on roads and in fields occurred in Corydon. A nearby station picked up 1.31 inches of rain in 51 minutes. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Corydon | - | Kentucky Highway 136 was closed from the 0 to 6 mile marker due to flooding. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Corydon | - | Numerous roads were flooded and closed, including some main arteries such as U.S. Highway 60 between Corydon and Waverly. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Corydon | - | Scattered thunderstorms developed over western Kentucky during the evening. Extremely cold temperatures aloft caused many of the storms to be accompanied by small hail and even an isolated report of dime-size hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Corydon | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Corydon | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesburg | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Springs | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cairo | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dixie | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Geneva | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Smith Mills | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 5.3 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Corydon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2458260 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 490133. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








