Corydon Township is a defunct

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in Warren County,

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in the

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. The township was merged in 1964 into Mead Township.

History

Warren County was formed on March 12, 1800 out of

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, with the original township of Brokenstraw being formed in that October from everything in the county west of the

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and

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; Conewango Township was formed in March 1808 and consisted of the unincorporated eastern half of Warren County. On March 26, 1846, a portion of Corydon Township in McKean County was set off for Warren County.Hottenstein, p. 127.Schenck, p. 266. Philip Tome, a native of Dauphin County, was the first settler in Corydon in 1827 and for many years was interpreter for Seneca chiefs

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and

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. The Buffalo, New York, and Philadelphia Railroad opened in 1882 and brought growth to the community, bringing in stores, a hotel, a stave-mill, a pulp company, a spoke factory, a handle factory, a saw mill, a shingle mill, and various other industries. Population of (West) Corydon peaked in 1900; while it received a modest boost in population in the 1890s, it did not experience the massive boom and bust that its neighboring townships along the Allegheny did. It was in a state of persistent decline through the first half of the 20th century and had already shrunk to less than a third of its peak by 1960. Construction of the

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caused the resulting

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to submerge the remaining communities in Corydon Township. The little remaining land that remained above water was annexed to Mead Township in 1964.

Geography

Corydon Township was located on a strip of land in the extreme northeastern corner of Warren County, and was bounded by the Town of South Valley,

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on the north; (East) Corydon in McKean County on the east, Kinzua Township to the south; and the Allegheny River on the west.Schenck, p. 559. A ferry service (Webb's Ferry) connected Corydon with Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania across the river. The ferry's western terminus in Elk Township remains in use, maintained by the

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* * {{Warren County, Pennsylvania Populated places established in 1827 Townships in Warren County, Pennsylvania Former townships in Pennsylvania 1827 establishments in Pennsylvania 1964 disestablishments in Pennsylvania