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We would like to provide the residents of  Corydon  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Corydon Home page. The Corydon Home page provides as much information as possible on Corydon. Knowing Corydon’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Corydon’s Home page, you will also find Corydon’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Corydon has a population of 1659. 46.3% of Corydon’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.7 are female. 48.8% of Corydon is married and 68% own their own home. The Average Home price is $78,123, and the average rent is $614. Household median income in Corydon is $46,316, and the individual median income is $27,120. Corydon’s Ethnic is the following: White(94%), Hispanic(4.6%), Multiple(2.8%), Other(2.1%), Black(0.7%), Asian(0.3%).


Corydon is a city in Wayne County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,526 in the 2020 census, a decline from 1,591 in 2000. It is the county seat of Wayne County.The town was laid out and platted in 1851 and later that year designated as the county seat. The town was named by county judge Seth Anderson after his old home town of Corydon, Indiana.Corydon is the hometown of Olympic gold medalist George Saling.


Saling won the 110 meter hurdles in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a time of 14.6 seconds.The school district's sports complex bears his name, Saling Sports Complex, and the annual George Saling Race is part of the community's Old Settler's Celebration held the second weekend in August.


Each year, Wayne Community High School's class reunions are held during the Old Settler's Celebration while the majority of former students are in town visiting relatives and friends.


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