Corydon Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania

Corydon Township
Township

Former location of Corydon Township in modern-day Warren County

Location of Warren County in Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°47′0″N 79°1′0″W / 41.78333°N 79.01667°WCoordinates: 41°47′0″N 79°1′0″W / 41.78333°N 79.01667°W
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Warren
Settled 1827
Time zone EST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 814

Corydon Township is a defunct township in Warren County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The township was merged in 1964 into Mead Township.

History

Warren County was formed on March 12, 1800 out of Allegheny County, with the original township of Brokenstraw being formed in that October from everything in the county west of the Allegheny River and Conewango Creek; Conewango Township was formed in March 1808 and consisted of the unincorporated eastern half of Warren County.[1] On March 26, 1846, a portion of Corydon Township in McKean County was set off for Warren County.[2][3]

Construction of the Kinzua Dam caused the resulting Allegheny Reservoir to submerge the majority of the communities in Corydon Township. The township was merged into Mead Township in 1964.[4]

Geography

Corydon Township was located on a strip of land in the extreme northeastern corner of Warren County, and was bounded Cattaraugus County, New York on the north; McKean County on the east and south; and the Allegheny River on the west.[5]

References

  1. Schenk, p. 259.
  2. Hottenstein, p. 127.
  3. Schenck, p. 266.
  4. Hoover, William N (2006). Kinzua: From Cornplanter to the Corps. Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse. p. 12. ISBN 0-595-82483-8.
  5. Schenck, p. 559.

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