Editing Corydon, Indiana (section)

===Post-capital period===
After the seat of state government moved to Indianapolis in 1825, Corydon continued its role as the seat of county government and a market town for the surrounding agricultural area.<ref name=SHAARD2>{{cite web |url=https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html |title=Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) |publisher=Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology |format=Searchable database |access-date=April 1, 2016}} Includes {{cite web |url=https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/202b8/N/Corydon_HD_Boundary_Increase_Harrison_CO_Nom.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Corydon Historic District (Boundary Increase) |access-date=April 1, 2016 |author=Mary Ellen Gadsky |date=June 1988}}</ref> In 1826 a new County Clerk's office was constructed which remained the principal county office until 1848.<ref name="Griffin, p. 18"/> During the early days of the town, Big Indian Creek and Little Indian Creek were both used for drinking water, bathing, and sewage, which resulted in a [[cholera]] outbreak in 1832. Following the outbreak, the town only used the creeks for bathing and multiple wells were dug for drinking water.<ref name="Griffin, p. 15"/> In 1836, the town began spreading gravel on the roads, which had been dirt roads before.<ref name="Griffin, p. 23">Griffin, p. 23</ref>

During 1848, a new two-story federal style brick office building was constructed on the east side of the county courthouse. This second office building remained in use until 1881.<ref name="Griffin, p. 19">Griffin, p. 19</ref> On September 11–14, 1860, the first annual county fair was held on Corydon's {{convert|36|acre|ha|adj=on}} fairgrounds. It has been an annual event since 1860, making it the longest consecutive-running annual county fair in the state.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clarionnews.net/Articles-News-i-2013-07-10-226220.114125-154th-Harrison-County-Fair-begins-Sunday.html |title=154th Harrison County Fair begins Sunday |newspaper=Clarion News |date=July 10, 2013 |access-date=October 24, 2014}} See also {{cite web |url=http://www.corydondemocrat.com/Articles-News-i-2012-08-07-225097.114125-Fair-abuzz-with-activities.html |title=Fair A-Buzz With Activities |author=Alan Stewart |work=The Corydon Democrat}}</ref> The fairgrounds, established in the southwest corner of town, are bordered on the south and west by a large ridge that served as a natural grandstand until the first grandstand was built, circa 1910.<ref>Works Projects Administration, Federal Writers' Project, p. 184.</ref>