Corydon Democrat

{{Short description|Newspaper in Corydon, Indiana, US}}

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| format = Broadsheet

| owner = O'Bannon Publishing Company Inc.

| founder = Simeon K. Wolfe

| publisher = Paxton Media Group

| president = Jamie Paxton

| editor = Morgan Jemtrud

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1856}}

| political = Democratic

| language = English

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| publishing_city = Corydon, Indiana, U.S.

| publishing_country = United States of America

| circulation = 6,250

| readership = Corydon, IN

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| oclc = 11010941

| website = {{URL|https://www.madisoncourier.com/corydon_democrat/|Newspaper website}}

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The Corydon Democrat is a community newspaper in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, U.S., which has approximately 6,250 copies in circulation.{{Cite web|url=https://mondotimes.com/|title=Find News Media Worldwide - MondoTimes.com|website=mondotimes.com|access-date=2019-12-10}} It is published every Wednesday{{Cite web|url=http://www.corydondemocrat.com/|title=The Corydon Democrat|website=www.corydondemocrat.com|access-date=2019-12-10}} by the O’Bannon Publishing Company, and has been family-owned since 1963.{{Cite book|title=Indiana Newspaper Bibliography|last=Miller|first=John W.|publisher=Indiana Historical Society|year=1982|isbn=|location=Indianapolis|pages=}}

Frank O'Bannon served as the 47th Governor of Indiana and worked for the newspaper. He also served the Corydon community as chairman of the O’Bannon Publishing Company before taking the political stage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/|title=IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sports|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}}

The Battle of Corydon, the only American Civil War battle fought on Indiana soil, was reported by editor Simeon K. Wolfe in the July 14, 1863 edition of the Corydon Weekly Democrat.{{Cite web|url=http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/metsnav3/general/index.html#mets=http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/general/mets/VAA3736-1993-07&page=16|title=METSNavigator|website=webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu|access-date=2019-12-10}}

The Corydon Democrat holds the historical record for the Harrison County Fair, specified by the Harrison County Fair Office. This fair has been held for over 150 years, since 1860, making it the oldest county fair in the state of Indiana to be continuously held in the same location, the Harrison County Fairgrounds.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harrisoncountyfair.com/about.html|title=History of the Harriosn County Fair {{!}} Corydon, Indiana|website=www.harrisoncountyfair.com|access-date=2019-12-10}}