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History · Concord

Concord dates to 1827, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Strickland, R. F., Company. Its Register listing is the Strickland, R. F., Company. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1890.

1827founded
1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Concord began

When was Concord founded?

1827

Concord dates its founding to 1827 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1890.

First census: 360 in 18902020 census: 378199 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1870.The full story ↓

What stands out about Concord’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Concord are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1827: 199 years of Concord.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Concord’s history is told.

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Timeline

Concord, 1827 to 1971

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1827
    FoundingConcord is established
  3. 1870Post officeThe Concord post office opens
  4. 1880Born hereClifton Mathews is born here
  5. 1891Born hereGoat Cochran is born here
  6. 20th century
  7. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story

How Concord came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Concord.

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In 1827, Concord was established as a trading post on Whiteoak Creek, serving as a major stop on the stagecoach line between Atlanta and Columbus, and also an important hub for cotton farmers in the region. It was originally incorporated in 1832, but because of the civil war, many of its citizens left the town.

The Georgia General Assembly reincorporated the place in 1887 as the "Town of Concord". The community took its name from the Concord Primitive Baptist Church, which stood at the site since the early 1840s.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Concord, decade by decade

Today10 recent
Old Drug Store2017Old Drug StoreFirst Bank of Pike2017First Bank of PikeDiamond Brand2017Diamond BrandConcord Water Tower2017Concord Water TowerConcord Trail2017Concord TrailConcord Post Office2017Concord Post OfficeConcord City Hall, Georgia2017Concord City Hall, GeorgiaConcord Cafe2017Concord CafeR. F. Strickland Company2014R. F. Strickland CompanyGAMap-doton-Concord2005GAMap-doton-Concord
On the map

Concord on the map in 1971

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Concord.

Concord on the 1971 USGS map1971Concord sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Concord.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Concord

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Strickland, R. F., Company
Strickland, R. F., Company
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Twentieth Century Commercial1
Strickland, R. F., CompanyTwentieth Century Commercial

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Concord, census by census

01002003004005001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 450

Between 211 and 450 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Concord’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Concord

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Clifton MathewsUnited States federal judge · b. 1880
G
Goat CochranAmerican baseball player · b. 1891
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

HilltopIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Concord’s history

What year was Concord founded?

In 1827, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Concord’s post office opened in 1870, and the census of 1890 counted 360 people here.

What is on the National Register in Concord?

One place: the Strickland, R. F., Company (listed 1982).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (10), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.