Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1880.
The Concord post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Concord’s history is told.
Peaked at 318 in 1920; 150 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Concord’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Concord yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Concord is a village in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 150 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1849. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 167 to 150 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Concord, cut from the printed page as they were published.
The first year I began my labors in Concord, in making pastoral calls on a particular day, I was invited to drink at every house, or an apology was made for not having any on hand. I assume, that of the eighteen or twenty ministers now in Concord, there is not one who in the last fifteen or twenty years has
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Organization Concord township, although one of the first in the state to change its form of government, was Peter B. Strickler, a veteran of the Civil War, Co. F, 155th Illinois Infantry, who enlisted from Concord township. Was born in Page County, Virginia in 1827. Settled in Concord Township in 1835 and will soon celebrate his ninety-second birthday. He is the oldest living resident of the township and perhaps of the county. He enjoys excellent health and is able
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Concord. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Concord.
The Concord post office opened in 1849, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
