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History · Concord

Concord’s post office opened in 1834, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1981 on, and the census since 1870.

1834first post office
0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Concord began

When was Concord founded?

1834

The Concord post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 228 in 18702020 census: 19192 years
Founding year: the first Concord post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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 writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Concord’s homes were built before 1946.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Concord.
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Start Concord’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Concord’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Concord, in brief

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 home rule-class city in Lewis County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 19 at the 2020 census, making it the least populated city in Kentucky after South Park View dissolved in 2023. It is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1834. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 35 to 19 (-46%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Concord in 1912

Passages that mention Concord, cut from the printed page as they were published.

line. For this purpose James Hannah, John McDaniel, and Pleasant M. Savage were appointed commissioners. Also for the improvement of the road to Concord from Barton Lee's to the town of Concord. Joseph Cox and Samuel Stevenson were appointed commis-
History of Lewis County, Kentucky1912 · page 149Read the page →
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line. For this purpose James Hannah, John McDaniel, and Pleasant M. Savage were appointed commissioners. Also for the improvement of the road to Concord from Barton Lee's to the town of Concord. Joseph Cox and Samuel Stevenson were appointed commis-

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History of Leivis County, Kentucky 31 S At this court an excellent plat of the town of Concord was presented to the court and was recorded in the order book. It shows all the streets and alleys as first laid out. Water Street and the lots in front of it, and also about onethird of the width of thos…
History of Lewis County, Kentucky1912 · page 313Read the page →
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History of Leivis County, Kentucky 31 S At this court an excellent plat of the town of Concord was presented to the court and was recorded in the order book. It shows all the streets and alleys as first laid out. Water Street and the lots in front of it, and also about onethird of the width of those back of it, are now gone down the Ohio River. The next street

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

By decade

Concord, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
25 years in the poultry yard;Date?25 years in the poultry yard;Book
On the map

Concord on the map, 1981 to 1995

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Concord. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Concord on the 1981 USGS mapConcord on the 1995 USGS map1981Concord 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.

People over time

Concord, census by census

010020018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 228

Between 19 and 228 people in every census since 1870.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Concord

Nobody well known was born in Concord itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Rosemary ClooneyAmerican singer and actress · b. 1928
Nick ClooneyAmerican journalist, anchorman, and television … · b. 1934
Darius MillerAmerican basketball player · b. 1990
Steve StiversU.S. Representative from Ohio · b. 1965
Augustus E. WillsonAmerican politician · b. 1846
Lorimer JohnstonAmerican silent film actor and director · b. 1858
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Concord’s post office has been open since 1834.

Gone or out of use
Concord Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Concord’s history

What year was Concord founded?

The Concord post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (1), 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.