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History · Concord

Concord’s post office opened in 1858, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1910.

1858first post office
0on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Concord began

When was Concord founded?

1858

The Concord post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 198 in 19102020 census: 126168 years
Founding year: the first Concord post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).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.Boom and bustPeaked at 261 in 1920; 126 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Concord’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Concord’s history is told.

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People over time

Concord, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 261

Peaked at 261 in 1920; 126 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Concord came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Concord.

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In 1878, Swedish immigrants mostly from the Essex, IA area, moved this way after the extension of the railroad from Sioux City. Concord was platted in 1883 soon after the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway was extended to that point. The real reasoning behind its name is unknown. Old Timers said that it was named by a wife of a railroad worker who thought the area was quiet and peaceful. It may also be named after the Battle of Concord of the American Revolutionary War. The wife of the president of the railroad may have named it after a bridge in Massachusetts. Early immigrants of Concord were predominately of Lutheran Religious backgrounds as the Catholics settled in nearby Dixon. The sale of Alcohol has never been permitted in city limits. Farming was the main source of income for many nearby residents, but the town has boasted a lumber yard, barber shop, grocery store, …

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From the old history books

What they wrote about Concord in 1896

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

Concord village contains about 150 inhabitants and has not been incorporated. The two villages. Concord and Dixon, are only two miles apart. Both are good business points.
History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its pioneers, settlement, growth and development, and its present condition--its villages, townships, enterprises and leading citizens, together with portraits and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men, inci1896 · page 264Read the page →
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Concord village contains about 150 inhabitants and has not been incorporated. The two villages. Concord and Dixon, are only two miles apart. Both are good business points.

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As heretofore mentioned, two ambitious towns had been started near the mouth of Lime Creek in the northwestern part of that which afterwards became Dixon County. One of those towns, Concord, had a store, post office, a saw mill and four houses, and the other. North Bend, had a mill and a few houses…
History of Dixon County, Nebraska. Its pioneers, settlement, growth and development, and its present condition--its villages, townships, enterprises and leading citizens, together with portraits and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men, inci1896 · page 35Read the page →
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As heretofore mentioned, two ambitious towns had been started near the mouth of Lime Creek in the northwestern part of that which afterwards became Dixon County. One of those towns, Concord, had a store, post office, a saw mill and four houses, and the other. North Bend, had a mill and a few houses, and in size and population about equalled Concord. Concord and North Bend were less than a mile apart and much rivalry existed between them. In the summer of

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

Timeline

Concord, 1858 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Concord post office opens
  3. 1859Post officeThe Concord post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Concord post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 261
  7. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Concord, decade by decade

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On the map

Concord on the map, 1967 to 1986

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 1967 USGS mapConcord on the 1986 USGS map1967Concord 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.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Concord had its own post office from 1858 to 1859.

Concord
1858–1859
Concord
1884–today
18501940today
Gone or out of use
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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 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

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 (2), Wikipedia, 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.