7 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 10 buildings. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1911 on, and the census since 1850.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1830.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives New Concord’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, New Concord is more historic than 95% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its age lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of New Concord’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so New Concord’s 60.2 sits above most of its state (90% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 16 historic buildings outnumber those of 78% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.5 points). Two sources give 1828.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about New Concord’s past
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New Concord was laid out in 1828 when the National Road was extended to that point. In 1837, almost ten years later, Muskingum University was founded with its first class graduating in 1839. A post office named New Concord has been in operation since 1832. As U.S. Route 40 was a large connector for trade, New Concord became a stopping place for those who came through until bypassed by Interstate 70 in the 1960s and 1970s.
Passages that mention New Concord, cut from the printed page as they were published.
1794. History of Muskingum County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent men and pioneers1882 · page 419Read the page →
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New Concord United Presbyterian Church was originally known as "Crooked Creek Church," the first meeting-house being situated about one mile southwest of the village of New Concord. It was connected with what was then known as the Associate Reformed Church. Tradition savs that the first Associate Reformed preaching in this county was in Judge Findley's
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Biographical and historical memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio1892 · page 302Read the page →
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10th day of November he was installed. His labors with this church terminated October 25, 1874. Rev. Faris Brown became stated supply of the churches of New Concord and Norwich, September 10, 1875, and November 21, 1876, he was installed pastor of these churches, which relation still continues. In the year 1872, a new site having been obtained in the village of
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Biographical and historical memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio1892 · page 414Read the page →
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He has held nearly all the offices in the town of New Concord, mayor, member of council, clerk of board of education and member of said board for a number of years. The Doctor was united in marriage March 7, 1869, to Miss Belle Y. Miller, a daughter of James A. and Ellen (Cresswell) Miller.
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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
New Concord, decade by decade
2 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
In 1828, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. New Concord’s post office opened in 1830, and the census of 1850 counted 337 people here.
How does New Concord rank for history?
New Concord is more historic than 95% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in New Concord?
7 listings: 5 buildings, 1 historic district, the Muskingum College Campus Historic District, with 10 contributing buildings, and 1 structure. 16 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in New Concord?
36% of New Concord’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1960.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (7), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System, Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress) 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.
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