Concord

About Concord

Concord () is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2020 census, the town population was 18,491. It contains the census-designated place of West Concord. The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston. The town center is near where the Sudbury and Assabet rivers join to form the Concord River.

The town was established in 1635 by a group of English settlers as the first inland colonial settlement in New England. By 1775, the population had grown to 1,400.

As dissension between colonists in North America and the British crown intensified, 700 troops were sent to confiscate militia ordnance stored at Concord on April 19, 1775. The ensuing conflict, the battles of Lexington and Concord, were the incidents (including the shot heard round the world) which triggered the American Revolutionary War.

A rich literary community developed in Concord during the mid-19th century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson's circle included Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott and Henry David Thoreau. Major works written in Concord during this period include Alcott's novel Little Women, Emerson's essay Self-Reliance, and Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience. In this era, the now-ubiquitous Concord grape was developed in Concord by Ephraim Wales Bull. Until 2025, major grape juice producer Welch's was headquartered there.

In the 20th century, Concord developed into an affluent Boston suburb and tourist destination, drawing visitors to the Old North Bridge, Orchard House and Walden Pond. The town retains its literary culture and is home to notable authors, including Doris Kearns Goodwin, Alan Lightman and Gregory Maguire. Concord is also notable for its progressive and environmentalist politics, becoming in 2012 the first community in the United States to ban single-serving PET bottles.

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Living in Concord

Median household income

$195,350

Median home value

$1,210,000

Median rent

$2,631/mo

Median age

47.6

Map of Concord

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Concord, MA population

Concord had 18,491 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Concord at a glance

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Towns near Concord

• West Concord2.1 mi W
• Lincoln3.8 mi SE
• Acton4.0 mi W
• Hanscom AFB4.4 mi E
• Bedford4.9 mi NE
• Carlisle5.1 mi N
• Maynard5.3 mi SW
• Sudbury6.2 mi SW
• Lexington7.0 mi E
• Wayland7.1 mi S
• Littleton Common7.4 mi NW
• Weston7.8 mi SE

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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