Welcome to The Town of Concord! Concord is a tranquil community located in the middle of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Concord was founded in 1635 and is famous for its roles in the American Revolutionary War with the Battle of Lexington and Concord, which took
place in Concord when residents from Concord and other surrounding towns repelled an attack by the British at the Old North Bridge. Concord is
also famous for its literary history. Esteemed writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau penned many
of their masterpieces while living here in Concord.
CONCORD MA TOWN INFORMATION:
- Distance to Boston is: 25 miles
- Estimated population: 17,668
- Total Area: 25.9 Square Miles
- Zip Code: 01742
- Concord Has a quaint town center with lots of shops and restaurants and attracts tourists from all over the world
- Commuter rail service to Boston’s North Station is provided by the MBTA with two stops in Concord on its Fitchburg Line. Yankee Lines provides a commuter bus service to Copley Square in Boston from Concord Center
- Concord borders Lincoln, Sudbury, Maynard, Acton, Carlisle, Bedford
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SCHOOLS IN CONCORD MA:
The Concord Public School System serves 3406 students and consists of the following five schools: 3 Elementary Schools serving grades K-5, One Middle School serving grades 6-8, One High School serving grades 9-12.
- Concord/Carlisle High: grades 9-12 Student Population: (1228) Spending Per Pupil ($20,525)
- Concord Spending Per Pupil: 2022 ($18,881) versus National Average ($11,392)
- Percent to Graduate High School: (98%)
- Percent to attend College (89%)
FUN FACTS ABOUT CONCORD MA:
- In 1849, Ephraim Bull developed the Concord grape at his home on Lexington Road in Concord. Welch’s, the fruit juice company, maintains a small headquarters there
- The area was originally known as “Musketaquid”, an Algonquian word for “grassy plain” to reflect the area’s low-lying marshes. Native Americans cultivated corn crops there and the rivers were rich with fish.
CONCORD MA POINTS OF INTEREST AND USEFUL LINKS:
- Concord Official Website
- The Concord Life
- Public School System Site
- Concord Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Merrimack Valley Chamb of Com
- Concord Museum
- Hotels in Concord
- National Park Service
- Thoreau Institute
- Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House– Home of Louisa May Alcot
- Walden Pond-335 acres of protected open space, Henry David Thoreau lived on the pond between 1845-1847
- Weather
- Restaurants
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