Editing Concord, Vermont

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'''Concord''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Essex County, Vermont|Essex County]], [[Vermont]], United States. The population was 1,141 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US5000915250| title=Census - Geography Profile: Concord town, Essex County, Vermont| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> It is part of the [[Berlin, New Hampshire|Berlin]], [[New Hampshire|NH]] [[Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area|&ndash;VT Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
[[File:Grist Mill, Concord, Vt.GIF|thumb|left| Grist Mill on Moose River, 1906]]
Concord was chartered on September 15, 1780, to Reuben Jones and others from [[Rockingham, Vermont]]. Concord was first settled by Simon Willard, a [[fur trade]]r, and two other men. It gets its name from [[Concord, Massachusetts]].

==Geography==
Concord is the southernmost town in Essex County. It is bordered to the west by three towns in [[Caledonia County, Vermont|Caledonia County]]: [[Waterford, Vermont|Waterford]] to the southwest, [[St. Johnsbury, Vermont|St. Johnsbury]] at the westernmost point of Concord, and [[Kirby, Vermont|Kirby]] to the northwest. The Essex County towns of [[Victory, Vermont|Victory]] and [[Lunenburg, Vermont|Lunenburg]] are to the north and east, respectively. The southern edge of the town borders the [[Connecticut River]], which forms the state boundary with [[New Hampshire]]. To the southeast is the town of [[Dalton, New Hampshire|Dalton]] in [[Coos County, New Hampshire]], and to the south is the town of [[Littleton, New Hampshire|Littleton]] in [[Grafton County, New Hampshire]]. There are no crossings of the Connecticut River from Concord.

The town includes the settlement of [[Concord (CDP), Vermont|Concord]] in the west, North Concord in the north, Miles Pond in the east, East Concord in the southeast, and Concord Corner in the southwest. [[U.S. Route 2]] crosses the town from east to west, connecting [[Lancaster, New Hampshire]], with St. Johnsbury.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|138.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|132.9|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|5.7|km2|order=flip}}, or 4.10%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US5000915250| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Concord town, Essex County, Vermont| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=April 5, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213125212/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US5000915250| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> Much of the water surface is in the Connecticut River impoundment of [[Moore Reservoir]]. Miles Pond, in the eastern part of town, is the next largest water body, and Shadow Lake is in the southwest.

==Demographics==
[[File:Concordvttownhall.jpg|thumb|left| Concord townhall, 1877]]
{{US Census population
|1790= 49
|1800= 322
|1810= 677
|1820= 806
|1830= 1031
|1840= 1024
|1850= 1153
|1860= 1291
|1870= 1276
|1880= 1612
|1890= 1425
|1900= 1129
|1910= 1080
|1920= 1102
|1930= 1043
|1940= 923
|1950= 979
|1960= 956
|1970= 896
|1980= 1125
|1990= 1093
|2000= 1196
|2010= 1235
|2020= 1141
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 16, 2015 }}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,196 people, 467 households, and 318 families living in the town.  The population density was {{convert|23.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 763 housing units at an average density of {{convert|14.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 97.24% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.92% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.59% from two or more races.
There were 467 households, out of which 69% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.9% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.0 males.

The median income for a family was $38,264. Males had a median income of $28,322 versus $19,471 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,173.  About 7.5% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Concord has run a K–8 school since the high school closed in 2015. Concord was the location of the country's first [[normal school]], founded in 1823 by [[Samuel Read Hall]].

==See also==

* [[Concord, Ontario]] – named associated to settler Hiram White, who was born in Concord, Vermont in 1788 and arrived in [[Vaughan, Ontario]] in 1818 and died there in 1859.

==References==

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==External links==
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* [http://www.concordvt.us/ Town of Concord official website]
* [https://vtliving.com/towns/concord/ Concord, VT - Vermont Living]
* [http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/concord.html#about History of Concord]

{{Geographic location
 |Centre    = Concord
 |North     = [[Victory, Vermont|Victory]]
 |Northeast = [[Lunenburg, Vermont|Lunenburg]]
 |East      = [[Lunenburg, Vermont|Lunenburg]]
 |Southeast = [[Dalton, New Hampshire]]
 |South     = [[Littleton, New Hampshire]]
 |Southwest = [[Waterford, Vermont|Waterford]]
 |West      = [[St. Johnsbury, Vermont|St. Johnsbury]]
 |Northwest = [[Kirby, Vermont|Kirby]]
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[[Category:Concord, Vermont| ]]
[[Category:Towns in Vermont]]
[[Category:Berlin, New Hampshire micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Vermont populated places on the Connecticut River]]
[[Category:Towns in Essex County, Vermont]]