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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Concord (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Concord. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Concord is located in Jackson County.

To see how the shape of Michigan's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Lenawee, Livingston & Washtenaw.

Below are the counties that are near Concord. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Concord:

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Concord)
  • Branch County
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Albion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Homer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Marengo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rice Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Duck Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Marshall is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,923 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <1>
    • Tekonsha
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Burlington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Burlington is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
    • Ceresco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceresco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceresco
      • Ceresco is located in Calhoun County
    • Pennfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beadle Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Brownlee Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee Park
      • Brownlee Park is located in Calhoun County
    • Battle Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Eaton County
  • Hillsdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Mosherville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosherville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
      • Mosherville is located in Hillsdale County
    • Litchfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
      • Litchfield is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Litchfield <1>
    • Moscow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jonesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
      • Jonesville is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <1>
    • Jerome
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerome have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
      • Jerome is located in Hillsdale County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jerome <1>
    • Somerset Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • North Adams
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Adams have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
      • North Adams is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
    • Allen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Allen is located in Hillsdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
    • Somerset
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Osseo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Steamburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Locust Corners
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Ingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Onondaga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Leslie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Leslie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leslie
      • North Leslie is located in Ingham County
    • Bunker Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bunker Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
      • Bunker Hill is located in Ingham County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bunker Hill
      • From Concord to Bunker Hill
    • Fitchburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mason
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
      • Mason is located in Ingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <1>
    • Stockbridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenawee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Cement City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Addison Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Addison
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Addison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
      • Addison is located in Lenawee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addison <1>
    • Devils Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Manitou Beach
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cambridge Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Manitou Beach - Devils Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Rollin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollin
      • Rollin is located in Lenawee County
    • Hudson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Onsted
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onsted have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onsted
      • Onsted is located in Lenawee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 947 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onsted <1>
    • Clayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Lenawee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
  • Washtenaw County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Concord, see our County-by-County Page for Concord.

Cemeteries Near Concord ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Concord.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Concord covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.

  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maple Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Concord Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pulaski Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pulaski Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Luttenton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Luttenton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Luttenton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woodiff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodiff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodiff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leidley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leidley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leidley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bayn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bayn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • South Albion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Albion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Albion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fisher Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fisher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McNair Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McNair Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McNair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spring Arbor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Arbor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Arbor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Buck Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (337 more) ...
    • Perry - Graham Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perry - Graham Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perry - Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Horton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Horton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Parma Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parma Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Concord had a population of 580 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Concord had a population of 1,031 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.

  • Pulaski
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pulaski have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
    • Pulaski is located in Jackson County
  • Spring Arbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Horton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Parma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 731 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <1>
  • Hanover
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanover <1>
  • Albion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Condit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Condit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condit
    • Condit is located in Calhoun County
  • Homer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Sandstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Litchfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
    • Litchfield is located in Hillsdale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Litchfield <1>
  • Devereaux
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Clarendon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarendon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Clarendon is located in Calhoun County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Moscow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • South Jackson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Eckford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckford
      • Eckford is located in Calhoun County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Concord. See our List of 1890's Communities around Concord.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Concord ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Concord.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Concord. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Concord and those printed in the larger area surrounding Concord.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5> of Concord.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Concord:

The official website for Concord: www.villageofconcordmi.com/

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Concord, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Concord) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Concord. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1780, Longitude: -84.6450    









 

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