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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Concord. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Concord to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Concord, please Contact Us.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Concord is historic, it would have been located within present day Cape Girardeau County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cape Girardeau County: Alexander (IL), Union (IL), Bollinger, Perry, Scott & Stoddard.
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:
- Cape Girardeau County (The home county of Concord)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Pocahontas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shawneetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Daisy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Old Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Leemon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Millersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friedheim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burfordville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Cape Girardeau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bollinger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Sedgewickville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Seopus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Patton Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Laflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Lutesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Grassy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grassy is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Marquand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marquand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Cornwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cornwall is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Frohna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Brazeau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Altenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Biehle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Longtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Farrar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farrar is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Millheim
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Perryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sereno
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sereno is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sereno
- McBride
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McBride is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Sainte Genevieve County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Minnith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Minnith is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnith
- Saint Mary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Ozora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ozora is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozora
- Womack
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Womack is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Scott City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chaffee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kelso
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Caney Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- New Hamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Commerce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Oran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Painton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Advance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- East Cape Girardeau
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- McClure
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Diswood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Elco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olive Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tamms
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <2>
- Jackson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Grand Tower
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pomona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Degognia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Degognia is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degognia
- Murphysboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Makanda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ava
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ava is located in Jackson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ava
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ava <2>
- Oraville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Carbondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Rockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Leanderville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Leanderville is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leanderville
- Menard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Hill is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Hill
- Welge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Welge is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Union County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Wolf Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Reynoldsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Alto Pass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Jonesboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Anna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anna <2>
- Cobden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Water Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Water Valley is located in Union County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Dongola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Concord - one of the links might be able to help.
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.
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clippard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Apple Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fulbright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Byrd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sides Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Byrd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Darby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (364 more) ...
- New Salem UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Salem UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Daisy.
- The New Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987831 <3>
- Old Caney Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mayfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.
While we didn't find Concord in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Concord.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shawneetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Fruitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- New Wells ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Wells is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wells
- Daisy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Old Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Leemon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Arnsberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arnsberg is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnsberg
- Kurreville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kurreville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurreville
- Millersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Friedheim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oriole
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
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 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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Concord.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Concord, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Concord.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bollinger County
- Madison County
- Perry County
- Sainte Genevieve County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Jackson County
- Randolph County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Concord) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |