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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 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 Gibson County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gibson County: Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Madison & Weakley.

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:

  • Gibson County     (The home county of Concord)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Union Central
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Union Central is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
    • Whitway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Milan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bradford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ledbetter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
      • Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
    • Trenton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gibson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Graball
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Graball is located in Gibson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
    • Four Points
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sitka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Medina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Carroll County
  • Crockett County
  • Dyer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Tatumville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Churchton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Churchton is located in Dyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
    • Tigrett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Trimble
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Trimble is located in Dyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
    • Newbern
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bishop
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Bruceville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
    • Fowlkes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Meacham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Haywood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Owl City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Owl City is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
    • Bradford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bradford is located in Haywood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
    • Wellwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Allens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • McHaney ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • McHaney is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHaney
    • Atkins ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Atkins is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
      • Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
    • Union Cross
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Cross is located in Henderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,666 people
    • White Fern
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkers Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Henry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Henry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Haglerville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Haglerville is located in Henry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
  • Madison County
  • Obion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord, with the one closest to Concord listed first.
    • Kenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Obion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Obion is located in Obion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
    • Rives
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • McConnell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Troy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Troy is located in Obion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
  • Weakley 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.

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.

  • Davidson Chapel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Vaughns Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitehall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Martin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harpers Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Concord Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Olivers Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cloverdale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (563 more) ...
    • Pratt Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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.<2>

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.

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 73 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 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Concord) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.