Concord, North Carolina Concord, North Carolina City of Concord Official seal of Concord, North Carolina Location of Concord inside North Carolina Location of Concord inside North Carolina State North Carolina Concord (/ k n.k d/ or / kae.k d/) is a town/city in Cabarrus county, in the U.S.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 79,066, with an estimated populace in 2015 of over 85,000. It is the governmental center of county and the biggest city in Cabarrus County. In terms of population, the town/city of Concord is the second-largest town/city in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area and is the twelfth biggest city in North Carolina. In 2015, Concord was ranked as the town/city with the 16th quickest burgeoning economy in the United States. The town/city was a winner of the All-America City Award in 2004.
Located near the center of Cabarrus County in the Piedmont region, it is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Charlotte center city.
Concord is the home to some of North Carolina's top tourist destinations, including NASCAR's Charlotte Motor Speedway and Concord Mills.
Concord, positioned in today's quickly growing northeast quadrant of the Charlotte urbane area, was first settled about 1750 by German and Scots-Irish immigrants.
By United States standards, Concord is considered an old town, as it was incorporated in 1806.
As county seat, Concord became a center of trade and retail for the cotton-producing region, especially on court days.
Located in the Piedmont, Concord became a site of industrialization with cotton mills in the late 19th century.
Among the owners of the new mills in the region were men of the rising black middle-class in Wilmington, North Carolina, such as W.
Based on richness from cotton as a commodity crop and through textile manufacturing, Concord's white planters and company owners assembled some momentous homes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; they range along North and South Union Street and Edgewood Avenue. Within the North Union Historic District is Memorial Garden.
In addition to the Cabarrus County Courthouse, the Barber-Scotia College, Boger-Hartsell Farm, Mc - Curdy Log House, Mill Hill, North Union Street Historic District, Odell-Locke-Randolph Cotton Mill, Reed Gold Mine, South Union Street Courthouse and Commercial Historic District, South Union Street Historic District, Spears House, Stonewall Jackson Training School Historic District, and Union Street North-Cabarrus Avenue Commercial Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. From the time of incorporation in the late 1700s through the 1970s, Concord's jurisdiction was centered around the downtown area.
Since then, most annexations have taken place west of the center-city region towards Charlotte. Portions of the town/city limit boundary adjoin the Cabarrus/Mecklenburg County line.
Concord is positioned in Cabarrus County at 35 24 16 N 80 36 2 W (35.404340, -80.600474). The town/city is positioned in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, which is characterized by rolling hills and forest.
The town/city has a total region of 60.3 square miles (156.2 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.06%, is water.
Concord is positioned northeast of Charlotte, the biggest city in North Carolina.
Concord is the second-largest town/city in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area.
Several other lesser cities and suburbs are positioned close to Concord, including Kannapolis, China Grove, Landis, Mount Pleasant, Harrisburg, Midland, and Locust.
According to the 2010 Census, Concord's populace is 79,066. Of those persons claiming to be of one race, the ethnic breakdown is 70.4% white, 17.8% black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% Pacific islander, 6.4% of other competitions.
In 2000, the town/city the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 33.6% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
He served five churches from Salisbury to Concord, and later planted twenty congregations and five schools in the greater Concord, Cabarrus, and Rowan county areas. According to the 2000 Religion Report, more than 63% of region residents are affiliated with a small-town theological body . Concord is home to many churches and a Jewish congregation, Temple Or Olam.
Concord has many small businesses but also has a several large employers such as Carolinas Healthcare System, Cabarrus County Schools, Shoe Show, Inc., Celgard LLC, Connextions, Roush Fenway Racing, Sysco Foods, S&D Coffee, and is home to the global headquarters for ACN Inc..
According to the city's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 4 City of Concord 901 Concord is also home to the large retail venue Concord Mills, and Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Concord is the home to Charlotte Motor Speedway, a NASCAR Research and Development Office (which also is the command posts for research for touring and sportscar racing operations), and a several experienced race teams, including Hendrick Motorsports, Roush Fenway Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, and Chip Ganassi Racing.
As a single body, the town/city council holds most of the power in the town/city government.
The council appoints a experienced town/city manager to manage and implement the decisions of the town/city council.
In general, the municipal government structure consists of the mayor, seven town/city council members, and the appointed town/city manager.
Padgett was first propel as mayor in 2001 and has been re-elected since. Hiatt has served as Concord's town/city manager since 1998. The Concord town/city government offers a range of services to its people.
Additional services that the town/city offers are electrical distribution, parks and recreation, stormwater system, transit (streets maintenance and planning), economic development, planning and zoning, improve evolution programs, surroundingal protection, a transit system, and operation of a county-wide airport.
Publicly, the region in Concord is served by the Cabarrus County Schools system. There are 12 elementary schools in Concord, along with 4 middle schools, and 5 high schools.
Local private schools include Cannon School and Concord First Assembly Academy In 2000, Concord's town/city council implemented the "Partnerships for Stronger Neighborhoods" program.
This program is designed to movement the lives of inhabitants in the neighborhoods in the city, increasing the character of both life and affairs for those calling Concord home.
There are presently 45 neighborhoods participating in the program, which contributes to making Concord one of the most sought-after communities for homebuyers in the county-wide real estate market.
The City of Concord provides its neighborhoods with three recreational centers, eight parks, four sport complexes, an aquatics center featuring open swimming and swim lessons, beautiful Lake Fisher, with 3 miles (4.8 km) of lakefront and 534 acres (2.16 km2) providing leisurely boating, fishing, greenways and bike paths.
Concord Regional Airport Interstate 85 links Concord directly to Greensboro and Durham to the northeast and Charlotte, Greenville, and Atlanta to the southwest.
Interstate 85 is being widened to eight lanes (four northbound, four southbound) through the city, with assembly advancing from south to north.
Interstate 485 is positioned southwest of Concord and alongsides the Cabarrus - Mecklenburg County line for a several miles, providing access to the Charlotte area.
US Highway 29 and US Highway 601 travel through Concord en route to other parts of the Carolinas.
Concord has a small-town bus fitness known as CKRider that provides service to Concord and Kannapolis.
There are no passenger stations positioned in Concord, but Amtrak has stations positioned in the adjoining metros/cities of Kannapolis and Charlotte.
Concord Regional Airport (JQF) is an airport publicly owned and directed by the City of Concord. It is designated as a reliever facility for Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT).
Charlotte Douglas provides Concord with a primary domestic/international gateway.
Concord Regional Airport aviation activeness consist of charter airplane , limited commercial flights, flight schools, and private airplane .
Concord has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Charlotte, North Carolina Concord Regional Airport "2015's Cities with the Fastest Growing Economies".
It stands two miles from Concord, North Carolina, in the midst of a plot of about 140 acres of fertile soil.
City of Concord Planning Department Foundations of Lutheranism in North Carolina, North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, 1966 "City of Concord CAFR" (PDF).
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"Concord has new Sister City in Siena, Italy".
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Barbara Shepherd Garrison, A History of the Concord Public Library of Concord, North Carolina.
Clarence E Horton and Kathryn L Bridges, Abstracts from Early Newspapers Published in Concord, North Carolina: 1855-1862.
Concord, NC: Cabarrus Genealogy Society, 2002.
Hunter, Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical: Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln, and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of It Never before Published.
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Concord, North Carolina travel guide from Wikivoyage City of Concord official website State of North Carolina Municipalities and communities of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States
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