Concord, Delaware

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Concord, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°38′31″N75°33′19″W / 38.64194°N 75.55528°W / 38.64194; -75.55528
Country United States
State Delaware
County Sussex
Elevation
26 ft (8 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 302
GNIS feature ID [1]

Concord is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Concord is located along Delaware Route 20, east of Seaford.

Concord, Sussex County, Delaware should not be confused with Concord, New Castle County, Delaware; the latter is a populated place located in Wilmington, bordering the northern edge of the city along Delaware Route 202. [2]

History

Concord originally had several bog-iron furnaces in the area in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. [3] The Pine Grove Furnace Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [4]

Concord's population was 300 in 1890, [5] 269 in 1900, [6] 315 in 1925, [7] and 400 in 1960. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Concord". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Based on location designated in the OpenStreetMap resource; see node 158618495.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The ocean highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. American Guide Series. New York: Modern Age Books. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  4. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ Cram, George Franklin (1890). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. p. 356.
  6. ↑ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. p. 84.
  7. ↑ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 175.
  8. ↑ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. D. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 88.


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