Home Page for Roadside Thoughts
Bookmark and Share Community
Index
State
Index
Province
Index
County
Index
State
Quarters
  Sitemap
   Home >> New Hampshire >> Merrimack County >> Concord >> Profile 
 
Custom Search

       
 
 

Concord, New Hampshire

<< Columbia Valley
(Coos County)
Concord Heights
(Merrimack County)
>>
Summary Community
Profile
Nearby Census Misc. Interactive
Map

Open an interactive map for Concord and the surrounding area.

Current Weather
 
 

The city of Concord is located in Merrimack County. It is the county seat and the capital of New Hampshire.

Concord is 90 feet [27.43 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Concord lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Concord can be found in:

 AlabamaMissouri
 ArkansasNebraska (historic<2>)
 CaliforniaNew York
 DelawareNorth Carolina
 FloridaNova Scotia
 GeorgiaOhio
 IdahoOntario
 IllinoisOregon
 IndianaPennsylvania
 KentuckySouth Carolina
 LouisianaTennessee
 MarylandTexas
 MassachusettsVermont
 MichiganVirginia
 MinnesotaWest Virginia
 MississippiWisconsin

At the time of the 2000 Census, Concord had a population of 40,687 people<3> (or 29.77% of the total population of Merrimack County). The population of Concord represented 3.29% of the total of New Hampshire, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Concord had a population of 42,255 people. This is an increase of 3.85% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Concord.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200842,255+3.85%-0.12% since 2007
200742,305+3.98%+0.21% since 2006
200642,217+3.76%+0.41% since 2005
200542,043+3.33% 
---   
200040,687The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Allenstown   SE10 mi [16.09 km]4,9231.65% increase
 Belmont   N17 mi [27.36 km]7,1366.25% increase
 Bow   S6 mi [9.66 km]8,07713.15% increase
 Franklin   N16 mi [25.75 km]8,7133.66% increase
 Goffstown   S14 mi [22.53 km]17,5673.77% increase
 Hooksett   SE12 mi [19.31 km]13,78317.59% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Concord.

Websites for Concord

Official Website:   www.ci.concord.nh.us/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.concordnhchamber.com/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Concord or Merrimack County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Concord. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



Other Roadside Stops

About New Hampshire
About Merrimack County
Find a Community within New Hampshire

Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Concord:

Flickr.com
Panoramio.com

Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Concord? Please visit the Map Page for Concord.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Concord - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

- Return to Citation

<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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Concord, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

- Return to Citation

<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Concord.

- Return to Citation

<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Concord and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

- Return to Citation

<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

- Return to Citation



 
 
 
   
 
Custom Search
 
 

Home
Page
Sitemap Privacy
Statement
Terms
of Use
Feedback
 

Please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write. Click here to contact us.

Copyright for RoadsideThoughts, Manta BlueSky
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2009