New Concord is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States.

New Concord, Kentucky
New Concord is located in Kentucky
New Concord
New Concord
Location within the state of Kentucky
New Concord is located in the United States
New Concord
New Concord
New Concord (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°32′54″N 88°9′17″W / 36.54833°N 88.15472°W / 36.54833; -88.15472
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCalloway
Elevation
413 ft (126 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
42076
Area code270
GNIS feature ID499305[1]

History

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On March 2, 1836,[2] a post office was opened at the site and named Humility, Kentucky. Settlers from Concord, North Carolina came to the area in the late 1830s and renamed it Concord. The post office was renamed New Concord in 1861 because there was already a Concord, Kentucky in Lewis County.[3] It was incorporated with the name New Concord in 1868.[4]

Fort Heiman, a Confederate gun emplacement constructed during the Battle of Fort Henry, is one and a half miles southeast of the community and is part of Fort Donelson National Battlefield.

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Concord, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Postal history – Postmaster Finder". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 212. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 109.