Talk:Concord, Massachusetts

Battle

Concord,Massachusetts- 2nd battle of the American revolution.73 British Killed 200 wounded or missing. U.S victory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.2.208.174 (talk) 23:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Removed "Unsourced" tag

The history section was recently tagged for lacking sources. Over the last week or so, I have added a substantial number of sources to this section, in addition to adding more material. I removed the tag today because I feel it is no longer necessary. Thanks to Dalmatian Mommy for appropriately tagging this section, which motivated me to source the article! Venicemenace 18:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Is there a better way to say this?

This article starts out with, "Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature. The Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Concord (MCI-CONCORD), a level 4 medium security state prison, is located in Concord."

Surely, if the prison must be mentioned, there is a place to do so than in such a prominent spot in the article, and right after noting the town's roles in history and literature! Surely there are other prominent locations within the town that could be mentioned here! Jimtrue (talk) 18:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Population figures correct?

I was surprised that I couldn't find Concord in any of several US Census Bureau tables from the 2000 census, nor from the estimated population survey that came out more recently. The Census Bureau nows about a WEST Concord (population 5642 in Y2000), but not Concord.

I went and looked at a map of the area, and West Concord looks like a bigger place than Concord; Concord looks like a pretty small place. So.... where did the figure of 17,000 come from? Where did any of the demographic information come from? ducky / webfoot dot com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.46.22.214 (talk) 19:46, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

West Concord may be bigger than Concord in terms of area, but not in terms of population density. It is a Census-designated place, not a town proper -- it is part of the Town of Concord.

Demographic data for the Town of Concord (aka Concord town) from the 2000 census is available here. Venicemenace (talk) 15:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Much of this type of data is written by people not familiar with the concept of the New England town. Concord is a town. West Concord is a section of the town of Concord. If you ask someone from West Concord where he lives, he will answer simply "Concord." No one in the Boston area thinks of Concord as a section of a town. They think of it as the whole town. BTW, I didn't know the name of the section of the suburban Boston town I grew up in, until I was 15 years old. I knew the name of the town when I was 5. Bostoner (talk) 02:36, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

To further clarify: a New England town is the smallest political unit of the state, what would be called a "township" elsewhere in the US. A town might contain several populated places (villages or hamlets), but the people pay their taxes to the town, make decisions as a town, elect a single mayor or town council. A larger town might have several schools, but they are controlled by the town's one school board. --ABehrens (talk) 05:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)