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New Concord is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in Calloway County,
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
, United States.


History

On March 2, 1836, a post office was opened at the site and named Humility, Kentucky. Settlers from
Concord, North Carolina Concord is the county seat and largest city in Cabarrus County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 105,186, with an estimated population in 2021 of 107,697. In terms of population, the cit ...
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 Concord is a home rule-class city in Lewis County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 35 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Concord is located in northwestern Lewis County ...
in Lewis County. It was incorporated with the name New Concord in 1868. Fort Heiman, a Confederate gun emplacement constructed during the
Battle of Fort Henry The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. On February 4 a ...
, is one and a half miles southeast of the community and is part of
Fort Donelson National Battlefield Fort Donelson National Battlefield preserves Fort Donelson and Fort Heiman, two sites of the American Civil War Forts Henry and Donelson Campaign, in which Union Army Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant and Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote captured t ...
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Unincorporated communities in Calloway County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{CallowayCountyKY-geo-stub