Here in Concord, Massachusetts, we have to fight the popular notion that our town is somehow the center of the known universe. Concord-lovers harbor in their bosoms thoughts like, "What is so unique, so unusual, so special as this place? How rare that makes this spot!"
Knowing that there are 73 other towns in the United States named "Concord" hopefully does something to dispel the idea of our rarity. And that doesn't count any places named "Concord Something-or-Other" (another 31 in all), like Concord Heights (2) or Concord Hills (2). Nor does that include any which are "Something-or-Other Concord" (another 13 in all), like North Concord (2) or New Concord (3).
Seventy-three other towns named Concord in the US. Do you realize, given that there are 50 states, this means that some have more than one Concord? In fact, some states have far more than what may be their fair share of Concords. In the list below (generated from Heavens Above and sorted by an algorithm beyond our comprehension), you will notice that Texas has no fewer than SEVEN towns named "Concord" -- one each in seven counties. Surely, this overexposure cheapens the value of our Concord stock considerably.
Seven Concord, Texas's: that's what we call SPECIAL -- any state can have just ONE. Think of the chaos they create. We can imagine a Twilight Zone episode where some poor slob travels from one Concord, Texas to another hoping someday to reach the right one, but becoming more confused and psychotic at each stop.
And Texas isn't alone - there seem to be plenty of Concord's to go around. For example, there are 5 in Alabama, 4 in Kentucky, and 2 each in Georgia and Arkansas. We haven't checked this out yet, but we have a theory that all of the multiple Concord-containing states are south of the Mason-Dixon line. What this means is anyone's guess.
Shockingly, there are some states which don't have ANY towns named "Concord" -- a rarity if ever there was one. For example, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Nevada never got on the Concord bandwagon. Sure, Delaware has both Concord Hills and Concord Manor, but that's not quite the same now, is it?
Ok, ok...so Concord, Massachusetts was possibly the FIRST Concord in the United States. Oh, how we do looooove it when we are first at something...ANYTHING. Perhaps that makes us the center of the known CONCORD universe. Ah, yes: we probably have our own universe -- that does seem about right.
