The New International Encyclopædia/Concord (North Carolina)

CONCORD. A city and county-seat of Cabarrus County, N. C., 21 miles northeast of Charlotte; on the Southern Railroad (Map: North Carolina, B 2). It has foundries and machine-shops, and extensive manufactures of cotton. First incorporated in 1793, Concord is governed at present under a charter of 1851, revised in 1891, which provides for a mayor, elected biennially, and a city council. Population, in 1890, 4339; in 1900, 7910.