Concord, Massachusetts

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county seat municipality town

Concord, Massachusetts is a historic New England town best known as the site of the opening battles of the American Revolutionary War and as a center of 19th-century American literature and transcendentalism.

Aliases (4)

Concord, Massachusetts, United States ×9
Concord ×3
Town of Concord ×2
town of Concord, Massachusetts ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county seat → municipality → town →
associatedMovement	American Transcendentalist movement →
associatedWith	American Revolutionary War → American literary history → Transcendentalism →
associatedWork	Little Women → Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) → Walden →
climateType	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
crossedBy	Assabet River → Concord River → Sudbury River →
dateOfEvent	1775-04-19 →
distanceToBoston	approximately 20 miles west-northwest →
foundedBy	English colonists →
foundedIn	1635 →
governedBy	Select board form of government →
hasAreaCode	351 → 978 →
hasHistoricDistrict	Barrett Farm Historic District → Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District →
hasHistoricSignificance	center of 19th-century American literature → center of American transcendentalism → site of early battles of the American Revolutionary War →
hasLandmark	Concord Museum → Emerson House → Minute Man National Historical Park → Old North Bridge → Orchard House → Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Concord, Massachusetts) → The Old Manse → The Wayside → Walden Pond →
hasNotableResident	Bronson Alcott → Henry David Thoreau → Louisa May Alcott → Margaret Fuller (frequent visitor and associate) → Nathaniel Hawthorne → Ralph Waldo Emerson →
hasPostalCode	01742 →
locatedIn	Massachusetts → Middlesex County, Massachusetts →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedNear	Boston, Massachusetts →
namedAfter	concept of concord (harmony) →
partOf	New England →
siteOf	Battle of Concord → North Bridge skirmish →

Referenced by (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Meriam’s Corner → Minute Man National Historical Park ("town of Concord, Massachusetts") → North Bridge → North Bridge Visitor Center → North Bridge monument in Concord → Old North Bridge → Walden Pond State Reservation → West Concord →	locatedIn
Daniel Chester French → Edward Waldo Emerson ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") → James Barrett → Louisa May Alcott → Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") → Ralph Waldo Emerson ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") →	residence
Battles of Lexington and Concord → The Minute Man → The Wayside →	location
Edward Waldo Emerson ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") → Elizabeth Parris → Ralph Waldo Emerson ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfDeath
Massachusetts → Middlesex County, Massachusetts →	contains
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge → Minute Man National Historical Park →	nearestCity
Route 2 (Massachusetts) → Route 2 (Massachusetts) →	passesThrough
James Barrett → John Pitcairn →	placeOfActivity
Alfred W. McCoy → Edward Waldo Emerson ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Daniel Chester French → Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") →	workLocation
Lincoln, Massachusetts →	adjacentTo
Concord River →	associatedWith
Henry David Thoreau ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") →	birthPlace
Lincoln, Massachusetts →	borders
Transcendentalism →	centeredIn
Battle Road Trail →	connects
Concord Turnpike →	connectsTo
Henry David Thoreau ("Concord, Massachusetts, United States") →	deathPlace
Concord River →	flowsThrough
Patriots’ Day →	hasMainCelebrationLocation
MBTA Fitchburg Line ("Concord") →	hasStation
Lexington, Massachusetts →	locatedNear
Francis Smith →	locationOfActivity
Concord Turnpike →	namedAfter
Hartwell Tavern →	near
Walden Pond State Reservation →	nearbyCity
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States ("Town of Concord") →	ownedBy
Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) ("Town of Concord") →	owner
Henry David Thoreau →	residedIn
MBTA Fitchburg Line ("Concord") →	serves
West Concord →	servesCommunity
Walden; or, Life in the Woods →	setting
Little Women (1994 film) →	settingLocation
West Concord ("Concord") →	town