Concord is the county chair and largest city in Cabarrus County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. At 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 city of Concord is the second-largest city in the Charlotte metropolitan area and is the 10th most populous city in North Carolina and 287th most populous city in the U.S.

The city was a winner of the All-America City Award in 2004. Located near the middle of Cabarrus County in the Piedmont region, it is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Uptown Charlotte. Concord is the house to some of North Carolina’s top tourist destinations, including NASCAR’s Charlotte Motor Speedway and Concord Mills.

Concord, located in today’s quickly growing northeast quadrant of the Charlotte metropolitan area, was first fixed about 1750 by German and Scots-Irish immigrants. The pronounce Concord means “to bring into harmony”. This reveal was prearranged after a lengthy dispute amid the German Lutherans and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians exceeding where the county chair should be located. Concord is considered a relatively obsolescent town by US standards, as it was incorporated in 1806. Today, markers identifying the native town limits can be seen in the downtown area.

As county seat, Concord became a middle of trade and retail for the cotton-producing region, especially upon court days. The downtown would be crowded when farmers and townfolk, in auxiliary to lawyers and their clients. During the antebellum era, wealth was built by planters through the cultivation of cotton as a commodity crop; the take action was the end by enslaved African Americans.