On Nov. 11, 1871 a group gathered to organize a Baptist Church.
In Dec. 1871 the church proceeded to choose by ballot a name for the church which resulted in "Concord"
You can read more about this organization in the book "Blest Be The Tie That Binds" A History of Concord Community,
Church and Cemetery compiled and documented from church records, by Melba Schochler, Elda Parrish and Estelle Mahan.
This book is in the Palestine Library and a copy is online, see the navagation to the left.