Texas Historical Marker

Former Townsite of Concord

Loeb · Hardin County · placed 1970

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Hardin County, Texas

The story

First town in Hardin County. Established in 1858 at a strategic crossing from Beaumont to points north. Original name was Benton.

Rapidly became a thriving steamboat port and reached a population of about 300, but declined in the 1880s with coming of the railroad.

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