Large farms were centered on the Tennessee River, and relied on a nearby settlement, Campbell's Station (modern Farragut), for trade and other urban needs.

Nelson and Knoxville attorney Oliver Perry Temple, both Union supporters, delivered anti-secession speeches before hostile crowds at Concord.

During this time supplies were appropriated from several area farms including Callaway's Landing[10] and the Pleasant Forest Cumberland Presbyterian Church one mile north of Concord was dismantled.

Quarries in the Louisville and Friendsville area, on the south side of the river, shipped Tennessee marble to Concord to take advantage of the town's rail connections.

None of the buildings associated with the marble industry in Concord remain today; many were flooded when Fort Loudon Lake was impounded.

Tennessee marble, crushed limestone, lime, logs, and farm produce were gathered at its public dock.

Kingston Pike was the main east–west road out of Knoxville from the early 19th century until Interstate 40/75 was completed through the area in the 1960s.

[4] In the early 20th century, the town had grown to include several general stores, a brickyard, lime kiln, inn, a saloon, two livery stables, an undertaking establishment, two flour mills, a railroad depot, private schools, a bank, a post office, an ice cream parlor, a drug store, specialty shops, a barber shop and churches.

Portions of the railroad were relocated to higher adjacent ground and continued to carry freight, but did not provide passenger service.

Since then, residential development and land subdivision has continued apace, transforming Concord and its environs into an affluent urban community that has left behind much of its rural roots.