History of West Concord
Numbers to Know
West Concord Fire Department/First Responders Non-Emergency 507-527-2176 Triton Elementary School 507-418-7500 Triton Middle School 507-418-7510 Organized in 1884 along the path of Triton High School 507-418-7520 the new railroad line, the village of West Municipal Liquor Store 507-527-2469 Concord gets its name from the nearby Park & Recreation 507-527-2668 town of Concord. Many businesses and Police Department 507-527-2870 homes were built in the early days as Post Office 507-527-2776 the town grew. Building materials were Public Library 507-527-2031 plentiful and there were many good Public Works 507-527-2668 jobs. Swimming Pool 507-527-2935 The town outgrew several smaller schoolhouses and voters eventually West Concord Utilities & Services approved a bond for construction Cable TV, Internet, Phone money to build a brick school building. Frontier Communications 800-921-8101 Completed in 1902, with additions built MediaCom 800-790-8187 in 1914 and 1936, the school still stands Municipal Utilities 507-527-2668 and is now the West Concord Historical (Electric, Water & Sewer –billed by the Society Museum. The gymnasium and city of West Concord) stage section, which were built with the Natural Gas- Minnesota Energy assistance of a Federal grant and WPA Resources workers, are now the West Concord 800-889-9508 Community Center. By 1991 the West Garbage & Recycling – Concord School District combined Skjeveland Enterprises 507-528-9900 with Dodge Center and Claremont to (Friday pickup) become the new Triton School District. West Concord had a large stock Government pavilion which opened in 1919 on the City Hall: 180 E. Main St., West Concord north side of Main Street. According to 507-527-2668 accounts, it sold 110 head of registered www.westconcordmn.com Holsteins for a total of $42,655. Dairy Mayor: Jeffrey McCool, 507-527-2668, and farming were big business for wcmayor@yahoo.com the area, and it was known to sell and City Administrator: Theresa Booms ship dairy cattle both nationally and internationally. Page 35 | Kenyon Community Guide 2021
