Langdon, Missouri

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Langdon is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located about six miles southwest of Rock Port. Its post office has closed and mail is now delivered through Fairfax.

History

Langdon was laid out in 1880 [2] along the main line of the Burlington Railroad. [3] The community was named after John Langdon, a railroad official. [4] A post office called Langdon was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1979. [5] The population was about 30 in 1915. [3]

The Thompson–Campbell Farmstead, the original settlement of Langdon, [3] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Langdon, Missouri
  2. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  203.
  3. 1 2 3 Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 334.
  4. ↑ "Atchison County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

40°21′23″N95°34′47″W / 40.35639°N 95.57972°W / 40.35639; -95.57972


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