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History · Langston

Langston’s history is
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The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Langston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
8recent photos

The story

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Langston was settled in the 1810s, and was initially known as "Coffeetown" after the Coffee brothers, who were among the early settlers. A post office was established in 1845 with Langston Coffee as the first postmaster. In 1869, most of Coffeetown's residents moved to Texas, and the following year, James Morgan sold lots for the creation of a new town. The new town was named "Langston" after Langston Coffee.

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Timeline

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1930s2 items · Post OfficeCommons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Langston’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPost Office, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Langston

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JCJohn Allen ChauScottsboro · 7 miAngela LittleAngela LittleAlbertville · 21 miPhilip OberPhilip OberFort Payne · 24 miTCThomas H. CookFort Payne · 24 miKatherine StinsonKatherine StinsonFort Payne · 24 miTim FlockTim FlockFort Payne · 24 mi
By decade

Langston, decade by decade

1930s2 items
Post OfficeCommonsPost Office1937Post OfficeCommonsPost Office1937
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today8 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Langston is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Langston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School in Grant, 9.2 miles away.

Langston and the nearest listed places

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Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution SchoolCollege Hill Historic DistrictBrown-Proctor HousePublic Square Historic DistrictScottsboro Memphis and Charleston Railroad DepotAlbert G. Henry Jr. House

Closest to Langston

Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution SchoolGrant · Built 19249.2miCollege Hill Historic DistrictScottsboro · Vernacular9.4miBrown-Proctor HouseScottsboro · Building9.4miPublic Square Historic DistrictScottsboro · Neo-Classical9.5miScottsboro Memphis and Charleston Railroad DepotScottsboro · Building9.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Langston?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Langston’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

2 places, years apart
Langston-old-post-office-alPost Office⇆ 1937 · Commons2017 · Commons
Post Office, 80 years apartDrag to compare · matched automatically from the two captions

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Section📜 Scottsboro📜 Grant📜 Powell

From Wikimedia Commons (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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