Langdon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Langdon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first post office in Langdon was established in 1873. Langdon was named for a local businessman.
In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Langdon to Pratt. In 1888, this line was extended to Liberal. Later, it was extended to Tucumcari, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. It foreclosed in 1891 and taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Langdon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Langdon’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFMIB 35464 Preparing fish for Shi…, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Langdon
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Langdon, decade by decade
1960s
1990s
Nothing in Langdon is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Langdon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sylvia Rural High School in Sylvia, 8.6 miles away.
Langdon and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as FMIB 35464 Preparing fish for Shipment (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.