The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Some of the earliest Europeans to put down roots in the area were English and Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlers from Rowan, Iredell, Cabarrus, and Mecklenburg counties in North Carolina who settled to the south in Brazeau in 1817. Soon after, in 1821, they were followed by English and Scotch-Irish Methodists also hailing from North Carolina, settling in the present area of Longtown. Among the earliest families were the Abernathys, Farrars, and Rutledgers. These settlers were part of a large exodus from the Piedmont region of North Carolina following the War of 1812. In 1826 these settlers built their first log meeting house which was replaced with York Chapel Methodist church in 1836.
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Start Longtown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Longtown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Longtown, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Longtown is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Longtown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Eggers and Company General Store in Longtown, 5.2 miles away.
Longtown and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.