Welcome to Langley ...

So far, we found very little information about Langley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Langley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Langley, please Contact Us.

Langley would have been located within present day Attala County<2>.

The location of Langley has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Langley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Langley is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Langley was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Langley once stood is in the (662) area code.

Communities Also Named Langley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Langley - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, Illinois, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Langley.

Communities near Langley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Langley.

• Kosciusko
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosciusko
  • Kosciusko is located in Attala County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,615 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosciusko <5>
• Vaiden
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vaiden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaiden
  • Vaiden is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vaiden <5>
• Kilmichael
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
  • Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
• Weir
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
  • Weir is located in Choctaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <5>
• Ethel
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel is located in Attala County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
• French Camp
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Camp
  • French Camp is located in Choctaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Camp <5>
• West
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
  • West is located in Holmes County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West <5>
• Sallis
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sallis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sallis
  • Sallis is located in Attala County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sallis <5>
• McCool
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
  • McCool is located in Attala County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
• Hesterville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
  • Hesterville is located in Attala County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Langley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Langley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Langley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Langley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Langley. See our Newspapers Page for Langley.

Adding Langley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Langley in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Langley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Langley post office opened in 1901.

We also found Langley on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Langley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/