Welcome to Longs ...

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

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

Longs would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Longs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Longs is 4,210 feet [1,283 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Longs is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Longs was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Longs (for example, toward Sudan (TX)), you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Longs still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Longs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Longs - they are located in Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington.

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

Communities near Longs ...

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

• Portales
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales
  • Portales is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,487 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portales <5>
• Dora
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
  • Dora is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <5>
• Causey
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Causey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Causey
  • Causey is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Causey <5>
• Stegall
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
  • Stegall is located in Bailey County (TX)
• Maple
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Maple is located in Bailey County (TX)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple <5>
• Milnesand
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesand
  • Milnesand is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnesand <5>
• Bledsoe
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bledsoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
  • Bledsoe is located in Cochran County (TX)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bledsoe <5>
• Elida
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
  • Elida is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elida <5>
• Enochs
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enochs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochs
  • Enochs is located in Bailey County (TX)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enochs <5>
• Floyd
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <5>

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 Longs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Longs.

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

Adding Longs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Longs 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 Longs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Longs post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Longs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Roosevelt County: www.rooseveltcounty.com/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/