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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Langdon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Langdon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Langdon, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Langdon (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Langdon. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Langdon is historic, it would have been located within present day Cherokee County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cherokee County: Calhoun, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Chattooga (GA), Floyd (GA) & Polk (GA).
Below are the counties that are near Langdon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Langdon:
- Chambers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Penton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Penton is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Clackville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clackville is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clackville
- Red Level
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Red Level is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level
- Doublehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Stroud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Abanda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abanda is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanda
- LaFayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Blackman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Standing Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Motley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Motley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Cragford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Lineville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Barfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Harkins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Hale County
- Erie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- The Bottle
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Gwen Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roxana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Blanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blanton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Auburn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chewacla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Loachapoka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Peavy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- Roanoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wadley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Almond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Almond is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Rock Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Malone Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- High Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Wedowee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ofelia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Rockdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Frog Eye
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Truett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Dudleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Daviston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Matilda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
- Emuckfaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Slaughters ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughters is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Camp Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Site
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
- Goldville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Dadeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- Jacksons' Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harris County (GA)
- Pine Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Heard County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Glenn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Houston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Frolona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frolona is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Riverside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Ephesus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Troup County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Abbottsford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- West Lake Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- North West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North West Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwell Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sunny Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- LaGrange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Graysons Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- Asta Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Langdon, see our County-by-County Page for Langdon.
Cemeteries Near Langdon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Langdon.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Langdon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Langdon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Chappell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hill - Thompson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sharps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tatum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Rock Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Milltown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Higgins Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Finney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (418 more) ...
- Sanders Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Langdon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Langdon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Langdon, with the one closest to Langdon listed first.
- Chapel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Milltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Marcoot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marcoot is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcoot
- Buffalo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Bosworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
- Stroud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Doublehead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- LaFayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Denver is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Louina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louina is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louina
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dudleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Blackman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackman is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman
- Finley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Finley is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Langdon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Langdon.
Newspapers Published in Langdon ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Langdon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Langdon, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Langdon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Langdon:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Hale County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Troup County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Langdon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Langdon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |