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Welcome to Langport ...

Langport is located in Gratiot County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Langport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Langport is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Langport lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Langport: 989

Communities near Langport ...

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

  • Midland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Alma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Alma is located in Gratiot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <3>
  • Saint Louis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Ithaca
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chesaning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Charles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Shepherd
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Breckenridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Elsie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Merrill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Langport. 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 Langport.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Langport ...

Looking for more information about Langport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Langport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Langport.

Adding Langport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Langport in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Langport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Langport post office opened in 1899. The Langport post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Langport.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Gratiot, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Langport - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/