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Welcome to Langford ...

Langford is located in Rankin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Langford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Langford is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Langford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Langford: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Langford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Langford - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ontario, South Dakota, Utah (2) and Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Langford ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rankinchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Langford, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Langford ...

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

  • Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Pearl
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearl is located in Rankin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <4>
  • Madison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brandon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ridgeland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Flowood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Richland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Florence
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Morton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Langford ...

Looking for more information about Langford? 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 Langford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Langford.

Adding Langford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Langford 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 Langford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Langford post office opened in 1892. The Langford post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Langford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Rankin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Langford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Langford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Langford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/