Welcome to Langsdale ...
Langsdale is located in Clarke County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Langsdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.
Langsdale is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Langsdale lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Langsdale: 601 & 769<3>
Communities near Langsdale ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Langsdale.
- Waynesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesboro
- Waynesboro is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,866 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynesboro <5>
- Quitman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <5>
- Silas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silas
- Silas is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silas <5>
- Shubuta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Gilbertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertown
- Gilbertown is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbertown <5>
- Toxey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Needham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Junction City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Melvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Emory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Langsdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Langsdale.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Langsdale. 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 Langsdale.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Langsdale. See our Newspapers Page for Langsdale.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Langsdale ...
Looking for more information about Langsdale? 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 Langsdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Langsdale.
Adding Langsdale to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Langsdale 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 for Langsdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Langsdale post office opened in 1895.
We also found Langsdale on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Langsdale.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Langsdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Clarke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Langsdale - 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 Langsdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Langsdale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |