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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>.

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.<3> In other words, the elevation 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).

The Area Code where Longs was located: 575

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)
  • 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 <4>
  • Causey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Rogers is located in Roosevelt County
  • Arch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
    • Arch is located in Roosevelt County
  • 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)
  • Milnesand
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Bledsoe
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 <4>

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.<5>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Longs.

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 Longs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Roosevelt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Longs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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