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Welcome to Langdondale ...

Langdondale is located in Bedford County<1>.

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

Langdondale is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Langdondale: 814 & 582<3>

Websites for Langdondale ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bedfordcountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Langdondale ...

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

  • Bedford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Roaring Spring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Everett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Todd
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McConnellsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Broad Top City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
  • Three Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Saltillo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodbury
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Langdondale ...

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

Adding Langdondale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Langdondale post office opened in 1892. The Langdondale post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Langdondale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Langdondale - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Langdondale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Langdondale 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/