Langdon is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada under the jurisdiction of Rocky View County. It previously held village status between August 31, 1907, and January 1, 1946. Langdon is located east of the City of

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at the intersection of Highway 560 (Glenmore Trail) and Highway 797, approximately south of the Trans Canada Highway and north of Highway 22X. It has an elevation of . The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 6 and in the federal riding of Bow River. The hamlet is represented in federal government by Member of Parliament Martin Shields and in municipal government by Councillor Al Schule.

History

Langdon was named for R.B. Langdon of Langdon & Shepard, a

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subcontracting firm who built a section of the line just east of

. He was born in Vermont in 1826 and worked on the railroad lines within at least ten US states, notably the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad in 1858. Langdon served as a state senator in Minnesota from 1873 to 1881. The nearby Shepard station was named for his partner. Langdon was one of two people to turn the first sod in the settlement in 1882. A year later, a railway station was set up in a boxcar and named after him. A post office was established on January 1, 1890, and a telegraph office in 1899. Langdon incorporated as a village on August 31, 1907. It subsequently dissolved on January 1, 1946, to become part of the

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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Langdon had a population of 5,497 living in 1,759 of its 1,792 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 5,305. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The population of Langdon according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 5,364, a 9.5% increase from its 2013 municipal census population count of 4,897.

Attractions

Langdon is home to the Boulder Creek Golf Course.

Education

Langdon School provides education to students in kindergarten through grade 9. Sarah Thompson School provides education to students from K-5.

References

*Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). ''Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta'', University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.

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