Langdon is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Atchison County, Missouri Atchison County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,305. Its county seat is Rock Port. It was originally known as Allen County when it was detached from Holt ...

, United States. It is located about six miles southwest of Rock Port. Its post office has closed and mail is now delivered through Fairfax.

History

Langdon was laid out in 1880 along the main line of the

Burlington Railroad The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado ...

. The community was named after John Langdon, a railroad official. A post office called Langdon was established in 1880, and remained in operation until 1979. The population was about 30 in 1915. The

Thompson–Campbell Farmstead Thompson–Campbell Farmstead, also known as the Philip Austin and Susan Buckham Thompson Farmstead, is a historic home and farm located near Langdon, Atchison County, Missouri. The farmhouse was built in 1871, and is a -story, Italianate style ...

, the original settlement of Langdon, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 2003.

References

Unincorporated communities in Atchison County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{AtchisonCountyMO-geo-stub