Langford was surveyed and a plat of 190 acres completed on July 1, 1886, on the same day the railroad reached there.
By July 10 quite a number of buildings were rapidly approaching completion. John A. Edmonds of Andover had a large shanty hauled to Langford and put in a stock of hardware to become Langford's first business. In the early 1900's there were three general stores, a flour mill, creamery, seven elevators, two lumber yards, a livery stable, a race track, two blacksmith shops, two banks, two drug stores, two undertakers, a jewelry store, millinery store, barber shop, meat market, two restaurants, hotel, a doctor and a dentist.
Langford was booming in the mid-1920's, but when the depression hit in the 30's many citizens moved away and Langford reverted to the town system of government when her population dropped below 500.
Today Langford's population stands at 298.
More information on early Langford times which was probably written about the time the railroad arrived.
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