Langston

History

Langston was founded on April 22, 1890, by Edward P. McCabe, a Black American political figure from Kansas. McCabe helped lead a migration of black settlers from southern U.S. states who hoped to escape discrimination by creating a majority-black state in what was then the Territory of Oklahoma.{{efn|McCabe founded of the Langston City Herald newspaper in October 1890.{{efn|The townsite was actually owned by a white man, Charles Robbins, who surveyed and filed a plat in 1891. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture asserts that the two men collaborated in promoting the town. Langston was an all black town, one of fifty identifiable black towns and settlements created in Oklahoma between 1865 and 1920. By 1891, Langston had a population of 200, which included a preacher, doctor, and schoolteacher. By 1892, the town had 25 businesses, with a bank and a public school. A Roman Catholic mission was established in 1893 by Bishop Theophile Meerschaert and the Benedictine Sisters. The town had a telephone system in service in 1895. In 1897, the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature passed a law creating the Colored Agricultural and Normal University at Langston (which later became Langston University).

Geography

Langston is northeast of Guthrie, the Logan County seat, on State Highway 33. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• GUTHRIE HS
  High · Guthrie · 1,025 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• GUTHRIE JHS
  Middle · Guthrie · 496 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• GUTHRIE UPPER ES
  Middle · Guthrie · 467 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• FOGARTY ES
  Elementary · Guthrie · 438 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• CENTRAL ES
  Elementary · Guthrie · 278 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• eSCHOOL VIRTUAL CHARTER HS
  High · Guthrie · 272 students · 34:1 ratio
• COYLE ES
  Elementary · Coyle · 244 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• eSCHOOL VIRTUAL CHARTER ES
  Elementary · Guthrie · 184 students · 18.4:1 ratio