Longdale

History

The town was named for Lucious Walter Long, the husband of Carrie M. Millerman, who had obtained a homestead in the Cheyenne-Arapaho Opening of April 19, 1892. The two married and made her homestead the town site. They donated on the north side of their property to the Union Real Estate and Townsite Company, while retaining the southern side themselves, which they divided into residential and commercial lots. The Longs wanted to name their new community Longview, but agreed to change to Longdale to avoid confusion with the already existing community of Fairview. Historians have sometimes confused Longdale with Cainville. The latter was north of Longdale, and already had a post office, where the residents of Longdale could receive their mail. The Cainville post office was discontinued and moved to Longdale on November 28, 1903, with Robert L. Eaton as the new postmaster. On October 23, 1903, G. W. published the first edition of his newspaper, the Longdale Register. The Longs already had sold part of their property to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, which finally reached Longdale on June 10, 1905. Carrie Millerman became the first teacher when a school opened November 30, 1894, in a temporary location north of Longdale. A new school building opened in Longdale on November 5, 1906, replacing the temporary facility. By the first census in 1910, Longdale had a population of 296.

Geography

Longdale is located north of Canton Lake on State Highway 58. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  194
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  174
• American Coot

  Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  171
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  170
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  154
• Double-crested Cormorant

  Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) · Aves
  136
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  136
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  128

Largest nearby schools

• CANTON ES
  Elementary · Canton · 251 students · 10:1 ratio
• CANTON HS
  High · Canton · 97 students · 6.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.57 — 2026-09-14
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• M 2.56 — 2026-02-21
  8 km ENE of Calumet, Oklahoma