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Langdon is a city in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Cavalier County.[3] The population was 1,909 at the 2020 census.[4] Langdon was designated as the county seat in 1884 and was incorporated in 1885.
History
A post office has been in operation in Langdon since 1886.[5] The city was named for Robert Bruce Langdon, a politician and railroad official.[6]
On Memorial Day (then called Decoration Day) 1909, a tornado struck on the prairie a mile to a mile and a half southeast of Langdon, then moved seven miles in a northwest direction.[7] The tornado, locally dubbed The Vulcan, killed five people and injured 29.[7] Notably, Mrs. M.L. Sullivan ran for safety but the tornado hit as she arrived at her cellar door.[7] When the winds subsided, she was standing in the cellar with its broken doorknob in her hand.[7] Katie Diamond was lifted above treetops and telephone poles, and then dropped in a yard, virtually unscathed.[7] The tornado destroyed many barns, two elevators, the Great Northern water tank and several feet of railroad track.[7]
In the winter of 1936 Langdon recorded 75 consecutive days with a high temperature below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and 32 consecutive days with a high temperature colder than -20 degrees Fahrenheit.[
Latitude: 000000, Longitude: -98.367778Matches 1 to 2 of 2
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nickeson, James Halbert | 2 Jun 1931 | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I40439 |
| 2 | Watson, Evelyn Blanche | 24 Dec 1908 | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I25412 |
Matches 1 to 4 of 4
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Death |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eagleson, John Boyd | 12 Apr 1951 | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I22151 |
| 2 | Herriot, William John | 31 May 1970 | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23581 |
| 3 | McKitrick, Nellie M. | 2 Jul 1972 | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I31039 |
| 4 | Sykes, Etna Loraine | 16 Apr 1969 | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I40427 |
Matches 1 to 9 of 9
| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Burial |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gjesdal, Selmer Kenneth | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23597 | |
| 2 | Heck, Fred | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23594 | |
| 3 | Heck, William J. | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23595 | |
| 4 | Herriot, Beatrice Irene | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23596 | |
| 5 | Herriot, Nova May | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23593 | |
| 6 | Herriot, William Jr. | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23580 | |
| 7 | Herriot, William John | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23581 | |
| 8 | Smith, Ina Catherine | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23592 | |
| 9 | Sykes, Amanda | Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States | I23579 | |
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