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Welcome to the Langston Home page. The Langston Home page provides as much information as possible on Langston. Knowing Langston’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Langston’s Home page, you will also find Langston’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Langston has a population of 1432. 42.6% of Langston’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.4 are female. 7.4% of Langston is married and 50.6% own their own home. Household median income in Langston is $25,341, and the individual median income is $4,858. Langston’s Ethnic is the following: Black(79.7%), White(14.9%), Hispanic(4.6%), Multiple(2.4%), Other(1.5%), Asian(0.8%), Native(0.6%).


Langston was founded on April 22, 1890, by Edward P. McCabe, an African-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. He named the town for John Mercer Langston, a black member of the 51st United States Congress from Virginia.


McCabe used traveling salesmen and African-American newspapers to advertise lots for sale in Langston, and the deeds which accompanied the sale of these lots stipulated that their re-sale could only be to other African-Americans.Langston was an all black town, one of fifty identifiable black towns and settlements created in Oklahoma between 1865 to 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 Rev. 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).


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