Langston, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Logan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73027. The Survey maps it on the Langston quadrangle. 1,619 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
On record in Langston
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 5 records
- Langston Jaillisted 2025
- Langston University Cottage Row Historic Districtlisted 1999
- Melvin B. Tolson Houselisted 2026
- Morris Houselisted 1994
- Ozark Trails-Indian Meridian Obelisklisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresLangston fell from 1,724 to 1,619 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,724 | |
| 2020 | 1,619 | -105 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Guthrie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Langston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1990 USGS Oklahoma City North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Langston in 2006, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2006 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Pawnee Agency | LANGSTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langston in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Langston | $10,000 | Report that old Hwy 33 and Henney road is washed out. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | $750 | A tree along with some limbs were downed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | Relayed video. Estimated wind gust. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Langston | - | Time based on radar. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | Trees downed in Langston. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Langston | - | Nickel sized hail at OK-33 and Henney Rd. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Langston | - | A brief tornado struck a group of four homes near Langston. All four homes sustained significant damage, including a two story home where the second floor was destroyed. Significant roof damage was noted on the other homes, as well as damage to walls and windows. The tornado caused significant damage to trees and power poles, including several that had been snapped. A few outbuildings and sheds were also heavily damaged at this location. No injuries were reported with the tornado. Damage estimates were not given. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Langston | - | Flash flooding was reported on Highway 33. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Langston | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Langston | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Langston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q534059 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1094506. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





