Langdon, North Dakota Langdon, North Dakota Location of Langdon, North Dakota Location of Langdon, North Dakota State North Dakota Langdon is a town/city in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States.

It is the governmental center of county of Cavalier County. The populace was 1,878 at the 2010 census. Langdon was designated as the governmental center of county in 1884 and was incorporated in 1885.

A postal service has been in operation in Langdon since 1886. The town/city was titled for Robert Bruce Langdon, a politician and barns official. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.68 square miles (4.35 km2), of which, 1.65 square miles (4.27 km2) is territory and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water. There were 1,057 housing units at an average density of 640.6 per square mile (247.3/km2).

There were 894 homeholds of which 21.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.4% were non-families.

19.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 5.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.9% were from 25 to 44; 28.5% were from 45 to 64; and 28.5% were 65 years of age or older.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,101 citizens , 917 homeholds, and 565 families residing in the city.

There were 1,178 housing units at an average density of 691.4 per square mile (267.5/km ).

There were 917 homeholds out of which 26.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 28.4% who were 65 years of age or older.

Langdon's high school underwent a name change because of encircling schools closing.

The school was retitled "Langdon Area High School" (instead of "Langdon High School") in the fall of 2001.

The mascot of Langdon Area High School is the Cardinal.

Students from Langdon Area Schools perform better than state averages in a several areas.

Since 2005, in all areas where comparable statistics were available, Langdon outperformed state averages from 4.5% to 15.4%. Even with this high achievement, however, the District is not considered by the state to have accomplished Annual Yearly Progress in the 2007-2008 school year.

Additionally, in some areas the 2007-2008 figures represent momentous improvement over those from the 2006-2007 school year, where Landgon underperformed state averages in the key areas of reading (-10.2%) and mathematics (-7.4%) proficiency.

In addition to student academic performance, average daily attendance at Langdon Area Schools is slightly higher than the state average (97.2% versus 96.7%), a general pattern which has held true since at least 2005. United States Enumeration Bureau.

United States Enumeration Bureau.

Climate Summary for Langdon, North Dakota Langdon, North Dakota :community fact survey (1965) from the Digital Horizons website Langdon, North Dakota, diamond jubilee,June 13, 14, and 15, 1888-1963 from the Digital Horizons website Municipalities and communities of Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States State of North Dakota

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Cities in Cavalier County, North Dakota - Cities in North Dakota - County seats in North Dakota - Populated places established in 1884 - 1884 establishments in Dakota Territory