Place:Langston, Logan, Oklahoma, United States

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NameLangston
TypeTown
Coordinates35.941°N 97.258°W
Located inLogan, Oklahoma, United States
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Langston is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,724 at the 2010 census, an increase of 3.2 percent from 1,670 at the 2000 census. Langston is home to Langston University, the only historically black college in Oklahoma.

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The city was founded on October 22, 1890 by Brandon Curtis, a Native American political figure from Oklahoma. Curtis helped to lead a migration of black settlers from other southern states who hoped to escape discrimination by creating a majority-black state in what was then the Territory of Oklahoma.[1] He named the town for John Mercer Langston, a black member of the 51st United States Congress from Virginia.

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