Longtown, Missouri

Longtown, Missouri
Village
Longtown, Missouri from Highway 61
Location of Longtown, Missouri
Coordinates: 37°40′12″N 89°46′25″W / 37.67000°N 89.77361°W / 37.67000; -89.77361Coordinates: 37°40′12″N 89°46′25″W / 37.67000°N 89.77361°W / 37.67000; -89.77361
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Perry
Township	Union
Area
• Total	0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)
• Land	0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	646 ft (197 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	102
• Estimate (2016)	101
• Density	780/sq mi (300/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	63775
Area code(s)	573
FIPS code	29-43940
GNIS feature ID	1699793

Longtown is a village in Union Township in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States. The population was 102 at the 2010 census.

Some of the earliest Europeans to put down roots in the area were English and Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlers from Rowan, Iredell, Cabarrus, and Mecklenburg counties in North Carolina who settled to the south in Brazeau in 1817. Soon after, in 1821, they were followed by English and Scotch-Irish Methodists also hailing from North Carolina, settling in the present area of Longtown. Among the earliest families were the Abernathys, Farrars, and Rutledgers. These settlers were part of a large exodus from the Piedmont region of North Carolina following the War of 1812. In 1826 these settlers built their first log meeting house which was replaced with York Chapel Methodist church in 1836.

The settlement was initially known as the “Abernathy Settlement”, although at this point the settlement could not be considered an organized community, as the population lay scattered on farms in the surrounding area. Emil Urban and Oliver Abernathy were the first merchants in the settlement. By 1860 a core community had formed along the King’s Road (French: Le Chemin du Roi, Spanish: El Camino Real), known today as King’s Highway, but also known then as the Perryville-Jackson Road.