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Was the town named after the lighthouse keeper James Langlois?

April 26, 2017KEEPER Lighthouse named town

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Was the town named after the lighthouse keeper James Langlois?

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— No. When it came time to bring a post office to the area of Dairyville, the petition for Dairyville was rejected to avoid confusion with Dayville. (Dayville is located in eastern Oregon near John Day) A.J. Thrift and Frank Langlois (brother of James) decided to call the town Langlois. The Langlois family arrived in Oregon’s Willamette Valley with the earliest pioneers. By 1854, the family migrated to Curry County. William and Mary’s son Thomas Orford, is believed to be the first pioneer child born in the area. William, the patriarch of the family was born in England. Post Office: April 14, 1881, multiple locations.