THE LONGTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Canadian Hills setting.
Longtown CDP has 26.1 square miles of land in Pittsburg County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Canadian Hills, within Arkansas Valley.
The Arkansas Valley mixes forested ridges with broader valleys. Its terrain is less rugged than the Boston and Ouachita mountains that border it, but more varied than neighboring plains.
Regional context: Arkansas Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Longtown and Pittsburg County
Longtown is associated with Pittsburg County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Longtown by land and water
The Census records 9.63 square miles of water within Longtown, or 26.9% of its total area. It is 21.7 percentage points higher than the 5.3% recorded for Pittsburg County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Longtown CDP has 16.7 times the land area of nearby Carlton Landing town (1.56 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

