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Welcome to Latham ...

Although we found mention of Latham during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Latham was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Latham to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Latham, please Contact Us.

Latham is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Latham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Latham is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Latham might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Latham: 501

Communities Also Named Latham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Latham - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Latham.

Communities near Latham ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Latham.

  • Clinton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hector
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Leslie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Alread
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Alread is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
  • Scotland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Copeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
  • Crabtree
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Crabtree is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Cleveland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Austin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Formosa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Formosa is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formosa

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Latham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Latham.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Latham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Latham.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Latham. See our Newspapers Page for Latham.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Latham ...

Looking for more information about Latham? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Latham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Latham.

Adding Latham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Latham in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Latham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Latham post office opened in 1888. The Latham post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Latham.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Latham and then turned west". While Latham could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Latham as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Latham could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Latham - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/