Welcome to Latrobe ...

Latrobe is located in El Dorado County<1>.

The location of Latrobe has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Latrobe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

Latrobe is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Latrobe lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Latrobe ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Latrobe, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Latrobe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Latrobe - they are located in Ohio (2), Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Latrobe ...

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

• Citrus Heights
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Heights
  • Citrus Heights is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 87,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Citrus Heights <4>
• Folsom
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
  • Folsom has also been known as:
  • Folsom City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <4>
• Rancho Cordova
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Cordova
  • Rancho Cordova is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 71,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Cordova <4>
• Placerville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <4>
• Ione
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
  • Ione is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
  • Former names for Ione:
  • Bedbug
  • Freeze Out
  • Hardscrabble
  • Ione City
  • Ione Valley
  • Jone City
  • Jone Valley
  • Rickeyville
  • Woosterville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <4>
• Jackson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <4>
• Sutter Creek
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter Creek
  • Sutter Creek is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutter Creek <4>
• Plymouth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <4>
• Amador City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amador City
  • Amador City is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amador City <4>
• Cameron Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron Park
  • Cameron Park is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cameron Park <4>

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 Latrobe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Latrobe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Latrobe. 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 Latrobe.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Latrobe ...

Looking for more information about Latrobe? 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 Latrobe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Latrobe.

Adding Latrobe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Latrobe in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Latrobe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Latrobe post office opened in 1864.

We also found Latrobe in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Latrobe.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Latrobe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/