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Welcome to Latrobe ...

Latrobe is located in El Dorado County<1>.


The location of Latrobe has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (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)
  • 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)
  • Placerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • 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)
  • Sutter Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cameron Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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.

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/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including El Dorado, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Latrobe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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