Welcome to Latimer ...

Latimer is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Latimer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Latimer is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Latimer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Latimer: (228)

Websites for Latimer ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.jcchamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Latimer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Latimer - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina and Utah.

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

Communities near Latimer ...

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

• Gulfport
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfport
  • Gulfport is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,438 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gulfport <3>
• Biloxi
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
  • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <3>
• Gautier
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gautier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gautier
  • Gautier is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,379 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gautier <3>
• Ocean Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Springs
  • Ocean Springs is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Springs <3>
• D'Iberville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for D'Iberville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Iberville
  • D'Iberville is located in Harrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for D'Iberville <3>
• Gulf Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
  • Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
• Saint Martin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
  • Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
• Coalville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
  • Coalville is located in Harrison County
• Wool Market
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
  • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
  • Wool Market has also been known as:
  • Woolmarket
• Beauvoir
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
  • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Latimer ...

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

Adding Latimer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Latimer 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 Latimer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Latimer post office opened in 1906.

We also found Latimer on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Latimer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.ms.us/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/