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Welcome to Lattintown ...

Lattintown is located in Ulster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lattintown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1830.

Lattintown is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lattintown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lattintown: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Lattintown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ulsterchamber.org/

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

Communities near Lattintown ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Newburgh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Beacon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <4>
  • New Paltz
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paltz have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paltz
    • New Paltz is located in Ulster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,198 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paltz <4>
  • Walden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
    • Walden is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <4>
  • Washingtonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wappingers Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wappingers Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wappingers Falls
    • Wappingers Falls is located in Dutchess County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,509 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wappingers Falls <4>
  • Montgomery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Falls
    • Highland Falls is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Falls <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 Lattintown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lattintown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lattintown ...

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

Adding Lattintown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lattintown 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 Lattintown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lattintown post office opened in 1830.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lattintown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Ulster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lattintown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Lattintown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Lattintown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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