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Welcome to Latimer ...

Latimer is located in Abbeville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Latimer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Latimer is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Latimer: 864 & 821<3>

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, Mississippi, Ohio, Ontario 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.

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 (so far) 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 1892. The Latimer post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Latimer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Abbeville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Latimer - 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Latimer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Latimer 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>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/