Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Latham (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Latham. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Latham is located in Sweetwater County.
To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sweetwater County: Moffat (CO), Daggett (UT), Summit (UT), Carbon, Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette & Uinta.
Below are the counties that are near Latham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Latham:
- Sweetwater County (The home county of Latham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
- Creston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Wamsutter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamsutter
- Wamsutter is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamsutter <2>
- Frewen ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Riner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Red Desert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
- Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
- Tipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Table Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Latham, see our County-by-County Page for Latham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Latham:
- Websites specific to Wyoming
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Wyoming State Archives
- Pages specific to Sweetwater County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wyoming
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Cemeteries of Sweetwater County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wyoming
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wyoming
Cemeteries Near Latham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Latham.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Latham had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Latham, with the one closest to Latham listed first.
- Creston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Wamsutter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamsutter
- Wamsutter is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamsutter <2>
- Frewen ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Red Desert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
- Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
- Tipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Table Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Latham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Latham.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Latham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sweetwater County: www.co.sweet.wy.us/
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Latham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |