Latham, Missouri
village
Location of Latham in Missouri
Location of Latham in Missouri
Coordinates: 38°33′39″N 92°40′57″W / 38.56083°N 92.68250°W / 38.56083; -92.68250
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyMoniteau
Area
[1]
 • Total0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
 • Land0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
896 ft (273 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total69
 • Density178.76/sq mi (69.09/km2)
FIPS code29-40808
GNIS feature ID755554[2]

Latham is an unincorporated rural village in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States.[2] It is located six miles southwest of California. At Latham, there are two antique shops, a post office, a bank, an elementary school, a fire station, a church in-town and another just outside the village limits, and several homes,

Latham was laid out in 1880.[3] The community has the name of Judge Gardiner Latham, a first settler.[4] A post office called Latham has been in operation since 1892.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202069—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Latham, Missouri
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 333.
  4. ↑ "Moniteau County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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