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From Wikipedia’s history of Latty.
A post office called Latty has been in operation since 1882. The village was named for Judge A. S. Latty, an early settler.
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Latty’s post office opened in 1882, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1890.
1882first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Latty began
When was Latty founded?
1882
The Latty post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 594 in 18902020 census: 165144 years
Founding year: the first Latty post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Latty’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Latty’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Latty’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Latty on the map, 1914 to 1973
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Latty. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1914Paulding sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Latty.
By decade
Latty, decade by decade
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2004People over time
Latty, census by census
Between 165 and 594 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Latty’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Latty itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Questions about Latty’s history
What year was Latty founded?
The Latty post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.