Latrobe, California

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Coordinates: 38°33′35″N 120°59′02″W / 38.55972°N 120.98389°W / 38.55972; -120.98389

Latrobe
Unincorporated community
Latrobe
Location in California
Coordinates: 38°33′35″N 120°59′02″W / 38.55972°N 120.98389°W / 38.55972; -120.98389
Country United States
State California
County El Dorado County
Elevation[1] 761 ft (232 m)

Latrobe (formerly, La Trobe)[2] is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.[1] It is located 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Placerville,[2] at an elevation of 761 feet (232 m).[1]

Latrobe was the terminus of the Placerville and Sacramento Rail Road.[2] The name, bestowed by F.A. Bishop, chief engineer of the railroad, was in honor of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II, chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, America's first railroad.[2] A post office operated at Latrobe from 1864 to 1921.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Latrobe, California
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. ISBN 9781884995149. 
Municipalities and communities of El Dorado County, California, United States
Cities
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
Former
settlements
Footnotes
‡This CDP also has portions in an adjacent county or counties


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