Latham, Missouri

Latham is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 69.

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

Geography
Latham is in southwestern Moniteau County along State Highway E, 10 mi southwest of California, the county seat. 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.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Latham CDP has an area of 0.39 sqmi, of which 0.001 sqmi, or 0.26%, are water. The community sits on a small ridge which drains west and north to Smith Creek, a northeast-flowing tributary of North Moreau Creek and part of the Moreau River watershed leading to the Missouri River.