Lattimer, Pennsylvania

About Lattimer

Lattimer, PA is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Lattimer holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.23 square miles.

📰 Lattimer News Today

• The NEPA 30, No. 6: Massacre of immigrant miners at Lattimer helped integrate union - Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice · Jun 28
• How a 1897 Massacre of Pennsylvania Coal Miners Morphed From a Galvanizing Crisis to Forgotten History Smithsonian Magazine · Mar 13
• Remembering a forgotten event in labor history thechiefleader.com · Jan 21
• David Bidwell Obituary (2026) - Hillsdale, PA - The Punxsutawney Spirit Legacy obituary · Jan 12
• Obituary for Stephen Louis Lattimer thomascremationfuneralservice.com · Jun 2

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What Makes Lattimer Unique

• The only place in America named Lattimer — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.23 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

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