Lattimore

Lattimore is located in Township No. 7, along with Kingstown and Mooresboro. The former towns of Autro and DePew were also in Tws. 7.

Lattimore was incorporated in 1899. The town’s name was changed to “Delight” about 1887, but changed back to Lattimore by spring of 1888.

Lattimore’s Beginnings

Lattimore was settled in the mid-1880s and was named for Audley Martin Lattimore who sorted the mail for the small community at his house. He was also the town’s first Seaboard Railroad agent and the town’s first mayor.

Lattimore Commerce

Around the turn of the century, eight passenger trains passed through Lattimore. The town began bustling with various businesses and even had a hotel. Some of the early business owners were John W. Bell, W. T. Calton, George DePriest, R. P. Early, W. T. D. Green, C. J. Hamrick, I. M. McGinnis, Oliver Price, and George Stockton. Read more. . .

Lattimore Schools

There is a comprehensive history of Lattimore School on the Town of Lattimore website.

Lattimore Churches
Lattimore Baptist Church
This 1897 photograph shows the home of D. A. F. Hamrick, once located on the site where the home of the late Dr. Robert Lee Hunt now stands.
Pictured left to right: WIlliam T. Calton; Mrs. Corrie J. Calton; her father, D. A. F. Hamrick; Mrs. Hamrick; and Miss Sally Jones, a cousin of the family.
Additional Information about Lattimore
Town of Lattimore
Lattimore, NC Wikipedia entry