Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Latrobe, PA

Latrobe was laid out in 1852 by Oliver Barnes, a civil engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad, incorporated as a borough in 1854, and became a city in 1999.

Latrobe was named in honor of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Jr., a railroad engineer and Barnes's friend and railroad associate.

Latrobe had a population of 8,060 at the 2020 census, down from 8,338 in 2010; the 2010 census counted 3,786 households in the city.

The banana split was invented in Latrobe in 1904 by David Strickler, a young apprentice pharmacist at Tassell Pharmacy on Ligonier Street.

Latrobe was the home of the Latrobe Brewing Company, the original brewer of Rolling Rock beer, until Anheuser-Busch purchased the Rolling Rock brand in 2006.

Golf legend Arnold Palmer was born and raised in Latrobe, and the airport two miles southwest of town was renamed Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in his honor in 1999.

Fred Rogers, the creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, was born and grew up in Latrobe and is buried there in Unity Cemetery.

Latrobe was long believed to be the site of the first professional American football game in 1895, when quarterback John Brallier was paid $10 to play for the Latrobe team, until research later found an 1892 game with paid players.

Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, founded in 1846, was the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, and its Saint Vincent College hosts the Pittsburgh Steelers' annual training camp.

The Fred Rogers Institute, dedicated to continuing Rogers's legacy, is based on the campus of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe.