This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LATON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1030.2.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Laton (no Y) in Fresno County, was named for Charles A. Laton; one of the subdividers of the original Laguna de Tache Rancho. I believe that the town has been around a long time, at least since the 1880's. And last I knew, they still had a pretty decent annual Rodeo there. :)