La Grange, Texas La Grange, Texas Colorado River at La Grange Colorado River at La Grange Location of La Grange, Texas Location of La Grange, Texas State Texas La Grange (/l re nd / l graynj) is a town/city in Fayette County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River.
It is positioned between Houston and Austin on Texas State Highway 71.
The populace was 4,641 at the 2010 census, and in 2015 the estimated populace was 4,712. La Grange is the governmental center of county of Fayette County. 1.1 Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites La Grange was the site of an early crossing of the Colorado River along La Bahia (Lower Road) of the El Camino Real (Kings Highway), amid the Spanish period.
By 1831 a small improve had advanced around Moore's Fort. The town of La Grange was platted in 1837, amid the Republic of Texas period, as the governmental center of county for the then-new county of Fayette.
Both of these place names were with respect to the Marquis de Lafayette, who fought with the Americans and aided the cause of the American Revolution; he died in 1834. Lafayette's castle in France for which La Grange was titled is the Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau.
La Grange in 1880 La Grange became the home of many Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century, who entered the region through the port of Galveston. La Grange has a number of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites Several years later, the remains of those dead and of those from the black bean death lottery (Mier Expedition), were exhumed and reinterred in La Grange in a large common tomb with a sandstone vault.
This took place in a ceremony on September 18, 1848, at the locale now known as Monument Hill; more than 1,000 citizens attended , including former president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston.
In 1949 the state transferred authority for the site to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
In 1956, the people of Fayette County purchased 3.54 acres (1.43 ha) around Monument Hill and deeded the territory to the state for parkland.
The complete site, called Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites, opened to the enhance in 1983, after archaeological studies were completed.
Outside La Grange was a brothel known as the Chicken Ranch.
In 1974, a little league team from La Grange won the Texas state championship.
The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center is positioned at 250 Fair Grounds Road in La Grange. The center constructed a new archives building, aided by a seed donation in 2007 from the estate of Adolph R.
ZZ Top thriving global attention to La Grange with its classic modern song "La Grange" (1973), which referred to "that shack outside La Grange".
La Grange's attractions inspired the hit stage musical play in 1979, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, as well as the 1982 movie based on that musical.
Charlie Robison mentions La Grange in his song "My Hometown" ("We worked 80 hours makin' time-and-a-half, but La Grange was too damn hot").
A small-town playwright composed a musical featuring La Grange in Heart of the Tin Trunk.
La Grange is positioned slightly northeast of the center of Fayette County.
Texas State Highway 71 passes through the northern part of La Grange on a bypass, dominant southeast 26 miles (42 km) to Columbus and Interstate 10, and northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Smithville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.1 square miles (10.7 km2), of which 0.012 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.25%, is water. The town/city sits in the valley of the Colorado River, primarily on the northeast side, although the town/city limits now extend athwart the river along West Travis Street as far as the Highway 71 bypass.
The center of La Grange has an altitude of 266 feet (81 m) above sea level.
La Grange has hot summers, and mild winters.
La Grange is the 6th hottest town/city in Texas.
According to the census of 2010, there were 4,641 citizens and 1,854 homeholds residing in La Grange.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 56.6% non-Hispanic White, 8.7% Black or African American, 0% Native American, 0% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander.
The populace density was 1,255.2 citizens per square mile (484.3 citizens per km ).
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
La Grange students attend school in the La Grange Independent School District.
Students attend Hermes Elementary School, La Grange Intermediate School, La Grange Middle School, and La Grange High School.
Homer Bailey, pitcher on the Cincinnati Reds, attended La Grange High School Johnnie Johnson, defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams, attended La Grange High School a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): La Grange city, Texas".
John Leffler, "LA GRANGE, TX" Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December 03, 2015.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
History page, La Grange Visitors Bureau website "Tri-County Jewish Community: Columbus, Hallettsville, La Grange, Schulenburg Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine.", found in the Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, "Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center".
"Hanslik's donation to the Texas Czech Center announced", El Campo Leader, 12 December 2007 "Weatherbase: Weather for La Grange, Texas".
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City of La Grange official website La Grange Area Chamber of Commerce La Grange in the Handbook of Texas Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Texas, United States State of Texas
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