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www.cityoflg.com. La Grange (/ ləˈɡreɪndʒ / lə GRAYNJ) is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River. La Grange is in the center of the Texas-German belt. The population was 4,391 at the 2020 census, [ 4 ] and in 2018 the estimated population was 4,632. [ 5 ] La Grange is the county seat of Fayette County.
Fayette County Courthouse Square Historic District. / 29.90472°N 96.87750°W / 29.90472; -96.87750. The Fayette County Courthouse Square Historic District in La Grange, Texas is a historic district roughly bounded by Main, Lafayette, Franklin, Colorado, Jefferson, Washington, and Crockett Streets. It was listed on the National Register ...
Chicken Ranch (Texas) The Chicken Ranch was an illegal brothel in the U.S. state of Texas that operated from 1905 until 1973 in Fayette County, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of downtown La Grange. The business was notably dramatized in the 1978 Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, adapted into a 1982 film of the same name.
Congressional district. 10th. Website. www.co.fayette.tx.us. Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,435. [1] Its county seat is La Grange. [2] The county was created in 1837 and organized the next year.
Round Top is located in northeastern Fayette County. It sits on a hill between Cummins Creek to the southwest and Rocky Creek to the east, tributaries of the Colorado River. The elevation in the center of Round Top is 439 feet (134 m) above sea level. Texas State Highway 237 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 22 miles (35 km ...
Moore's Fort. Coordinates: 30.06411°N 96.697812°W. Moore's Fort. Moore's Fort is a twin dogtrot type blockhouse in Round Top, Texas. Built by John Henry Moore in 1828, it is the oldest building in Fayette County. [ 1] It was originally located where La Grange is today, as a shelter for settlers from Comanche raids. [ 2]
Louisiana Highway 82 (LA 82) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana. It runs 142.87 miles (229.93 km) in a general east–west direction from the Texas state line east of Port Arthur to the Vermilion – Lafayette parish line southwest of Youngsville. The route parallels the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico for the majority of its length.
La Vernia is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. La Vernia is on the south bank of Cibolo Creek at the junction of U.S. Highway 87 and Texas Farm to Market Road 775, approximately 25 miles east of downtown San Antonio. [4] The population was 1,077 at the 2020 census. [5] [6] La Vernia is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan ...