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"La Grange" is a song by the American rock group ZZ Top, from their 1973 album Tres Hombres. One of ZZ Top's most successful songs, it was released as a single in 1973 and received extensive radio play, rising to No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1974. [ 5 ]
Lagrange, la Grange or La Grange (French: topographic name for someone who lived by a granary) is a French surname that may refer to La Grange (actor) (1635–1692), French actor; Étienne de La Grange (died 1388), French politician; Georges Lagrange (1928–2004), translator to and writer in Esperanto
Simple English; Ślůnski; ... La Grange is a town in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,595 based on the 2020 census. [4]
Bidyadanga, also known as La Grange, is the largest Aboriginal community in Western Australia, with a population of approximately 750 residents. It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Broome and 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) from the state capital Perth , in the Kimberley region.
La Grange is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in rural Stanislaus County, California. Its altitude is 259 feet (76 m). Its altitude is 259 feet (76 m). As of 2020 it has a population of 166.
La Grange was founded in 1827 when the Oldham County seat was relocated from Westport at the suggestion of Major William Berry Taylor. The new town was named for Château de la Grange-Bléneau, the French country estate of Gilbert du Motier, the American Revolutionary hero better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, who had visited the area in 1824. [10]
La Grange was founded in 1830. [5] A post office called La Grange has been in operation since 1833. [6] In 1885, the Supreme Court ruled against the city in Cole v. La Grange. The court found that the city could only use eminent domain powers for public purposes and not to specifically benefit the La Grange Iron and Steel Company.
LaGrange was laid out and platted in 1836. [5] It took its name from LaGrange County. [6]LaGrange County's initial settlers were Yankee immigrants, that is to say they were from New England and were descended from the English Puritans who settled that region in the colonial era.