La Grange (Texas)
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| La Grange | |
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 Fayette County Courthouse |
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| Location of La Grange in Texas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1837 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Texas |
| County : | Fayette County |
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 54 ′ N , 96 ° 53 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 4,645 (as of 2006) |
| Population density : | 504.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.3 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.2 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 81 m |
| Postal code : | 78945 |
| Area code : | +1 979 |
| FIPS : | 48-40276 |
| GNIS ID : | 1360798 |
| Website : | www.cityoflg.com/index.htm |
| Mayor : | Janet Moerbe |
La Grange is the capital of Fayette County , Texas .
It is located on the Colorado River (Gulf of Mexico) , roughly in the middle of Austin , San Antonio and Houston . The city has 4645 inhabitants.
The city was best known for the song La Grange by the US blues rock band ZZ Top from 1973, a tribute to the Chicken Ranch brothel outside the city limits of La Grange.
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1870 | 1165 | - | |
| 1880 | 1325 | 13.7% | |
| 1890 | 1626 | 22.7% | |
| 1900 | 2392 | 47.1% | |
| 1910 | 1850 | -22.7% | |
| 1920 | 1669 | -9.8% | |
| 1930 | 2354 | 41% | |
| 1940 | 2531 | 7.5% | |
| 1950 | 2738 | 8.2% | |
| 1960 | 3623 | 32.3% | |
| 1970 | 3092 | -14.7% | |
| 1980 | 3768 | 21.9% | |
| 1990 | 3951 | 4.9% | |
| 2000 | 4478 | 13.3% | |
| 1870-2000, | |||
Twin cities
- Frenštát pod Radhoštěm , Czech Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ Texas Almanac (PDF; 1.2 MB). Retrieved October 4, 2012