LaGrange ( ) is a

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Lorain County Lorain County () is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. The county was physically established in 1822, beco ...

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, United States. The population was 2,595 at the 2020 census. The village derives its name from

Château de la Grange-Bléneau A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking reg ...

, the French home of

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (), was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join the Conti ...

, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,103 people, 726 households, and 569 families living in the village. The

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was . There were 789 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.6%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.7% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population. There were 726 households, of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were

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living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.07. The median age in the village was 41.4 years. 25.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 29.4% were from 45 to 64; and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.5% male and 51.5% female.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 1,815 people, 618 households, and 501 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 648 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.19%

, 0.72%

, 0.28% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 1.21% of the population. There were 618 households, out of which 45.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% were

living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.25. In the village, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $50,750, and the median income for a family was $55,179. Males had a median income of $41,591 versus $26,302 for females. The

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for the village was $19,465. About 3.6% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the

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, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.

Statue

Sherman's Circle, downtown LaGrange, is owned and maintained by LaGrange Township Trustees, and includes a tribute statue to the Union soldiers of the

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. On June 28, 2022, the statue of General Sherman, that stood for nearly 120 years in the town square, was struck by a truck and taken down at around 2:30 a.m.WKYC “Truck crashes into Civil War statue in Lagrange town square”
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Notable people

Dorothy Maguire Dorothy Maguire (November 21, 1918 – August 2, 1981) was a catcher and outfielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Maguire batted and threw right-handed. She also played under the name of Dorothy ...

- professional baseball player *

Robert E. McKisson Robert Erastus McKisson (January 30, 1863 – October 14, 1915) was an American politician of the United States Republican Party, Republican party. He served as the 33rd Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, from 1 ...

- Republican politician and former mayor of

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

References

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