La Grange, Kentucky La Grange, Kentucky Downtown La Grange Downtown La Grange Location of La Grange, Kentucky Location of La Grange, Kentucky La Grange is a home rule-class town/city in Oldham County, Kentucky, in the United States.
La Grange was established in 1827 when the Oldham governmental center of county was relocated from Westport at the suggestion of Maj.
William Berry Taylor.[why?] The new town was titled for Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau, the French nation estate of Gilbert du Motier, the American Revolutionary hero better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, who had visited the region in 1824. For unknown reasons, the governmental center of county returned to Westport from 1828 to 1838 before settling at La Grange.
The La Grange Little League team participated in the 2011 Little League World Series.
An unusual feature of La Grange is the CSX Transportation mainline on Main Street.
The La Grange historic precinct contains various small businesses such as shops, eateries, and art arcades.
Discover Downtown La Grange is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting business, history, and improve in the city. La Grange hosts a Farmers and Artisan Market, a Kentucky Proud Market, where locally-made items are sold.
The Kentucky Department of Corrections maintains four correctional facilities in La Grange.
Construction began on the Kentucky State Reformatory, the biggest prison in the state, in 1937, with the prison opening in 1939.
The Luther Luckett Correctional Complex and Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center, both assembled in the same facility but technically two separate prisons, opened in 1983.
La Grange is positioned at 38 24 24 N 85 22 46 W (38.406612, -85.379382). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.14 square miles (18.5 km2), of which 7.06 square miles (18.3 km2) is territory and 0.84 square miles (2.2 km2) (1.17%) is water.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, La Grange has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Full economic data for Kentucky locations from the 2010 Enumeration has not yet been released.
As of the 2010 Census, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $46,422, and the median income for a family was $52,821.
As of the 2000 Census, about 9.1% of families and 10.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky.
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"Lagrange, Kentucky Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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