LaGrange County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1832
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette's estate
Seat: Howe (1832–1842); LaGrange (1842–)

Land area: 380 square miles

Population (2020): 40,446

Population (historic): 3,664 (1840); 11,366 (1860); 15,630 (1880); 15,284 (1900); 13,780 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Four towns; one CDP; 11 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,173 (21.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,649
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,668

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,044
Average farm size (1920): 86.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan

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LaGrange

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette's estate

Founding: 1836 (platting); 1844 (post office); 1855 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,715

Population (historic): 650 (1860); 1,367 (1880); 1,703 (1900); 1,640 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900s; 1920–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 430 (35.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. School Number Nine (1897). North 325 East, south of East 250 North. Bloomfield. Eastlake.
2. Bloomfield Township Graded School (1904). 3020 US Highway 20. Bloomfield. Eastlake.
3. John Strang Farm (1876). 4100 West 700 South. Clear Spring. Italianate.
4. Eden Township School (c. 1930). 4095 South 900 West. Eden. Classical Revival.
5. James Craig House (c. 1850). 6530 North 250 West. Lima. Greek Revival.
6. Micajah Harding House (c. 1845). 1910 East 700 North. Lima. Greek Revival.

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