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LaGrange is a village in southern Lorain County, Ohio, in LaGrange Township, about 50 minutes southwest of downtown Cleveland.

The village takes its name from Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau, the French estate of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer who fought for American independence - and in French, 'la grange' means 'the barn' or 'the farm.'

LaGrange was incorporated and held its first election on April 5, 1875, when 103 voters chose Judson E. Willard as the village's first mayor.

LaGrange Township was organized in 1827, and the area's first permanent settler arrived in 1825 - anniversaries the village celebrated together with a big community celebration in 1950.

LaGrange counted just 511 people in 1880 and stayed a tiny farming village for more than a century, but it has grown fast in recent decades - 1,815 residents in 2000, 2,103 in 2010 and 2,595 at the 2020 census.

Census Bureau survey estimates put LaGrange at roughly 1,060 households, with a median household income of about $95,000.

The village covers just 2.01 square miles, all of it land, and uses ZIP code 44050.

In the 1800s, local promoter Daniel M. Adams pushed through a plank road about seven and a half miles long linking LaGrange to Elyria, the Lorain County seat.

All three Keystone Local Schools buildings stand in LaGrange - the high school opened in 2006, the middle school in 2013 and the elementary school in 2015 - making the village the hub of a district that also covers Penfield Township and part of Carlisle Township.

Keystone High School's Wildcats are an Ohio girls softball powerhouse, winning state championships in 1999, 2006, 2012, 2018 and 2021.