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Welcome to La Grange ...

La Grange is located in Cass County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Grange, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

La Grange is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: La Grange lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for La Grange: 269

Communities Also Named La Grange ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named La Grange - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York (3), North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Grange.

Communities near La Grange ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Grange.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around La Grange. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Grange.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Grange. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around La Grange.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Grange. See our Newspapers Page for La Grange.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Grange ...

Looking for more information about La Grange? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to La Grange, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for La Grange.

Adding La Grange to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of La Grange in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for La Grange was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

We also found La Grange in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for La Grange.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Grange - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.