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History · LaGrange

LaGrange’s post office opened in 1852

Most of LaGrange was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1880.

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How LaGrange began

When was LaGrange founded?

1852

The LaGrange post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 153 in 18802020 census: 52174 years
Founding year: the first LaGrange post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about LaGrange’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of LaGrange are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 216 in 1890; 52 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how LaGrange’s history is told.

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People over time

LaGrange, census by census

010020018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 216

Peaked at 216 in 1890; 52 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on LaGrange’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

LaGrange, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of LaGrange yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

LaGrange is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, LaGrange had a population of 52. The population was 89 at the 2010 census, down from 122 at the 2000 census.

Its first post office opened in 1852. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 89 to 52 (-42%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

LaGrange, 1852 to 1939

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Post officeThe La Grange post office opens
  3. 1890CensusPopulation peaks at 216
  4. 20th century
  5. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

LaGrange on the map, 1939 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of LaGrange. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

LaGrange on the 1939 USGS mapLaGrange on the 1955 USGS mapLaGrange on the 1961 USGS mapLaGrange on the 1982 USGS map1939Latour sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of LaGrange.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about LaGrange’s history

What year was LaGrange founded?

The LaGrange post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.