The LaGrange Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Nickelplate (1888), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 511 in 18802020 census: 6,560198 years
How historic is LaGrange Township?
B−
More historic than 51% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first LaGrange Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives LaGrange Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, LaGrange Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #644 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of LaGrange Township’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so LaGrange Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.5 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about LaGrange Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of LaGrange Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
LaGrange ( lə-GRAYNJ) is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,595 at the 2020 census. The village derives its name from Château de la Grange-Bléneau, the French home of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, an officer in the American Revolutionary War.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 6,164 to 6,560 (+6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of LaGrange Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1904Wellington 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 Township.
People over time
LaGrange Township, census by census
Grew from 511 people in 1880 to 2,595 in 2020, 5 times over.
15 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on LaGrange Township’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Nickelplate, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
NickelplatePheasant Run Village
Gone or out of use
Lagrange AirportairportNickelplate Post Officepost officePheasant Run Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside LaGrange Township
KnowlesRockwood
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The LaGrange Township post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does LaGrange Township rank for history?
LaGrange Township is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #644 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in LaGrange Township?
12% of LaGrange Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.5 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (9), 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.
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