LaFayette, KY

LaFayette, also informally written as La Fayette and Lafayette, is a home rule-class city in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 177 residents. LaFayette was first settled in the late 1810s, and by 1820 was home to a dry goods and grocery store. LaFayette was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1836. A newcomer can read LaFayette through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, LaFayette comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. LaFayette is located along Kentucky Route 107 in the southwestern corner of Christian County, 18 miles southwest of Hopkinsville, the Christian County seat, and 2 miles north of the Tennessee state line. The town lies just north of the US Army's Fort Campbell. LaFayette is home to a dry goods.