LaGrange, GA

LaGrange is a west Georgia city near the Alabama line and the county seat of Troup County. Its name comes from the French estate of the Marquis de Lafayette's wife, a reminder of the city's early 19th-century origins. LaGrange College gives the city a long-running educational presence, while West Point Lake and regional manufacturing add to its modern economy. LaGrange feels like a substantial small Southern city, with a courthouse-town center and more civic weight than its size alone suggests.