Name: LaGrange

 

County: Goshen

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1040950W

Latitude: 413825N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  7444/2269

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Believed to have been named after the LaGrange family who owned a ranch on Horse Creek, just south of the present town. The family is enumerated in the 1880 Census of Wyoming Territory. LaGrange is one of the oldest named locations in Wyoming. "According to records from 1867, a stage route ran from Denver, Colorado to Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies. On this route, LaGrange Ranch was noted as a stage stop." LaGrange was incorporated in 1889.

Source: Johnson

 

Alternative Spellings: La Grange, Lagrange  

 

Other Names: 

 

History:

Lagrange Post Office was established in October, 1889.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Country postoffice in the eastern part of Laramie County, 30 miles north from Pinebluff. Stockraising the principal industry.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: La Grange

 

Newspapers:

Free Gazette 1890 

 

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