Historical Markers and War Memorials in LaGrange, Alabama
Tuscumbia is the county seat for Colbert County
LaGrange is in Colbert County
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On LaGrange College Road south of Alabama Route 157, on the right when traveling north.
In the early 1820s, wealthy landowners in the Leighton, Alabama, area established a village on the crest of the mountain to the southwest of this site. This community eventually had about 400 inhabitants and became known as LaGrange. In the 1820s, . . . — — Map (db m141747) HM WM
Near LaGrange College Road, 0.9 miles west of Alabama Route 157.
After LaGrange College moved to Florence in January 1855, a group of LaGrange citizens organized a college in the vacant buildings under the old name. Rev. Felix Johnson was elected president. To increase the patronage, a military feature was . . . — — Map (db m141750) WM
