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LaGrange County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Named after
- Château de la Grange-Bléneau
- Seat
- LaGrange
- Largest city
- LaGrange
- Total
- 386.70 sq mi (1,001.5 km )
- Land
- 379.62 sq mi (983.2 km )
- Water
- 7.08 sq mi (18.3 km ) 1.83%
- Estimate 2025
- 41,305
- Density
- 108.8/sq mi (42.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .lagrangecounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- LaGrange County
- Population
- 40446
- Area
- 1002
- Official website
- www.lagrangecounty.org
- Image
- Lagrange-indiana-courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 12547
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- water as percent of area
- 1.83
- native label
- LaGrange County
- Commons category
- LaGrange County, Indiana
- inception
- 1832-02-02
- per capita income
- 25588
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LaGrange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 40,446. The county seat is LaGrange, Indiana. The county is located in the Northern Indiana region known as Michiana and is about 55 miles (89 km) east of South Bend, 105 miles (169 km) west of Toledo, Ohio, and 175 miles (282 km) northeast of Indianapolis. The area is well known for its large Amish population. For that reason, the county teams up with neighboring Elkhart County to promote tourism by referring to the area as Northern Indiana Amish Country. About half of LaGrange County is Amish, and it is home to the third-largest Amish community in the United States, which belongs to the Elkhart-LaGrange Amish affiliation.
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