About LaGrange-Troup County│ Ideally located less than an hour from both Atlanta and Columbus and sharing a 35-mile border with Alabama, LaGrange-Troup County - named for the estate of French and American hero General Marquis de Lafayette and Governor Troup - is home to 67,000 residents and plays host to popular annual events like February's For Love of the Arts celebration, March's Azalea Storytelling Festival and October's Hummingbird Festival. The sophisticated Southern city harbors the nearly 26,000-acre recreational wonder known as West Point Lake, two four-year liberal arts and science colleges, LaGrange College and Point University, and West Georgia Technical College. A cultural hub, LaGrange offers three galleries, two art museums, a history museum, the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, three performing arts theatres and more than 80 mouth-watering restaurants.