Place:LaGrange, Dutchess, New York, United States

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NameLaGrange
Alt namesLa Grangesource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTown
Located inDutchess, New York, United States     (1821 - )
See alsoBeekman, Dutchess, New York, United StatesParent town
Fishkill (town), Dutchess, New York, United StatesParent town
Contained Places
Hamlet
Lagrangeville
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LaGrange is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 15,730 at the 2010 census. The town was named after the ancestral estate of the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette.

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The town was originally established in 1821 as "Freedom" from parts of the towns of Beekman and Fishkill, but confusion with another location caused the name to be changed to "LaGrange" in 1828.

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  • Outstanding guide to LaGrange family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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