Editing LaFayette, Georgia (section)

==History==
LaFayette was founded as Chattooga, in 1835, as the seat of newly formed Walker County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA235 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=235| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref>  The county was named after the former United States senator [[Freeman Walker]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = La Fayette, Georgia - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More|url = http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/georgia/la-fayette|website = www.citytowninfo.com|access-date = 2015-09-30}}</ref> Chattooga was renamed LaFayette in 1836 after [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], the French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolutionary War.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=3017%2C615347 | title=Walker County| work=Calhoun Times | date=1 September 2004 | access-date=26 April 2015 | pages=110}}</ref> In 1864, the city became the site of the [[Battle of LaFayette]] during the [[Atlanta campaign]] of the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Battle of Lafayette - Georgia Historical Society |url=https://www.georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/the-battle-of-lafayette/ |website=Georgia Historical Society |access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref>