Editing La Grange, Missouri (section)

==History==
La Grange was founded in 1830.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lewis.html |title=Lewis County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=26 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070552/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_lewis.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}</ref> A post office called La Grange has been in operation since 1833.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Lewis | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 October 2016}}</ref>

In 1885, the Supreme Court ruled against the city in ''[[Cole v. La Grange]]''.  The court found that the city could only use [[eminent domain]] powers for public purposes and not to specifically benefit the La Grange Iron and Steel Company.

In 1858 the Southern Baptists opened the LaGrange Male and Female Seminary. It later became LaGrange College, with a two-year junior college program.

In 1928 it moved to Hannibal as Hannibal–LaGrange College (now [[Hannibal–LaGrange University]]).

In 2001, the [[Mark Twain Casino]] opened in a stationary riverboat.

The [[First Presbyterian Church (La Grange, Missouri)|First Presbyterian Church]], [[William Gray House]], [[Dr. J.A. Hay House]], [[Joseph Hipkins House]], [[John McKoon House]], [[Fred Rhoda House]], and [[A.C. Waltman House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120907.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-09-07|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/27/12 through 8/31/12|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>