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Lagrange County
Named for: Home of Marquis de Lafayette near Paris
Organized: 1832
County Seat: Lima, 1833-1844
Lagrange, 1844
Number of Courthouses: 3

Number	Years	Type	Detail
1	1833-1844, Lima	Frame	2-story
2	1843-1878, Lagrange	Frame	Stylized
3	1879-Present, Lagrange	Castle	Arch: Thomas J. Tolan, 2/9/1878 100x64 $71,675.32 + $2,500 fence. Builder: Charles Bosseker & John Begue, bid $46,700. Supt. Samuel P. Bradford. Cornerstone 8/15/1878. Possession 11/13/1879.

Lima sits on the site of the Indian village of Mongoquinong, it was renamed Lima in 1833 or 1834 and has since been renamed Howe after the military school there.