Troup County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 67,044. The county seat is LaGrange.
LaGrange is a city in and the county seat of Troup County, Georgia, United States. The population of the city was estimated to be 30,305 in 2019 by the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the principal city of the LaGrange, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia-Alabama (part) Combined Statistical Area. It is about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Atlanta and located in the foothills of the Georgia Piedmont.
Bank of America Stadium is a 75,523-seat football stadium located on 33 acres (13 ha) in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is the home facility and headquarters of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, and is planned to be the home of the Charlotte MLS team. The stadium opened in 1996 as Ericsson Stadium before Bank of America purchased the naming rights in 2004. Former Panthers president Danny Morrison called it "[A] classic American stadium" due to its bowl design and other features.
LaGrange College is a private, four-year liberal arts and sciences college in LaGrange, Georgia. Founded in 1831 as a female educational institution, LaGrange is the oldest private college in Georgia. It offers more than 55 academic and pre-professional programs, including graduate degrees in education. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, LaGrange College has been ranked in the top 10 and as one of 10 "best values" among Southern comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report.
Academic Magnet High School (AMHS) is a high school in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The school enrolls students through an admissions process based on middle school grades, test scores, teacher recommendations, and a written essay.
Dreher High School is a co-educational four-year public high school in Richland County School District One located in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Dreher, established in 1938, is one of the oldest public high schools in the state. In 2009, Dreher was listed as the 702nd best school in the country by Newsweek in their annual best-high school rankings. In 2015, Dreher was ranked the 7th best high school in South Carolina by US News and World Report.
Archbishop McNicholas High School is a coed school in the neighborhood of Mt. Washington in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The school was opened in 1951 and named in honor of John T. McNicholas, Archbishop of Cincinnati.
Cosby High School is a comprehensive public high school in Midlothian, Virginia, United States, a suburban area in Chesterfield County west of Richmond. The school opened for the 2006–2007 school year and graduated its first four-year class in 2010. It has been named a National Blue Ribbon School. Cosby is the newest of eleven high schools administered by Chesterfield County Public Schools.
LaGrange High School, located in LaGrange, Georgia, United States, is a public secondary school serving around 1300 students in the Troup County school system. Founded in 1903, the school is notable for producing several collegiate and professional athletes and was the national champion football team in 1991.
Lakewood Stadium is a 10,000 seat stadium located in the Lakewood Heights neighborhood of southeast Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the larger of two stadiums owned and managed by the Atlanta Public Schools system. The other stadium is Grady Stadium. In October 2006, Lakewood received an Honorable Mention in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of the top 10 high school stadiums in the state of Georgia. As chosen by the voters of Atlanta, Lakewood was picked as the 4th best stadium for high school football in the Atlanta metro area. As the largest stadium in the Atlanta Public Schools system, it essentially has been the home field for several future NFL players, including Jamal Lewis and Ahmad Carroll (Douglass), Lawrence Smith (Washington), Kelly Campbell (Mays), David Rocker, Tracy Rocker, and Corey Barlow (Fulton), Greg Favors (Southside), Kelvin Pritchett (Therrell) and Super Bowl XX MVP Richard Dent (Murphy).
Lewis Blake Mitchell is a former college football quarterback for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He was previously on the roster of the South Carolina Force.
Calhoun High School is a public high school in Calhoun, Georgia, United States, serving grades 9-12. It is accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of Georgia High School Association. It is located in a rural setting in Gordon County.
WTRP is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies format and is licensed to LaGrange, Georgia, United States. AM 620 WTRP is dedicated to the people of Troup County with local and statewide news, weather, and sports. WTRP is the flagship station for LaGrange College Panthers football, baseball, and basketball teams, Bill Bailey serving as the voice of the Panthers. WTRP is also home to the most Troup County High School Sports coverage on the radio with high school football coverage of the Lafayette Christian School Cougars. WTRP is home to baseball and basketball coverage of Troup, LaGrange, Callaway, LaGrange Academy and Lafayette Christian School. The station is currently owned by Tiger Communications, Inc. and features programming from ABC Radio.
Troup County High School, originally called Troup County Comprehensive High School, is a public college-preparatory and tech-preparatory school located on Hamilton Road in LaGrange, Georgia, United States. It is a member of the Troup County Board of Education, and is associated with Long Cane Middle School. Troup High School teaches grades 9-12.
Callaway High School is a public high school located in Hogansville, Georgia, United States. It enrolls students in grades 9-12 from LaGrange, Hogansville, and the surrounding area. The principal is Jonathan Laney. The mascot of Callaway is the Cavalier.
James R. Hallford Stadium is a football stadium in Clarkston, Georgia. Until 1999 it was called DeKalb Memorial Stadium.
The Troup County School District is a public school district in Troup County, Georgia, United States, based in county seat LaGrange. It serves the communities of Hogansville, LaGrange, and West Point.
Barron Stadium is a 6,500-seat football field and track & field stadium in Rome, Georgia. It is home to the Shorter University Hawks and Rome High School Wolves football teams. The facility hosted the NAIA Football National Championship from 2008-13 and the NCCAA Victory Bowl in 2013-14, as well as the NCCAA track championships from 2014-16.
Austin Callaway, also known as Austin Brown, was a young African-American man who was taken from jail by a group of six white men and lynched on September 8, 1940, in LaGrange, Georgia. The day before, Callaway had been arrested as a suspect in an assault of a white woman. The gang carried out extrajudicial punishment and prevented the youth from ever receiving a trial. They shot him numerous times, fatally wounding him and leaving him for dead. Found by a motorist, Callaway was taken to a hospital, where he died of his wounds.
The Troup County Courthouse, Annex, and Jail are three buildings built in 1939. Their construction was funded by the Public Works Administration, as a project under the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to invest in infrastructure. They were designed by architect William J.J. Chase in Stripped Classical style.
