LaGrange, Georgia, named for Lafayette's family estate, keeps its 1828 courthouse square as a fountain plaza an hour southwest of Atlanta. The Callaway family built the gardens at Hills & Dales and the 2,500-seat Sweetland Amphitheatre; Kia builds cars 15 miles south; West Point Lake holds 525 miles of shoreline at the edge of town. Main Street restaurants, a college on the hill and housing priced below most college towns, with schools that vary by address. A working town with a stage.
