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1913
All are workers in Walker County Hosiery Mills, 1913
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About LaFayette
City in Georgia, United StatesLaFayette ( luh-FET) is a city in, and the county seat of, Walker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2025 census, the city population was 7,157. It was founded as Chattooga. LaFayette is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Housing in LaFayette
The typical LaFayette home is worth about $227,000, up 1.7% in a year, 31% below the Georgia typical home.
Schools in LaFayette
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The public schools LaFayette’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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