LaFayette ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Walker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,888. It was founded as Chattooga.
LaFayette is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
LaFayette was founded as Chattooga, in 1835, as the seat of newly formed Walker County. The county was named after the former United States senator Freeman Walker. Chattooga was renamed LaFayette in 1836 after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolutionary War. In 1864, the city became the site of the Battle of LaFayette during the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War.
Geography
LaFayette is located at (34.709704, -85.283862). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, LaFayette had a population of 6,888. The median age was 38.7 years. 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 89.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.1 males age 18 and over.
There were 2,792 households in LaFayette, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 36.2% were married-couple households, 20.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 36.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.