 troup county is a county located in the u.s. state of georgia. as of the 2010 census, the population was 67,044. the county seat is lagrange. troup county comprises the lagrange, ga micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the atlanta-athens-clarke county-sandy springs, ga combined statistical area. ==history== the land for lee, muscogee, troup, coweta, and carroll counties was ceded by the creek people in the 1825 treaty of indian springs. the counties' boundaries were created by the georgia general assembly on june 9, 1826, but they were not named until december 14, 1826. the county is named for george troup,bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl thirty-fourth governor of georgia, u.s. representative, and senator. the official historian of troup county is noted author forrest clark johnson, iii. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (7.2%) is water. ===major highways===  * 20px interstate 85 * 23px interstate 185 * 20px u.s. route 27 * 20px u.s. route 29 * 20px [[georgia state route 1|state route
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