sentences:  The village continued to grow and the town of Shipshewana was platted nearby in 1899 and incorporated in 1916 in Newbury Township.LaGrange County was named after the home of Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de la Fayette, outside of Paris, France.According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 98.17%) is land and (or 1.83%) is water.