About Fayette County
Fayette County which includes the cities of Schulenburg, Round Top, Fayetteville and LaGrange has some of the most interesting and historical sites in Texas. You can spend the night at the cabins on Fayette Lake, kick up your heels at the ever-popular Swiss Alp Dance Hall (ZZTop got their start here—remember their song LaGrange); relax in one of the many bed and breakfasts throughout the area; attend the good old fashioned Fayette County Fair on the Labor Day weekend; visit the International Festival Institute and Round Top founded in 1971 by world-renowned concert pianist James Dick. Festival Hill is a unique 210 acre campus containing major performance facilities, historic houses, extensive gardens and much more. The James Dick Foundation afor the Performing Arts in an internationally acclaimed European-styled music Institute for aspiring young musicians. www.festivalhill.org.
Come visit the town where original site of the Chicken Ranch is located. The Chicken Ranch spawned a very popular Broadway play and a movie—“Best Little Whore House in Texas.”
If you want to research your genealogy the TexAs Czech Heritage & Cultural Center and the Fayette Public Library Museum & Archives are open to the public and have a wealth of information and staff to help find our about your heritage.
La Grange is proud to be the overnight rest stop for the BP MS150 bike ride from Houston to Austin bringing 25000 visitors to town annually in April.www. MS150.org
The hills are alive in Fayette County and waiting for you to experience twelve bike routes throughout the county. Cycling routes may be downloaded from the website www.lagrangetx.org/visitors/bikelagrange.asp.
LaGrange is steeped in history with Monument Hill State Park, the Faison Home, the Railroad Depot Museum, the old Fayette County Jail, the infamous Chicken Ranch as well as sitting on the Texas Independence Trail.
The town of Schulenburg is located on Interstate 10 between Houston and San Antonio. Here is where you can begin the tour of the famous Painted Churches of Texas. It is also the home of the famous Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum –www.stanzelmuseum.org