{"id":6294,"count":4,"description":"LaFayette (Pronounced: \/la-\u02c8fe\u026a-\u025bt\/ lah-FAY-et, \/la-\u02c8fa\u026a-\u025bt\/ lah-FYE-et, or \/\u02c8l\u0259-fe\u026a-\u025bt\/ LUH-fay-et) is the county seat of Chambers County, Alabama, United States, 47 miles (76\u00a0km) northwest of Columbus, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 3,234.\nChambers County was formed in 1832. The newly elected county officials opted to locate the county seat as near as possible to the center of the county. Lots for the new town were auctioned in October 1833, with proceeds from the sale financing the construction of a courthouse and jail. The town was first called Chambersville, but by the time of incorporation on January 7, 1835, the town name had been changed to LaFayette.\nScenes from the movie Mississippi Burning were filmed at the Chambers County Courthouse and in downtown LaFayette.\nLafayette is the birthplace of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. An eight-foot bronze statue was erected in his honor in front of the Chambers County courthouse. It is also the...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/la-fayette\/","name":"La Fayette","slug":"la-fayette","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/6294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}