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The village of La Ville De St. Michel or San Miguel (1790–1817) had existed in a nearby location to what is now the city of Port Allen. [3] Around the 1850s, a new community had started around the same location and went by the name Town of West Baton Rouge.
West Baton Rouge Parish was the location of Prisoner of War Sub-Camp 7 from 1943 until mid-1946. The camp housed German prisoners who were deployed as plantation labor. The camp was located on West Baton Rouge Parish property fronting on Sixth Street in Port Allen. [20]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents.
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West Baton Rouge Parish: 121: Port Allen: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories 28,266: 203 sq mi (526 km 2) West Carroll Parish: 123: Oak Grove: 1877: when ...
Baton Rouge Police said in a press release on Sunday that a nine-month pregnant Johnson was shot while attempting to pick up people from a party located in the North Carrollton area. Authorities ...
The West Baton Rouge School Board released a statement Saturday confirming that a student was killed during the shooting, which took place at halftime during the Port Allen-Brusly High School game ...
The Poplar Grove Plantation, also once known as Popular Grove Plant and Refining Company, [2] is a historic building, site and cemetery, the plantation is from the 1820s and the manor house was built in 1884, located in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.