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2nd, 6th. Website. Parish of East Baton Rouge. East Baton Rouge Parish ( French: Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est; Spanish: Parroquia del Este de Bastón Rojo) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its population was 456,781 at the 2020 census. [ 1] The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. [ 2]
Following a court ruling striking down Louisiana's 2022 congressional map for violating the Voting Rights Act, a new map enacted by a special legislative session on January 22, 2024 dismantled the district and it stretched from Caddo Parish in the North West to East Baton Rouge Parish, and will include a majority African-American voting-age ...
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System, also known as East Baton Rouge Schools ( EBR Schools) or the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, is a public school district headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The district serves most of East Baton Rouge Parish; it contains 54 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high ...
Larry Jefferson: [47] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Monroe City Court (1990) [ Ouachita Parish, Louisiana] J. Edward "Eddie" Hines, Jr.: [27] [28] First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney of Rapides Parish, Louisiana (1979) Louis Berry: [48] First African American male lawyer in Alexandria ...
List of magistrates, mayors, and mayor-presidents. Below is a list of Baton Rouge's chief executives—magistrates from 1818 to 1846, [ 27][ 2] mayors from 1846 to 1949, and mayor-presidents from 1949 to present. The town magistrate was an appointive office, determined from within the elected five-member board of selectmen. [ 2]
The Comite River / ˈkoʊ.mit / ( French: Rivière Comité) is a right-bank tributary of the Amite River, with a confluence near the city of Denham Springs, east of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The river is 56.1 miles (90.3 km) long. [1] Its drainage basin comprises about 348 square miles (900 km 2 ), and includes portions of Wilkinson and Amite ...
History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville provided Baton Rouge as well as Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas with their current names. The foundation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dates to 1721, at the site of a bâton rouge or "red stick" Muscogee boundary marker. It became the state capital of Louisiana in 1849.
Port Hudson, Louisiana. / 30.67806°N 91.26889°W / 30.67806; -91.26889. Port Hudson is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Baton Rouge, it is known primarily as the location of an American Civil War battle, the siege of Port Hudson, in 1863.