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Baton Rouge (/ ˌ b æ t ən ˈ r uː ʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana.Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of ...
In the late 1940s, Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish became a consolidated city/parish with a mayor/president leading the government. It was one of the first cities in the nation to consolidate with county government. The parish surrounds three other incorporated cities: Baker, Zachary, and Central. 1953–1968: Civil rights era
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1, 1956) is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She served in the Louisiana State Senate representing the 15th district from 2005 to 2016. [1] She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. [2] [3] Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
List of magistrates, mayors, and mayor-presidents [ edit] 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]
Baton Rouge. 25. The French House. The French House. More images. January 13, 1982. ( #82002768) On Louisiana State University Campus, corner of South Campus Drive and Highland Road. 30°24′52″N 91°10′42″W.
79.1 sq mi (205 km 2 ). The Baton Rouge Police Department ( BRPD) (French: Département de Police de Bâton Rouge) is the primary law enforcement agency in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Chief of Police, as of March 8, 2018, was Murphy Paul. The BRPD was formally established in 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, with the ...
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [7] The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military ...
Website. www .shawcenter .org. The Shaw Center for the Arts is a 125,000 square foot (12,000 m²) performing art venue, fine arts museum, and education center located at 100 Lafayette Street in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It opened in 2005.