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The second largest city in
Louisiana, Baton Rouge was
established as a military post by
the French in 1719. Baton Rouge
dates back to 1699, when French
explorer Sieur
d'Iberville leading an
exploration party up the
Mississippi River saw a reddish
cypress pole festooned with bloody
animals and fish that marked the
boundary between the Native Houma
and Bayou Goula tribal hunting
grounds. They called the tree
"le baton rouge," or red
stick. The native name for the
site had been Istrouma. In 1810,
when the Spanish were overthrown
by local settlers, approximately
1,000 persons resided in the Baton
Rouge vicinity. The people
declared themselves independent
and renamed this area the West
Florida Republic. In a few months,
the territory was annexed by
Louisiana and was divided. At that
time, in the year 1811 East Baton
Rouge Parish was created.
East Baton Rounge is one of the
four parishes in the state of
Louisiana to retain its original
boundary lines. During the war,
the capital was relocated several
times;On May 29, 1862, Union
troops occupied Baton Rouge. The
capital was moved back to New
Orleans, however in 1882 the
center of government was returned
to Baton Rouge. At that time the
City had a population of
7,197. In the 1930s, a new
Louisiana State Capitol Building
was again built in Baton Rouge
under the direction of Huey P.
Long. Cities Baker Baton Rouge Central City Zachary Census-designated places and other unincorporated communities Baywood Brownfields Gardere Inniswold Merrydale Monticello Oak Hills Place Old Jefferson Shenandoah Village St. George Westminster View Parish Map Surrounding Parishes East Feliciana (north) West Feliciana (northwest) West Baton Rouge (west) Iberville (south) Ascension (southeast) Livingston (east) St. Helena (northeast) |
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