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(Part of LA 456 at Lecompte is known as Jefferson Highway.) LA 470, US 71-167 (briefly), and Old Baton Rouge Highway to Alexandria. Alexandria to Pineville: US 71 (Jefferson Hwy. or MacArthur Dr.), Lee Street, Main Street, and Murray Street through Alexandria. The Jefferson Highway crossed the Red River on a now-demolished bridge at the foot of ...
Before 1835, state inmates were held in a jail in New Orleans. The first Louisiana State Penitentiary, located at the intersection of 6th and Laurel streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was modeled on a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut. It was built to house 100 convicts in cells of 6 ft × ft (1.8 m × 1.1 m). [ 11]
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, West Carroll ...
Baton Rouge, LA [2] Frank Dalton 1 January 30, 1968 Baton Rouge, LA: Bobby Fields 7 February 6, 1968 Baton Rouge, LA: Vacant March 1, 1968 Gulf Coast stops promoting in Louisiana. Big Bad John 1 November 18, 1968 Baton Rouge, LA: Pepe Perez 2 December 3, 1968 Baton Rouge, LA: Jerry Miller 1 February 1, 1969 Baton Rouge, LA: Mighty Yankee 1 June ...
The Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in central Louisiana that covers two parishes – Rapides and Grant. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 152,192 (though a July 1, 2023 estimate placed the population at 148,171).
Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætənˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) 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 [update]; [ 4 ] it is the seat of Louisiana's ...
Alexandria Welcome Sign on Louisiana Highway 28 West. Rotary International Clock (1916), with Alexandria City Hall (constructed 1963) in the background. Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2]
The LSU-Alabama rivalry continues to be one of college football’s best competitive showcases every year. The Crimson Tide were supposed to travel to Baton Rouge to take on the Tigers on Saturday ...