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Welcome to Baton Rouge ...The city of Baton Rouge is located in East Baton Rouge Parish<1>. It is the Parish Seat and the capital of Louisiana. Baton Rouge was established in 1699. When the people of Baton Rouge refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Baton Rougean<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Baton Rouge has a population of 220,787 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Baton Rouge is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Baton Rouge lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Baton Rouge lies within the (225) area code. The ZIP codes for Baton Rouge: 70801-70823, 70825-70827, 70831, 70833, 70835-70837, 70874, 70879, 70883-70884, 70892-70896, 70898<5> Websites for Baton Rouge ...Chamber of Commerce: www.brchamber.org/ Junior League: juniorleaguebr.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Baton Rouge had an population of 220,787 people. This is a decrease of 3.79% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 3.09% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Baton Rouge had a population of 229,493 people (or 52.14% of the total population of East Baton Rouge Parish). This makes Baton Rouge the parish's most populous community. The population of Baton Rouge represents 5.06% of the total population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 229,493 people, the population of Baton Rouge has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 227,818 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Baton Rouge. Communities Also Named Baton Rouge ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Baton Rouge - it's located in South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Baton Rouge. Communities near Baton Rouge ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Baton Rouge.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Baton Rouge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baton Rouge. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Baton Rouge. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baton Rouge. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Baton Rouge. Our list includes 97 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Baton Rouge. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baton Rouge ...Looking for more information about Baton Rouge? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Baton Rouge, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Baton Rouge. Adding Baton Rouge to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Baton Rouge in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Baton Rouge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Baton Rouge in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Baton Rouge. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baton Rouge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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