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Welcome to Baton Rouge ...Baton Rouge is located in Chester County<1>. The location of Baton Rouge has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Baton Rouge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827. When the people of Baton Rouge refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Baton Rougean<3> Baton Rouge is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Baton Rouge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Baton Rouge is within the (803) area code. Communities Also Named Baton Rouge ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Baton Rouge - it's located in Louisiana. 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. 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Baton Rouge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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.<6> 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 South Carolina: https://sc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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