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The flag of Baton Rouge flies on a cloudy day. By the end of the 2000s decade, Baton Rouge was one of the largest mid-sized American business cities and one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas with populations under 1 million — with 633,261 residents in 2000 and an estimated 750,000 in 2008.
Map depicting Battle of Baton Rouge, August 5th 1862. [3] The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana. [4]
The present-day Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge began with the work of French missionaries among the Native American peoples of the area. The Jesuit priest Pierre Charlevoix celebrated the first mass in the Baton Rouge area in 1722. The first Catholic churches in the region were: St. Francis Chapel in Pointe Coupée in 1738
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 ...
KBTR-CD. / 30.43250°N 91.18528°W / 30.43250; -91.18528. KBTR-CD (channel 36), is a low-power, Class A independent television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by Louisiana Television Broadcasting alongside ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV (channel 2). The two stations share studios on Highland Road in Baton Rouge ...