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  2. History of Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to about 8000 BC based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [1] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the 4th millennium BC. [2]

  3. Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [15] [16] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. [17]

  4. Timeline of Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    1939 – East Baton Rouge Parish Library established. 1940 Baton Rouge League of Women Voters founded. [19] Population: 34,719. [1] 1944 – Piccadilly Restaurant in business. 1947 City and Parish of East Baton Rouge consolidated. Baton Rouge Civic Symphony Orchestra active. [11] H. J. Wilson Co. in business. 1950 – Population: 125,629. [20] 1953

  5. East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    East Baton Rouge Parish (French: Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est; Spanish: Parroquia del Este de Bastón Rojo) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its population was 456,781 at the 2020 census. [1] The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. [2] East Baton Rouge Parish is located within the Greater Baton ...

  6. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    Originally founded as Villanueva de La Serena, the city was destroyed completely in a native uprising in 1549 and re-founded the same year as San Bartolomé de La Serena; its founding date is for this reason sometimes listed as 1549. Second oldest European city in Chile. 1545: Potosí: Potosí: Bolivia: 1545 San Juan de los Remedios: Villa ...

  7. Ascension Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Families had a median income of $85,632; married-couple families $111,445; and non-family households $32,498. Overall, residents of Ascension Parish are wealthier than nearby East Baton Rouge Parish. Religiously and spiritually, Christianity is the dominant religion for the parish.

  8. Body of Baton Rouge therapist found wrapped in tarp off ... - AOL

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    Abraham's body was found by a passerby Sunday morning along Highway 51 between the unincorporated community of Fluker and the Village of Tangipahoa − about 60 miles northeast of Baton Rouge ...

  9. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    In July 2016 the shooting of Alton Sterling sparked protests throughout the state capital of Baton Rouge. [66] [67] In August 2016, an unnamed storm dumped trillions of gallons of rain on southern Louisiana, including the cities of Denham Springs, Baton Rouge, Gonzales, St. Amant and Lafayette, causing catastrophic flooding. [68]