from the article “splitting off from the rest of Baton Rouge”
from wikipedia “The city originated from a previously unincorporated area of East Baton Rouge Parish located southeast of the City of Baton Rouge” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George,_Louisiana
Was Saint George part of Baton Rouge or was it unincorporated? Or was it both and I just don’t understand the way cities and parishes work in Louisiana?
I looked it up. It was unincorporated. It actually became its own city in 2019. But lawsuits happened.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George,_Louisiana
The area is unincorporated.
There is the City of Baton Rouge
There is the Parish of Baton Rouge.
The parish has an unusual system where the City and the Parish are run by the same people.
I believe there are currently five incorporated areas in the Parish of Baton Rouge.
Such as the City of Central.
So they are NOT breaking away from the Parish of Baton Rouge. They will still be in the Parish.
They are making their own City within this Parish.
This whole fight was about forming an independent school district. The Parish refused them that right, and told them they had to incorporate to separate the school system.
Looks like they finally made it.
Yeah, you don’t understand.