Pride, Louisiana

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Coordinates: 30°41′38″N 90°58′41″W / 30.69389°N 90.97806°W / 30.69389; -90.97806
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Pride, Louisiana
ZIP code
70770
Area code225
GNIS feature ID543602[1]

Pride is an

ZIP code
is 70770.

History

A post office was established at Pride in 1886.[2] The origin of Pride's name is unknown.[3]

Government and infrastructure

The

U.S. Postal Service operates the Pride Post Office.[4]

Education

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
operates public schools:

Library

[needs update] East Baton Rouge Parish Library operates the Pride-Chaneyville Branch Library. The library first opened in 1941. It was initially located in the gymnasium of Pride High School. The next location was a temporary building on the grounds of Northeast Elementary School, 782 square feet (72.7 m2) large, where it moved in 1983. It moved into its current location, a 12,086-square-foot (1,122.8 m2) standalone building across from the elementary school and adjacent to Northeast High School, on December 12, 2005. This building was designed by Robert Coleman & Partners Architects, AIA. The branch will reopen in February 2017 due to replacement reasons.[8]

Notable person

Actress Donna Douglas was born in Pride.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pride, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "East Baton Rouge Parish". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5
    .
  4. U.S. Postal Service
    . Retrieved on January 7, 2017. "16524 PRIDE PORT HUDSON RD PRIDE, LA 70770-9203"
  5. East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
    . Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Northeast is on page 24 of 41.
  6. East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
    . Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Northeast is on page 9 of 14.
  7. East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
    . Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Northeast is on page 7 of 10.
  8. ^ "Pride-Chaneyville Branch Library." East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Retrieved on January 7, 2017. "13600 Pride-Port Hudson Rd., Pride, LA 70770"
  9. ISBN 978-1-59580-986-5
    .


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