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225. FIPS code. 22-83405. Website. www .cityofzachary .org. Zachary is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies 16 miles (26 km) north of the city of Baton Rouge, and had a population of 14,960 at the 2010 census, [3] up from 11,275 in 2000. At the 2020 census, Zachary's population increased to 19,316.
Amrhein won with 57% of Zachary's 10,000 registered voters. Mayor David Amrhein officially took office on January 10, 2011. He served as a Zachary Council member for eight years from 1999 to 2007 and led the Zachary City Council as Mayor Pro-tempore from 2003 to 2004.
Zachary is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Much of the land which the city of Zachary now occupies was part of a 160-acre farm owned by Darel Zachary. In the 1880s, Zachary sold his land to the Illinois Central Railroad, who built a track and a depot on it. A village quickly grew up around the depot, which came to be called ...
- Baton Rouge. Louisiana’s state capital is a mere 20 minutes from downtown Zachary, and has more than 200+ years of history to dive into. For a quick rundown of the obligatory sights, there’s the current and former state capitols and the present and past governor’s mansions.
- Baton Rouge Zoo. In Zachary you’re a matter of minutes from one of the region’s top attractions, at Baton Rouge Zoo, which has more than 800 animals from around the world.
- Port Hudson State Historic Site. By spring 1863, the last Confederate outpost on the Mississippi was on high ground just west of modern day Zachary at Port Hudson.
- Zachary Farmers’ Market. Just behind City Hall, there’s a weekly farmers’ market on Saturdays, in the shade of beautiful live oaks in HugYourPeople Park.
One facet of Louisiana that makes it such an appealing visitor destination is its deep and colorful history. European explorers found their way to the region and inhabited the area very early relative to settlement of much of the rest of the continent. As a result, some communities in Louisiana are among the oldest in the United States. Before those explorers arrived, of course, people we now ...
In 2020, the City of Zachary announced that the Zachary Fire Department earned a Class 1 rating from the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana. As a result, businesses and homeowners potentially receive a reduction in their insurance premiums. Zachary joins ten cities in the State of Louisiana with this highest classification.
Zachary is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies 16 miles north of the city of Baton Rouge, and had a population of 14,960 at the 2010 census, up from 11,275 in 2000. At the 2020 census, Zachary's population increased to 19,316. Photo: Jplylar, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive.
