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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, 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.
Louisville [b] is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. [a] [11] By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city, although by population density, it is the 265th most dense city. [c] [12] Louisville is the historical county ...
Reaching still farther back in time, ancient peoples left their mark on the area thousands of years ago. The state of Louisiana offers many ways to explore the region’s rich history, in hundreds of museums, historic structures, landmarks, artifacts and works of art.
- 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.
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…
U.S. Presidents. Zachary Taylor: Life Before the Presidency. By Michael Holt. Born into a family of planters in Virginia on November 24, 1784, Zachary Taylor spent his youth in the frontier outpost of Louisville, Kentucky. For most of Zachary's childhood, his Louisville home was a small cabin in the woods.
