Pride, Louisiana Explained

Official Name:	Pride, Louisiana
Pushpin Map:	Louisiana#USA
Pushpin Label:	Pride
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Louisiana
Subdivision Type2:	Parish
Subdivision Name2:	East Baton Rouge
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Elevation Ft:	108
Coordinates:	30.6939°N -90.9781°W
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Postal Code:	70770
Area Code:	225
Blank Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:	543602

Pride is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 70770.

History

A post office was established at Pride in 1886.^[1] The origin of Pride's name is unknown.^[2]

Government and infrastructure

The U.S. Postal Service operates the Pride Post Office.^[3]

Education

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools operates public schools:

• Northeast Elementary School^[4]
• Northeast Middle School and Northeast High School^{[5] [6]}

Library

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, 782square feet large, where it moved in 1983. It moved into its current location, a 12086square feet 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.^[7]

Notable person

Actress Donna Douglas was born in Pride.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: East Baton Rouge Parish . Jim Forte Postal History . 2 January 2015.
2. Book: Leeper, Clare D'Artois. Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. 19 October 2012. LSU Press. 978-0-8071-4740-5. 200.
3. "Pride." U.S. Postal Service. Retrieved on January 7, 2017. "16524 PRIDE PORT HUDSON RD PRIDE, LA 70770-9203"
4. "Elemementary-School-Boundary-Descriptions-15-16.pdf ." East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Northeast is on page 24 of 41.
5. "Middle-School-Boundary-Descriptions-15-16.pdf ." East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Northeast is on page 9 of 14.
6. "High-School-Boundary-Descriptions-15-16.pdf ." East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Northeast is on page 7 of 10.
7. "Pride-Chaneyville Branch Library." East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Retrieved on January 7, 2017. "13600 Pride-Port Hudson Rd., Pride, LA 70770"
8. Book: Strodder, Chris. The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s. 1 March 2007. Santa Monica Press. 978-1-59580-986-5. 230.