Pride, Louisiana | |
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Coordinates: 30°41′38″N 90°58′41″W / 30.69389°N 90.97806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | East Baton Rouge |
Elevation | 108 ft (33 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 70770 |
Area code | 225 |
GNIS feature ID | 543602 [1] |
Pride is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 70770.
A post office was established at Pride in 1886. [2] The origin of Pride's name is unknown. [3]
The U.S. Postal Service operates the Pride Post Office. [4]
East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools operates public schools:
[ 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]
Actress Donna Douglas was born in Pride. [9]