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We would like to provide the residents of  Central  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Central Home page. The Central Home page provides as much information as possible on Central. Knowing Central’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Central’s Home page, you will also find Central’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Central has a population of 29235. 50.4% of Central’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.6 are female. 58.2% of Central is married and 88.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $242,185, and the average rent is $996. Household median income in Central is $90,183, and the individual median income is $42,787. Central’s Ethnic is the following: White(84.9%), Black(10.1%), Multiple(2.5%), Hispanic(2.3%), Asian(1.7%), Other(0.7%), Native(0.1%).


Long an unincorporated suburb of Baton Rouge, the citizens of Central voted to incorporate as a city on April 23, 2005, despite opposition from the parish. Businessman Russell Starns headed the incorporation movement, saying it was based on residents' desire to establish a school system separate from that of East Baton Rouge Parish.


The Louisiana State Legislature allowed Central to operate a separate school system only after the city incorporated.It had about 25,000 residents when it incorporated. Former Central High School principal Shelton "Mac" Watts became the temporary mayor upon the incorporation of the city. Formal elections were held on April 1, 2006, in which voters elected incumbent Watts with 86 percent of the 18,000 votes cast.In November 2006, the voters of the state passed a constitutional amendment authorizing the creation of the Central Community School District.


The amendment authorized Central to govern its own public school system. Central operates its own police and fire departments. Other services, such as water, sewerage, trash, and emergency medical services are still operated by the city-parish. Utilities are provided by DEMCO and Entergy.On January 9, 2007, Governor Kathleen Blanco appointed the interim members of the new Central Community School Board.


The board appointed Mike Faulk as the first superintendent. The new school system began operation on July 1, 2007.Television station WAFB reported "Central was one of the areas of East Baton Rouge Parish that sustained significant flooding" in the 2016 Louisiana floods. Mayor Jr. Shelton stated that the number of people living in Central who were affected by the flooding was 25,000.


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