The second largest city in East Baton Rouge Parish
Central is the second largest city in the East Baton Rouge Parish, and part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The state’s newest city was established in April 2005. Businessman Russell Starns said, Central was a byproduct of the district’s desire to create a school system separate from the East Baton Rouge Parish.
The Louisiana State Legislature only allowed Central to operate a separate school system on the condition that it would be done after the city incorporated. Starns was the one who led the incorporation movement.