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Port Allen is a town/city in and the church seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Port Allen is positioned between Interstate 10 and US Highway 190 on the West bank of the Mississippi River.
Port Allen is home to the Mississippi Riverfront Development which provides a panoramic view of the Mississippi River and Baton Rouge, the West Baton Rouge Museum, the City of Port Allen Railroad Depot, Scott's Cemetery, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, the Port Allen Lock.
Port Allen is titled for Governor Henry Watkins Allen.
The City of Port Allen was incorporated in 1916 and operates under the Lawrason Act form of government.
The propel Mayor is the City's chief executive officer and responsible for the daily activities and services of the City.
The registered historical places in Port Allen include: Aillet House, Allendale Plantation Historic District, Cohn High School, Monte Vista Plantation House, Poplar Grove Plantation House, Port Allen Middle School, Sandbar Plantation House, and the Smithfield Plantation House.
Port Allen Festivals include the Lagniappe Dulcimer Fete Festival, Port Allen Bonfires on the Mississippi River, Sugar - Fest, West Baton Rouge Parish Fair, and the Oldies but Goodies Fest.
The West Baton Rouge Museum includes the exhibition, the c.
The City of Port Allen Railroad Depot is a exhibition depicting the life of barns workers in the 1940s.
The Mississippi Riverfront Development offers a panoramic view of the Mighty Mississippi and Baton Rouge.
On this site a ferry directed between Port Allen and Baton Rouge from 1820 to 1968.
Scott's Cemetery is the burial place of African Americans in West Baton Rouge's history and dates back to the 1850s.
The Port of Greater Baton Rouge, positioned in Port Allen, is the head of deepwater navigation on the Mississippi River, serving barges and ocean-going vessels with global import and export facilities for all types of cargo, from grain to paper products, chemicals, produced goods, bulk ores and oil products.
The Port Allen Lock joins the Mississippi River to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, shortening the distance to the Gulf of Mexico by approximately 120 miles (190 km).
Port Allen is positioned at 30 27 13 N 91 12 36 W (30.453740, -91.209957). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km ), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.5 km ) of it is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km ) of it (19.39%) is water.
The town/city is adjoining to the Mississippi River which passes to the east side of the city.
Port Allen is the hometown of Tracy Porter, formerly a cornerback for the Chicago Bears, who played for the New Orleans Saints in 2009, and clinched the Saints' win in Super Bowl XLIV with his late fourth quarter interception of a pass by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
In the aftermath of the Super Bowl win, Port Allen first jokingly retitled the town/city "Porter Allen" for a day in Porter's honor, then later titled a street after him. Prescott, educator who was beginning president of Louisiana Tech University in 1894, taught school in Port Allen from 1883 1884. State Senator Rick Ward, III, of District 17 practices law in Port Allen but resides in his native Iberville Parish. In July 2013, he switched from Democratic to Republican affiliation. West Baton Rouge Parish Jones, Jindal taps Lynn Robertson as Port Allen's interim mayor, December 17, 2013".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Koran Addo, "Port Allen renames street to honor Porter", Baton Rouge Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.), April 20, 2010.
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