Baton Rouge & this other state capital both have 2-word French names; neither is named for a person
[DOC] [TLE] Kendall's History of New Orleans  Chapter 1 [PAR] Jul 11, 2013 ... From the Collections in the Louisiana State Museum ... Other writers who have 
professed to tell the story of the city, have ... distance above the site of the present 
city of Baton Rouge, and then returned ... New Orleans was, however, not the first 
French settlement on the ... On both occasions he was outvoted.