Place:Baldwin, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States

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NameBaldwin
Alt namesLa Techesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS22000563
TypeTown
Coordinates29.836°N 91.549°W
Located inSt. Mary, Louisiana, United States
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Baldwin is a town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,436 at the 2010 census, down from 2,497 in 2000. It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The community was named for John Baldwin, the Ohio educator who founded what would later become Baldwin-Wallace University. In 1867, Baldwin purchased the Darby plantation in Louisiana, a plantation of about . His residence there, Darby House, remained in his family until 1937 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Louisiana physician and politician Alvan Lafargue practiced in Baldwin, his wife's hometown, prior to 1915.

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