Doyle, Louisiana

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Doyle, Louisiana
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Doyle High School being improved by the Works Progress Administration, 1937
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Coordinates: 30°30′13″N90°44′20″W / 30.50361°N 90.73889°W / 30.50361; -90.73889 Coordinates: 30°30′13″N90°44′20″W / 30.50361°N 90.73889°W / 30.50361; -90.73889
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Livingston
Elevation
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46 ft (14 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70754
Area code(s) 225
GNIS feature ID552011 [1]
FIPS code 22-21555

Doyle is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located less than 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) east of Livingston and 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) west of Holden less than a mile east from the Doyle High School.

History

Around 1915 the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad decided to build a line through Livingston Parish. They attempted to purchase hundreds of acres of land for the train depot, railroad station, a coal chute, and several repair sheds. The local land owners refused to sell so the railroad company purchased vacant land west of Doyle. Over many years the railroad depot grew and eventually became what is now known as Livingston, Louisiana and the new town consumed the old village of Doyle. In 1955 the village of Doyle merged with the nearby town of Livingston. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doyle, Louisiana
  2. "Livingston Parish History". Livingston Parish. Retrieved 2019-08-29.